GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
where is national archives of India located at?
A
Delhi
B
New delhi
C
Mumbai
D
Gazhiyabad
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Located at the heart of New Delhi, the Department functions as an Attached Office of the Ministry of Culture and has one Regional Office at Bhopal and three Records Centres at Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Puducherry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The National Archives of India (NAI) was established as the Imperial Records Department in Calcutta (Kolkata), the erstwhile capital of British India on 11th March 1891. It was transferred to New Delhi in 1911 and the present building at the crossing of Janpath and Rajpath was completed in 1926.

Detailed explanation-3: -Admission to the premises of National Archives of India is regulated by means of Ministry of Home Affairs passes and regular monthly passes are issued to scholars who fill in the prescribed form (in duplicate) and submit a Character Certificate.

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