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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicNational Archives of India

Topic: National Archives of India

APJ Abdul Kalam’s papers get a new home — 4 boxes from Rameshwaram now in National Archives

The late former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s family officially handed over his documents and signed an agreement with the National Archives of India on 28 April.

Kashi, Ujjain, Prayagraj priests are now adding to National Archives of India

The National Archives of India is harnessing traditional knowledge and community records, director general Arun Singhal said at the South and West Asian Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives meeting in Delhi.

National Archives of India acquires private paper collection of Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

This includes original correspondences between Kidwai and other eminent leaders of India, including Pt. Nehru, Sardar Patel, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, and P.D. Tandon.

National Museum guards, guides aren’t just worried about artefacts—’Will I have a job?’

A part of Modi govt's Central Vista project, Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum will open in three months. But work on moving the artefacts at the National Museum has not yet begun.

Godrej, Cipla, Tata— private archives are filling the gaps in the story of modern India

The National Archives of India has almost no record of India's Green Revolution but National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore does.

Assam State Archives shows how it’s done—5 lakh documents, 6000 maps, digitisation drive

Under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, history in Assam has gained a new sheen with a digitisation drive.

‘Whose history?’: In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the archives are fighting

The bone of contention is the brief overlap between when the state of Hyderabad acceded to India and when the state of Andhra Pradesh was created.

Wars to Green Revolution to Emergency, National Archives are full of gaping holes

Many ministries have lagged for decades in sending records to National Archives of India, according to its director-general Chandan Sinha. The losers are scholars and public alike.

Why fugitives should get ‘visa on (CBI’s) arrival’ & revenge is a dish best served by bulldozer

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

The two anxieties surrounding India’s archives

It is the records kept in places such as the National Archives that are referred to when the government’s version is at cross purposes with the people’s history.

On Camera

Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

Pakistan failed to understand the fiercely independent psyche of the Afghans and Pashtun nationalism, which has dominated politics in Afghanistan since its emergence in 1747.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.