Museum of National Archives

The records at the National Archives run into forty kilometres of shelf-space area and are in a regular series from the year 1748 onwards though there are stray records of the earlier period as well. These are in English, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Modi, Urdu etc. Apart from the records on paper, there are also records on palm leaf, birch bark, etc. The records are broadly of four categories: public records, oriental records, manuscripts, and private papers. These records throw light on the activities of the later Mughals, the East India Company and British Rule, and the emergence and growth of the freedom struggle in India. They also shed valuable light on our social, political, economic and cultural life and history. In addition, there is a rich collection of more than 7500 microfilm rolls of records acquired from different countries such as Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Myanmar, United Kingdom, United States, France, and Russia.