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HISTORY HOMEWORK -ARCHIVES (CL 8)

http://nationalarchives.nic.in/


1. What is the Vision and Mission of National archives?
2. Which is the nearest railway station from National Archives?
 3. Who is an archivist ?
4. The Imperial Records Department which was set up in Imperial Secretariat building  in Kolkata in 1891 was shifted to Delhi in  1926. Give reason why it was shifted to Delhi ?
5. What are the various reprography techniques which can be used to preserve historical documents ?
6. Suppose you go to the record holdings(in yellow) and go to the cartographic section and get the forest map of India  of the year 1875 to 1977 how will you be able to use it . You will be provided the latest satellite map of forest . You will be making some comparisons . What  could be the outcome of comparison.
7. Suppose you get some manuscripts of the Mughals( written by Mughal courties ) which language you should be knowing to understand this.( see oriental records in  Record holdings )
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Why are thre documents kept in locked glass chambers ?
9. Why are  some old documents kept in very cold and dry rooms ?( in fact in the pyramids which are thrown open to public in Egypt the chambers where the mummies and panintings are preserved air conditioned and dehumidified)
10. If you check the private records section in record holding what will you understand about the efforts made byDadaBhai Nouroji ?
11.  Name the Individuals from South Africa  with whom Gandhiji used to have regular correspondence ?
12. Which papers relate to the enquiry of Bengal Famine ?
A.Lala Lajpat Rai Papers           B. Nanavati papers
C. M.R Jayakar Papers              D. Maulana Azad Papers
13. This is a map made in 1606 by a Dutch map maker which part of the world is shown in this map  ?
            14. You can see the photograph of how many ports used to look like in the past . You can see a sea bridge leading to the berthing place of ships. How is it different from present day ports ?( find out from google)
TO SEE HOW MANUSCRIPTS ARE PRESERVED SEE THE BELOW LINKS
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/85079174/medieval-manuscripts-and-digital-technology--inside-the-national-library
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21684254-benedictine-monks-minnesota-began-backing-up-worlds-ancient-christian-texts-during

15.  Of the two maps India orientalis and East Indies which one is older ?What makes you say so ?


you may go to the link at the top to try to find out the answers of question no 1 to 12

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