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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
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
In G.O.No.158,Public Department, dated 03.03.1906,it was ordered that the nomenclature of "Black Town" in the then Madras(now Chennai),be changed to "George Town".
திருக்குறள் பகுதி
குறள் எண் : 739 பொருட்பால்  நாடு அதிகாரம்

நாடென்ப நாடா வளத்தன நாடல்ல
நாட வளந்தரு நாடு.

விளக்கம் : முயற்சி செய்து தேடாமலேயே தரும் வளத்தை உடைய நாடுகளைச் சிறந்த நாடுகள் என்று கூறுவர், தேடிமுயன்றால் வளம் தரும் நாடுகள் சிறந்த நாடுகள் அல்ல.