- The National Archives of India is an Attached Office under the Ministry of Culture.
- It was established on 11 March 1891 at Kolkata(Calcutta) as the Imperial Record Department.
- Following the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the present building of the National Archives of India was constructed in 1926 which was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
- The transfer of all records from Calcutta to New Delhi was completed in 1937.
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