National Archives of India

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Posted Date December 30, 2022

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The National Archives of India (NAI) does not have records of 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars, or even of the Green Revolution.

National Archives of India

  • An attached office under the Ministry of Culture. 
  • Established in 1891 at Kolkata (Calcutta) as the Imperial Record Department.
  • The biggest archival repository in South Asia.
  • Following the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the present building of the National Archives of India was constructed in 1926.
  • It is the nodal agency for the implementation of the Public Records Act, 1993 and Public Record Rules, 1997.

Reference: Indian express

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