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MEA declassifies 70,000 files

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

The files include those on former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Indo-Pak relations.

The old files are an important source of material for research and reference purposes.

"The Ministry of External Affairs has been making a steady progress in declassifying old records and making this accessible to the academic community.

"70,000 files were already declassified and transferred to National Archives of India," the ministry said in a statement.

In collaboration with National Archive of India these files have now been catalogued in a user-friendly, searchable format and the titles and file numbers have been uploaded on the public diplomacy website --www.Indiandiplomacy.In.

The website also provides information on the modalities of accessing the files at National Archives.

A further 22,000 files will soon be added to this list and efforts are on to expedite the process further, the Ministry said.

  

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First Published: Jun 04 2012 | 8:45 PM IST

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