{"id":245,"date":"2025-12-09T05:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahaarchives.org\/en\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2025-12-09T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:40:14","slug":"about-the-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mahaarchives.org\/en\/about-the-department\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"245\" class=\"elementor elementor-245\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c71de3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c71de3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9bf182 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9bf182\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0907d4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0907d4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa1fc3 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-start elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"cfa1fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mahaarchives.org\/en\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-home\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M280.37 148.26L96 300.11V464a16 16 0 0 0 16 16l112.06-.29a16 16 0 0 0 15.92-16V368a16 16 0 0 1 16-16h64a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v95.64a16 16 0 0 0 16 16.05L464 480a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V300L295.67 148.26a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-15.3 0zM571.6 251.47L488 182.56V44.05a12 12 0 0 0-12-12h-56a12 12 0 0 0-12 12v72.61L318.47 43a48 48 0 0 0-61 0L4.34 251.47a12 12 0 0 0-1.6 16.9l25.5 31A12 12 0 0 0 45.15 301l235.22-193.74a12.19 12.19 0 0 1 15.3 0L530.9 301a12 12 0 0 0 16.9-1.6l25.5-31a12 12 0 0 0-1.7-16.93z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mahaarchives.org\/en\/about-the-department\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">About Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a2605 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07a2605\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce33e9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ce33e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" style=\"font-size:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mahaarchives.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/printing.svg\" width=\"20\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f190db8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f190db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f3d44a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f3d44a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a64c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4a64c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e91caa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e91caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Maharashtra State Archives or the Directorate of Archives is now developed into the Central Archival Agency of the Government of Maharashtra. The Archival Repositories of Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur are an important legacy of the past and a great national asset. Two more regional offices, at Aurangabad and Nagpur have been opened in recent years and they will add to the archival treasure in the near future.<\/p><p>These Archives are the outcome of non-current records of the Government since the past more than three centuries embodying experiences of the people who built up the history. The Record Offices no longer remain mere repositories of records. They are called upon to perform a very useful function of making the experience of the Government and the people of the province or state as embodied in record and related material available to guide and assist the Government and the people in planning and conducting their activities. The Records are preserved for posterity because of their continual utility for the necessary Government processes for protection of public and private rights and above all for research by scholars and students of history. 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It may be noted here that necessity of taking early and decisive measures for ascertaining and securing the rights and interests of the various classes connected with landed property led to the establishment of a General Record Office at Fort William in 1820 and the Government of Bombay was asked to adopt similar arrangement in the Presidency of Bombay. Prior to this, Secretariat Record lay in the custody of the Secretary to the council Bombay Record Office was established in August 1821 to receive and deposit records of the Secretary\u2019s Office and of other offices in the Presidency Town. Mr. William Wissencraft was the first Record Keeper in charge of the Bombay Record Office. 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