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State Archives of Tamil Nadu – 2

Preservation and Reprography: In 1920, a separate section for mending the records was started with six members were deputed to undergo training in mending at the Imperial Record Office, Calcutta in 1921, who in turn imparted in service training to other menders.   Now the preservation division consists of 39 skilled preservation clerks and 9 skilled […]

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State Archives of Tamil Nadu – 1

INTRODUCTION  In India, Tamil Nadu occupies a unique place in Archives administration.  By 1801, the whole of the area which later became the Madras Presidency had come into the hands of the East India Company, and the second half of the 18th Century itself witnessed a manifold increase in Government Records. The spurt in the […]

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