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This is a '''list of archives which were held in India''', which collect and store historical documents, photographs, shashtras and all the other media.

==National archives==
* [[National Archives of India]] - established in [[Kolkata]] as the "Imperial Record Department" in 1891.
* [[National Film Archive of India]]
* [[National Mission for Manuscripts]] - established in [[New Delhi]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ignca.nic.in/nl002502.htm | title=National Manuscripts mission inauguration | work=National Informatics center | accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>

== State archives ==
* [http://archives.assam.gov.in/ Assam State Archives]
* [http://uparchives.up.nic.in/ Uttar Pradesh State Archives]- established at [[Lucknow]] in 1975.
* [http://archives.bihar.gov.in/ Bihar state archives] - established in [[Patna]] in 1912 as the Civil secretariat record room.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archives.bihar.gov.in/ | title=Bihar state archives (BSA)| publisher=Government of Bihar | accessdate=13 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_art/Art+Culture+and+Language/Home/Department+of+Archives Delhi archives] - established in [[New Delhi]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_art/Art+Culture+and+Language/Home/Department+of+Archives/About+Us/ | title=Delhi archives: About | publisher=Government of Delhi | accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://daa.goa.gov.in/ Goa state archives] - established in [[Panaji]] on 25 February 1595 by [[Diogo do Couto]] and was called "Torre do Tombo do Estado da India". The oldest record is from the year 1498.
* [http://www.haryanaarchives.gov.in Haryana state archives]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.haryanaarchives.gov.in | title=Haryana state Archives|publisher=Government of Haryana | accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref>
* [http://hp.gov.in/LAC/Archive Himachal Pradesh state archives] - established in 1979.
* [http://kannadasiri.kar.nic.in/archives/index.htm Karnataka state archives] - established in [[Bangalore]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kannadasiri.kar.nic.in/archives/aboutus.htm | title=Karnataka state Archives|publisher=Government of Karnataka | accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://keralastatearchives.org Kerala state archives] - established in [[Thiruvanandapuram]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://keralastatearchives.org/main1.htm | title=Kerala state Archives: About | publisher=Government of Kerala | accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100411032940/http://www.mparchaeology.org/overarch.asp Madhya Pradesh state archives]}} - "The new State of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1st November 1956. It was carved out of the parts of old Madhya Pradesh (Central Provinces & Berar) the erstwhile States of Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Rewa and Madhya Bharat State."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mparchaeology.org/overarch.asp|title=MP state archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411032940/http://www.mparchaeology.org/overarch.asp|archive-date=2010-04-11|url-status=usurped|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>
* [http://cdac.in/html/egov/mda.aspx Maharashtra state archives] - in Mumbai, Pune, Kolhapur and Vidarbha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdac.in/html/egov/mda.aspx|title=Maharashtra state Archives|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=C-DAC|accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://archivesmanipur.nic.in Manipur state archives] - established in [[Imphal]] in 1982 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://archivesmanipur.nic.in | title=Manipur state Archives | publisher=Govt of Manipur | accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://archivesmz.blogspot.in/ Mizoram state archives] - established in [[Aizawl]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mizoram.nic.in/rti/manual/ArtCulture/statearchive.pdf | title=Mizoram state archives | publisher=Government of Mizoram | accessdate=13 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083458/http://mizoram.nic.in/rti/manual/ArtCulture/statearchive.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Nagaland state archives - established [[Kohima]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/channelnews/State/StateNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDAxNTEzMg%3D%3D-PuA2ObPwQTU%3D |title=
State archive building inaugurated in Kohima|agency=Nagaland Post | accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://www.odishaarchives.nic.in Odisha state archives]
* [http://www.e-corpus.org/punjab.html Punjab state archives]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.e-corpus.org/punjab.html | title=Punjab state Archives|publisher=Government of Punjab | accessdate=24 March 2016}}</ref> - known as the [[Punjab State Archives, Patiala]]
* [[Rajasthan State Archives|Rajasthan state archives]] - is established in [[Bikaner]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://doitc.rajasthan.gov.in/Rajasthan%20State%20Archive,%20Bikanerr.asp | title=Rajasthan State Archive, Bikaner | publisher=Government of Rajasthan | accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
* [[Madras Record Office|Tamil Nadu Archives]] previously known as Madras Record Office - established in 1909 at [[Madras]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/aboutus.html | title=Tamilnadu state Archives|publisher=Government of Tamilnadu | accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* [http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in West Bengal state archives]
* [http://sikkimarchives.gov.in/ Sikkim state archives]

==Other archives==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130329002623/http://www.indialabourarchives.org/ Archives of Indian Labour] - established in [[Noida]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indialabourarchives.org/aboutarchives.htm | title=India labour archives | accessdate=13 March 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802015948/http://www.indialabourarchives.org/aboutarchives.htm | archive-date=2 August 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute]]
* [http://www.gandhifoundation.net/gandhi%20in%20archives.htm Gandhi Research Foundation], [[Gandhi Teerth]], Jalgaon
* [[Indian Memory Project]], Mumbai - established in 2010
* [http://kearchives.in/][[St Kuriakose Elias Chavara Archives and Research Centre Mannanam]] - established in [[Mannanam, Kottayam, Kerala]] as the "Church and Historical Archives"
* Cooch Behar Archive - established in 2013 at [[Cooch Behar District, West Bengal]]
*[[Sarmaya Arts Foundation]] [https://www.sarmaya.in]

==See also==
* [[List of museums in India]]
* [[Open access in India]]

==References==
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