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**[http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/1673 A review of the National Archives of India, New Delhi] by Derek L. Elliott
Faculty of History,
University of Cambridge posted 18 September 2012 dissertationreviews.org
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20130424104437/http://www.archivesmadeeasy.org/ame_india.htm National Archives of India], a review by Erica Wald April 2006 London School of Economics’ Archives Made Easy: India, now an archived website
**These four India List posts give details of visiting the The National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi; Uttar Pradesh main archives at Lucknow, and their sub-office at Allahabad;Madhya Pradesh State Archives; West Bengal State Archives. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988325941 Post 1, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988433871 Post 2, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-12/1009540833 Post 3, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-01/1168939868 Post 4, 2007]
**[http://nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives of India] is an “Attached Office” of the Ministry of Culture.
*[http://www.usiofindia.org/CAFHR Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR)] part of the United Service Institution of India (USI) may be a source of advice about location of military records
*[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2008/Feb/25/what-a-way-to-annihilate-history--24.asp What a way to annihilate history!] by Fozia Nazir Lone 26 February 2008 Greaterkashmir.com. Article about the Jammu and Kashmir State Archives in 2007. Regarding the records in Srinagar, "My real worry started when I was informed that the documents are not catalogued and the records in the boxes have got mixed up during the ‘pesticidal operation’ in late 1980s. The employees in the archives literally refused to enter the ‘hall’ due to health risks".
*Article [http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Mar/5/dust-consumes-kashmir-s-precious-documents-42.asp Dust consumes Kashmir’s precious documents] by Faheem Aslam 5 March 2011 Greaterkashmir.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807204446/http://www.littleindia.com/news/134/ARTICLE/1545/2004-05-05.html "Atman's Atma: A Mauritian's search for his Indian roots"] by Rajnish Sharma, now an archived webpage. This article, which appears to date from 2004, is about tracing the Indian origins of an indentured labourer sent to Mauritius to work on a sugar plantation. c 1896. The subject of the article was appalled by the condition of the archives both in Lucknow and Chapra (Uttar Pradesh)
*A series of four Blogs by Dinyar Patel. The New York Times: Global Edition: India
**[http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/in-india-history-literally-rots-away In India, History Literally Rots Away] 20 March 2012
