Rajasthan State Archives enjoys a special position amongst the various Archives of the country primarily on account of the indigenous character of its holdings. The present State Archive is a successive body of the various General Record Offices and similar record agencies of the former states of Rajasthan. The State Archives was set-up as early as 1955 having branch offices in all the former covenanting States of Rajasthan including the one in the former Chief Commissioner’s province of Ajmer-Merwara. In the following years as matter of administrative convenience, it was decided that the Archives Department should take care of only of pre 1900.

     A.D. records known as Deposited records; while the semi-current records should remain under the administrative control of the State Secretariat, but this department took the stand that it would amount to an un-natural bifurcation of the record series because a change of nomenclature, an increasing state activity or the creation of some new departments, or some having been amalgamated into other for administrative convenience, did not make out a case for this bifurcation of records.

Specific

• Famous for its valuable and huge record holding
  
  
• One of the best and renowned archives of the world


• Scientifically preserved documents from Mughal period to current period’s 30 yrs.old historical records


• Rich treasure for Indian and Foreign research scholars

• Appropriate venue for exhibition/Seminars.

Objects

• Acquisition, Collection and preservation of historical record material.


• Preservation & Maintenance of records by latest scientific technology


• To make the record available to Research Scholars. Administrative-Departments, Judiciary and Public as per their requirements.

• 75000 Land Grant records from 1914 to 1954 digitized.


• Digitization of 83000 Land Grant records at the verge of completion


• Digitization of 1.25 Crore Historical documents started through RAJCOMP.


• Proposed Digitization of 1.25 Crore historical documents in year 2008-09


• Released CD of reminiscences of Freedom Fighters.
• Establishment of Air Conditioned Computer cell with 12 Computers and other allied accessories.


• Renovation of Research Section


• Preparation/framing of departmental website.


• A sum of Rs 15.63 lac received from MLA Quota for the Digitization and purchase of computer hardware.