Archiving the British Raj
History of the Archival Policy of the Government of India, with Selected Documents, 1858–1947
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Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
The archives are generally sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are they objects of research. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya traces the path that led to the creation of a central archive in India, from the setting up of the Imperial Record Department, the precursor of the National Archives of India, and the Indian Historical Records Commission, to the framing of archival policies and the change in those policies over the years.
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Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Description
The archives are generally sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are they objects of research. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya traces the path that led to the creation of a central archive in India, from the setting up of the Imperial Record Department, the precursor of the National Archives of India, and the Indian Historical Records Commission, to the framing of archival policies and the change in those policies over the years.
In the last two decades of colonial rule in India, there were anticipations of freedom in many areas of the public sphere. These were felt in the domain of archiving as well, chiefly in the form of reversal of earlier policies. From this perspective, Bhattacharya explores the relation between knowledge and power and discusses how the World Wars and the decline of Britain, among other factors, effected a transition from a Eurocentric and disparaging approach to India towards a more liberal and less ethnocentric one.
About the Author
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya is former Tagore National Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He was earlier vice chancellor of Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, and professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Table of contents
Foreword by Pritam Singh
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Absence of a Definite Archives Policy: 1858–71
2 Developments Leading to the Creation of a Central Archive: 1872–91
3 The Imperial Record Department: Objectives and Achievements, 1891–1926
4 Anticipations of Freedom: 1927–47
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Description
The archives are generally sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are they objects of research. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya traces the path that led to the creation of a central archive in India, from the setting up of the Imperial Record Department, the precursor of the National Archives of India, and the Indian Historical Records Commission, to the framing of archival policies and the change in those policies over the years.
In the last two decades of colonial rule in India, there were anticipations of freedom in many areas of the public sphere. These were felt in the domain of archiving as well, chiefly in the form of reversal of earlier policies. From this perspective, Bhattacharya explores the relation between knowledge and power and discusses how the World Wars and the decline of Britain, among other factors, effected a transition from a Eurocentric and disparaging approach to India towards a more liberal and less ethnocentric one.
About the Author
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya is former Tagore National Fellow, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He was earlier vice chancellor of Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, and professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Table of contents
Foreword by Pritam Singh
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Absence of a Definite Archives Policy: 1858–71
2 Developments Leading to the Creation of a Central Archive: 1872–91
3 The Imperial Record Department: Objectives and Achievements, 1891–1926
4 Anticipations of Freedom: 1927–47
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author
