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ARCHIVES LIBRARY
The Tamil Nadu Archives Library is a centre for research.  The Library complements the reference and research activities of the Archives of which it is an inseparable part. The library functions as a useful adjunct to the records and documents preserved in the archives. The records available in the Tamil Nadu Archives Library illustrate not only the historical, political, economic and social conditions of the country but also the situation prevailed in the Madras Presidency and the State of Tamil Nadu.
Library Service
The Tamil Nadu Archives Library regularly attracts research scholars of M.Phil, Ph.D, Post Doctoral Research and also writers from all over India and also the various parts of the World. This library is not a lending library, but only a reference library. The library follows “Closed Access System”. Only the registered scholars and researchers are allowed to have the access of the library and they are allowed to use the card catalogue as well the computerised catalogue. The photocopying facility is available in the library.
Holdings
Almanac
Administration Reports
Census
Public Instruction Reports
Guide to Records
Gazetteers
Press Lists & Civil Lists
Debates
Baramahal Records
Books
Journals and Thesis etc
Some Rare Collections
  • The Historie of Ireland
  • Some years travels into Africa and Asia
  • A Voyage to Suratt in 1689
  • New Account of the East Indies
  • A short history of English Transactions in the East Indies
  • Select views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan
  • Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China
  • The Mackenzie Collection: A descriptive Catalogue of the oriental Manuscripts and other articles
  • Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency.3 Vols.
  • Major-General Sir Thomas Munro
  • History of Pudukkottai State
  • History of the Bucking-Ham Canal project
  • The Sivaganga Zamindary
  • A History of British India
  • Fort St. George Madras
  • Aristocracy of Southern India
  • Bala-Bharata or Young India
  • Ootacamund: A History
  • The Church in Madras
  • Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800
  • Jail Diary
  • The Madras Presidency 1881-1931
 

Content last updated on 16-04-2024 at 15:05:35
Annals of Tamil Nadu Archives
2004 : Purchase of Iron Rack, Book Scanners, Micro Film Scanner, Thin Clients.
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 : 422 பொருட்பால் அறிவுடைமை அதிகாரம்

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