NEW DELHI: Over 50 lakh pages of archival information, that have been digitised over the past 16 months, shall be made on-line inside a month by Delhi government. The digitised information, which come with numerous government orders, uncommon images and manuscripts, shall be available at the web site of Delhi Archives this is prone to be introduced by leader minister Arvind Kejriwal.
While the get admission to to the repository of historically important paperwork can be unfastened, those curious about downloading the hi-resolution file must enroll and pay a fee.
Delhi Archives has a repository of over 10 crore information from 1803 to 1990, which are being preserved, digitised and microfilmed in a phased way. In the primary phase, the department is digitising about four crore information, which is perhaps completed by February 2020. Over 1.five crore information have already been digitised of which about 50 lakh can be put on-line.
“We have deliberate to begin with 50 lakh digitised paperwork and shall be adding more on a daily basis at the Delhi Archives web site,” said Sanjay Garg, nodal officer of the digitisation and microfilming of archival information undertaking.
The information include the trial of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, firmans (imperial orders) and sanads of Shah Alam-II, Revolt of 1857, land acquisition information of Lutyens’ zone, uncommon images of freedom warring parties, old heritage and archaeological structures and government orders narrating ancient and political journey of Delhi, among others.
Several maps and plans of Delhi, gazettes of governments of India, Punjab and Delhi, information of freedom warring parties, conviction information of Central Jail and Tihar, and assets registration information from 1870-1990 are also being digitised.
The undertaking was once inaugurated by deputy CM Manish Sisodia in September 2017. This shall be some of the biggest archives for researchers and teachers digitised over 30 months and at a price of Rs 25.4 crore. “We are the use of German era for undertaking this large exercise,” Sisodia said.
A staff of 125-150 archivists, some of them from Germany, had been meticulously protecting each and every file, digitising and microfilming it at the Delhi Archives headquarters in Qutub institutional area. Abhinandita Mathur, adviser within the artwork and culture division, said the digitised information would also receive advantages other people looking for the annals of their ancestral properties. “Though paper information are available at Delhi Archives, no longer many understand how to get admission to them,” she added.
The government has also determined to file the historical past of Delhi within the voices of about 200 other people, including some well-known names, under its bold “oral historical past undertaking” this is prone to be introduced on January 14. Historians, artists, authors, politicians, bureaucrats, farmers, traders, among others are likely to be recorded in individual sessions of 45-60 minutes. The audio, movies and text of the collected information would even be put on a web site.
While the get admission to to the repository of historically important paperwork can be unfastened, those curious about downloading the hi-resolution file must enroll and pay a fee.
Delhi Archives has a repository of over 10 crore information from 1803 to 1990, which are being preserved, digitised and microfilmed in a phased way. In the primary phase, the department is digitising about four crore information, which is perhaps completed by February 2020. Over 1.five crore information have already been digitised of which about 50 lakh can be put on-line.
“We have deliberate to begin with 50 lakh digitised paperwork and shall be adding more on a daily basis at the Delhi Archives web site,” said Sanjay Garg, nodal officer of the digitisation and microfilming of archival information undertaking.
The information include the trial of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, firmans (imperial orders) and sanads of Shah Alam-II, Revolt of 1857, land acquisition information of Lutyens’ zone, uncommon images of freedom warring parties, old heritage and archaeological structures and government orders narrating ancient and political journey of Delhi, among others.
Several maps and plans of Delhi, gazettes of governments of India, Punjab and Delhi, information of freedom warring parties, conviction information of Central Jail and Tihar, and assets registration information from 1870-1990 are also being digitised.
The undertaking was once inaugurated by deputy CM Manish Sisodia in September 2017. This shall be some of the biggest archives for researchers and teachers digitised over 30 months and at a price of Rs 25.4 crore. “We are the use of German era for undertaking this large exercise,” Sisodia said.
A staff of 125-150 archivists, some of them from Germany, had been meticulously protecting each and every file, digitising and microfilming it at the Delhi Archives headquarters in Qutub institutional area. Abhinandita Mathur, adviser within the artwork and culture division, said the digitised information would also receive advantages other people looking for the annals of their ancestral properties. “Though paper information are available at Delhi Archives, no longer many understand how to get admission to them,” she added.
The government has also determined to file the historical past of Delhi within the voices of about 200 other people, including some well-known names, under its bold “oral historical past undertaking” this is prone to be introduced on January 14. Historians, artists, authors, politicians, bureaucrats, farmers, traders, among others are likely to be recorded in individual sessions of 45-60 minutes. The audio, movies and text of the collected information would even be put on a web site.
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