NationalarChives:印度國(guó)家檔案館是印度官網(wǎng)文化管理機(jī)構(gòu)，負(fù)責(zé)接收和保管印度歷史檔案及中央政府各機(jī)關(guān)的檔案，并對(duì)中央政府機(jī)關(guān)的文書(shū)工作和檔案工作進(jìn)行監(jiān)督。
印度中央級(jí)綜合性檔案館，負(fù)責(zé)接收和保管印度歷史檔案及中央政府各機(jī)關(guān)的檔案，并對(duì)中央政府機(jī)關(guān)的文書(shū)工作和檔案工作進(jìn)行監(jiān)督。1947年成立,前身是1891年建立的帝國(guó)檔案部。館址在新德里。是亞洲地區(qū)規(guī)模較大的檔案館之一。
印度國(guó)家檔案館擔(dān)負(fù)了檔案管理機(jī)構(gòu)的一些職能，但無(wú)權(quán)對(duì)各邦檔案工作施加影響。歷史檔案委員會(huì)與國(guó)家檔案館密切合作，在一定程度上彌補(bǔ)了不設(shè)檔案管理機(jī)構(gòu)的缺陷。國(guó)家檔案館館長(zhǎng)擔(dān)任歷史檔案委員會(huì)的秘書(shū)，因而可通過(guò)歷史檔案委員會(huì)對(duì)各邦的檔案工作施加某種程度的影響。
印度歷史檔案委員會(huì)也聘請(qǐng)外國(guó)學(xué)者擔(dān)任它的通訊委員。五十年代，我國(guó)著名歷史學(xué)家尚鉞和檔案學(xué)家吳寶康曾受聘擔(dān)任它的通訊委員。
The genesis of the National Archives of India may be traced back to the year 1860 when Sandeman, the Civil Auditor, in his report stressed the need of relieving the offices of congestion by destruction of the papers of routine nature and transfer of all valuable records to a ‘Grand Central Archive’. Nothing could come out, however, in concrete shape until 1889 when Professor G.W. Forrest of Elphinstone College, Bombay was entrusted the job to examine the records of the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
Earlier he had earned reputation as an Archivist for his work in the Bombay Records Office. In his report, he made a strong plea for transferring all records of the administration of East India Company to a Central Repository.
As a result, Imperial Records Department (IRD) came into existence on 11 March 1891 which was located in Imperial Secretariat Building at Calcutta (Kolkata). Professor G.W Forrest was made its Officer in Charge. His main task was to examine, transfer, arrange and catalogue records of all the Departments and to organise a Central Library in place of various Departmental Libraries.
After G.W. Forrest, the work at Imperial Records Department (IRD) progressed well under S.C. Hill (1900), C.R. Wilson (1902), N.L. Hallward (1904), E. Denison Ross (1905), A.F. Scholfield (1915), R.A. Blaker (1919), J.M. Mitra (1920) and Rai Bahadur A.F.M. Abdul Ali (1922-1938) who were scholars as well as Records Keepers in their own right.
