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29/12/22 06:29 AM IST

National Archives head says no record of 1962, 1971 wars

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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
  • The National Archives of India (NAI) is the repository of all non-current government records that can be used by administrators and scholars.
  • It comes under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Culture.
  • Its origins can be traced back to the Imperial Record Department, which was established in the British India’s capital Calcutta in 1891.
  • The NAI is currently located in Delhi and is involved in conserving government records.
  • It had started holding records in 1748. These records are in English, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit and Urdu languages.
  • Currently, the agency is involved in digitizing all records on the newly created Abhilekh Patal portal. Presently, over 1.27 lakh records can be accessed online.
  • The agency holds regular exhibitions like the one displaying the declassified files on Subhas Chandra Bose in 2016 and the recent exhibition, ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Saga’.
  • Under the Public Records Act, 1993, union ministries and departments are required to transfer records more than 25 years old to the NAI unless they contain classified information.
Source- Indian Express

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