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RECORD HOLDING DETAILS
Tamil Nadu Archives holds a valuable collection of documents of East India Company dating from 1670 to 1857, Secretariat Records of the Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George Gazette etc. The records of historical, administrative, economic and social importance are collected and preserved in Tamil Nadu Archives.
The records are kept in record stacks as detailed below.
Stack - 1 : Records of the Government of Public, Education, Health department etc., from the year 1857 to 1987, Fort St. George Gazette, etc.,
Stack - 2 : Records of the Government of Public, School Education, Higher Education, Health and Family welfare, Personnel and Administrative Reforms,   Information and Technology Department etc., from the year 1988 to 2017.
Stack - 3 : Records of the Government of Judicial, Home, Legal, Law, Social Welfare , Transport Department etc., from the year 1857 to 1987.
Stack - 4 : Records of the Government of Revenue, Agriculture, Industries, Commercial Tax and Religious Endowment Department etc., from the year 1857 to 1987.
Stack - 5 : Records of the Government of Revenue, Agriculture, Industries, Housing and Urban Development, Food and Consumer Protection Department   etc., from the year 1988 to 2017.
Stack - 6 : Records of the Government of Public works, Rural Development and Local Administration Department etc., from the year 1857 to 1987.
Stack - 7 : Records of the East India company from 1670 to 1857, Dutch, Danish, Persian records etc.,
Stack - 8 : Old Settlement Register (OSR), Inam Fair Register (IFR), Board Proceedings, etc.,
Stack - 9 : Field Measurement Books of Initial Survey, Re Survey, UDR etc.,
R1 : Electoral Rolls, Government Orders, etc.,
Microfilm Repository : Records of various departments are preserved in the form of Microfilm Rolls.

Content last updated on 05-04-2024 at 12:36:16
Annals of Tamil Nadu Archives
1996 : Creation of part -time Research Fellow instituted. Scheme of Computerisation of pre-1857 records launched. Endowment lectures organized. Archives recognised as 'Research Centre in Modern History by the University og Madras.
Important Leaves
What Archives preserves contain papers documenting day today administration of the Government which include routine matters, policy decisions,introduction of schemes and papers and orders on turning points in the politico - social and economic history of the state.Among such numerous archival papers which are sources for describing the turning points in the State's history, certain documents have been selected and published here for public view and reproduced in Boxes.
திருக்குறள் பகுதி
குறள் எண் : 12 அறத்துப்பால்  வான்சிறப்பு அதிகாரம்

துப்பார்க்குத் துப்பாய துப்பாக்கித் துப்பார்க்குத்
துப்பாய தூஉம் மழை.

விளக்கம் : உண்பவர்க்குத் தக்க உணவுப் பொருள்களை விளைவித்துத் தருவதோடு, பருகுவோர்க்குத் தானும் ஓர் உணவாக இருப்பது மழையாகும்.