Public Records
i. Records of Governemnt of India and its Predessor Bodies:
| Sr. No. | Category of the Document | Name of the document and its brief introduction | Procedure to obtain the document | Held by/under control of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Non – current public record | Central Board of Revenue (1860-1936) | Conditioned access - as per PR Rules 1997 | Director General, National Archives of India |
| 2. | - do - | Commerce Department (1860-1936) | - do - | - do - |
| 3. | - do - | Communication Deptt (1860-1934) | - do - | - do - |
| 4. | - do - | Education Health and Lands (1860-1938) | - do - | - do - |
| 5. | - do - | Finance Department (1863-1935) | - do - | - do - |
| 6. | - do - | Home Deptt (1871-1921) | - do - | - do - |
| 7. | - do - | Labour Deptt (1871-1935) | - do - | - do - |
| 8. | - do - | Legislative Department (1861-1937) | - do - | - do - |
| 9. | - do - | PWD Deptt (1860-1935) | - do - | - do - |
| 10. | - do - | Railway Department (1863-1935) | - do - | - do - |
| 11. | - do - | Revenue and Agriculture (1860-1937) | - do - | - do - |
ii. Records of erstwhile Bhopal State
| S.No | Name of the Department | Inclusive Years | English | Persian | Urdu | Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Vols | Files | Vols. | Files | Vols | ||||||
| 1 | Dafter Insha | 1846- 1907 | - | - | - | - | 7487 | 8087 | Access as per Public Records Rules, 1997 | ||
| 2. | Mutiny Papers | 1857-1858 | - | - | 690 | 29 | |||||
| 3. | Kutub Hadbast Dehat | 1845-1860 | |||||||||
| 4. | Acts and Rules of Bhopal Govt. | 1845-1941 | - | 732 | 732 | - do - | |||||
| 5 | Administration Reports of Bhopal state | 1905-1919 | 706 | - do - | |||||||
| 6. | Toshak Khana | 1908-1915 | 464 | 100 | - do - | ||||||
| 7 | Daftar Tarikh | 1905-1931 | 548 | - do - | |||||||
| 8 | Gazettes of Bhopal State | 1908-1953 | 85 | - do - | |||||||
| 9 | Municipal Board, Bhopal | 1908-52 | 395 | - do - | |||||||
| 10 | Jagir Sanads | 1486 | -do- | ||||||||
| 11 | Maps and Plans of Bhopal State | 775 | -do- | ||||||||
| 12 | Daftar Tanzimat | 1843-1952 | 1299 | 370 | - do - | ||||||
| 13 | Daftar Chief Justice of High Court | 1899-1947 | 794 | - | - do - | ||||||
| 14 | Marriage of Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum | 1861-1906 | 401 | -do- | |||||||
| 15. | Police, Bhopal | 1905-1914 | 9 | -do- | |||||||
| 16 | Wazarat | 1876-1905 | 1062 | -do- | |||||||
| 17 | Military Sectt | 1908-1912 | 1067 | -do- | |||||||
| 18 | Muinul Muhami | 1908-1915 | 2832 | -do- | |||||||
| 19 | Vakalat | 1851-1911 | 4010 | -do- | |||||||
| 20 | External Affairs | 1946-48 | 436 | -do- | |||||||
| 21 | Boundary Disputes | 1855-1891 | 169 | -do- | |||||||
| 22 | Daftar Chaudharahat | 1854-1925 | 595 | -do- | |||||||
| 23 | Salandaran | 1845-1861 | 515 | -do- | |||||||
| 24 | Daftar Niabet-e-Mal | 1890-1908 | 402 | -do- | |||||||
| 25 | Chief Sectt | 1908-1941 | 11705 | -do- | |||||||
| 26 | Army and Civil List | 1912-1947 | 140 | 71 | -do- | ||||||
| 27 | Directorate of Education | 1929 | -do- | ||||||||
| 28 | Judicial Sectt | 1908-1914 | 2119 | -do- | |||||||
| 29 | PWD | 1912-1914 | 303 | -do- | |||||||
| 30 | Finance Sectt | 1908-1910 | 2282 | -do- | |||||||
| 31 | Political Department | 1912-1949 | 26256 | 8750 | -do- | ||||||
| 32 | Chamber of Princes | 1916-1947 | 874 | -do- | |||||||
| 33 | Revenue Settlement (20 years) | 17600 | -do- | ||||||||
| 34 | Jama Kharch | 10400 | -do- | ||||||||
| Total | 27270 + 1509 + 600 + 29 + 76720 + 27166 = 133290 | ||||||||||