History comes alive

Finale of 125th Foundation Year Celebrations of National Archives of India (NAI), organised by Ministry of Culture had commenced on March 7, in the national Capital. The celebrations, which will go on for a week, will culminate on March 11.

N K Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture inaugurated an Archival exhibition titled ‘Independent India: A Forward March (based on post Independence Public Records)’ in the premises of National Archives of India.

A two-day seminar on the ‘Sources of 18th and 19th Century’ is also being held from March 8-9 in the Conference Hall, NAI, Janpath.

On the eve of ‘National Archives of India Foundation Day 2016’ on March 10, Prof. Surendra Gopal, an eminent historian will deliver the Foundation Day lecture on ‘Some Foreign Archives and India’s History’ in the auditorium of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. The Finale of 125th Foundation Year would be culminated by following programmes in the presence of Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture and Tourism and Minister of State for Civil Aviation on March 11 in the auditorium of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti Bhawan.

Apart from this, a cultural programme, ‘Char Bait’ by the artists from Bhopal and Rampur Gharana, will also be organised in the lawns of National Archives of India on March 11.