Shree Natnagar Shodh Samsthan
(The Raghubir Library and Research Institute)
(The Raghubir Library and Research Institute)
The archive was established in Oct. 1976, when the Samsthan acquired the State Archives of the erstwhile Sitamau State.
The files of the “English Office” of erstwhile Sitamau State contain thousands of important letters, and their replies (original or office copies). They are useful for the last 55 years of the history of the former Sitamau State. Kharitas, secret letters, tanka receipts, and other such documents received by the Sitamau ruler are especially important source materials not only for the history of the Sitamau State but also for the political administrative, social, and economic history of the Mandsaur region.
The archive has a rare collection of Gazettes of the Government of India, yearly administrative reports and Gazettes of various Indian States, Census Reports, for the last ten years, parliamentary reports, Gazetteers of Indian States, and old magazines published after 1920 A.D. Thus the archives have 1350 printed books and 300Gazeets of various Indian States.
Administrative reports of Holkar State from (1894-1945 A.D.), Police Administrative report (1905-1941 A.D.), Budget Administration (1910-1918 A.D.) Land revenue Records (1924-1934) etc. and contemporary published reports are preserved at the archives, which helps to resuscitate the history of the central, district, and village administration of the former Holkar State.
In the same way, Gwalior State Durbar policy Vols. 1924-25 A.D., Administrative Report (1923-46 A.D.), complete files of Jayaji Pratap, a weekly from Gwalior (1939-43 A.D.), etc., are helpful source materials relating to the administrative, economic, and social history of the erstwhile Gwalior State are available here.
The Sansthan is painstakingly collecting original or true copies of documents, relating to the 17th and succeeding centuries, so that the archives would be an important research center for the entire region.
DR. Raghubir Sinh Marg, Sitamau,
Dist Mandsaur (M.P.)
shreenatnagar@yahoo.co.in, info@natnagar.org
07426-222910
(The Raghubir Library and Research Institute)
DR. Raghubir Sinh Marg, Sitamau,
Dist Mandsaur (M.P.)