MUSEUM OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA BRIEF OF ITEMS DISPLAYED IN ORIGINAL

NICHES

1. Parwana of Ala Khan in Persian dated 19 October 1352 (Oldest document on paper in National Archives of India). Click to view picture
2. Farman of Humayun, 16^th December 1539.
3. Hukm of Nurjahan, 1625.
4. Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands (English and Dutch), 17^th March 1824. Click to view picture
5. Treaty between the British Indian Government and Sultan of Muscat (Arabic and English), 19^th January 1865.
6. Letter of Tipu Sultan to Nawab of Arcot having Sultan's autograph.
7. Parwana of Itibar al-Daulah, 22 January 1758.
8. Sanad issued by East India Company to Maharaja Dalip Singh on the confiscation of his rights and presentation of Koh-I-Noor, 28^th March 1849.
9. Petition to Lord Cornwallis for establishing Orphan Home and other welfare measures at Calcutta (Bengal), 1787.
10. Persian version of above.
11. Nikahnama dated 8^th March 1886 certifying the marriage of Mirza Usman Beg with Akbar Begam. Click to view picture
12. Documents in various languages (Left to Right) :
    1. Bengali
    2. Gurmukhi
    3. Oriya
    4. Persian and Marathi
13. Qasida of Ghalib in praise of Lord Harding I by Mirza Asad Allah Khan Ghalib.
14. Proposed Plan of the Masoleum of Bahadur Shah Zafar at Rangoon.
15. Share Certificates of Delhi Cotton Mills, 1889.
16. Letter to Secretary of N.W.P., 7th December 1843 for the import of tea.
17. Apparatus used in the manufacture of tea at Kumaon.
18. List of implements required for manufacturing of Green Tea.
19. Bengal Smoke Nuisance Bill 1904.
20. Rules for cutting Timber in the Government forests.
21. Treaty amongst East India Company, Peshwa Madhav Rao and Nizam, Nawab Mir Nizam Ali, 1 June, 1790. Click to view picture
22. Treaty between East India Company and Siam establishing trade relations 20 June 1826. Click to view picture
23. Treaty of peace and unity between East India Company and Maharaja Daulat Rao Sindhia, 22nd November 1805. Click to view picture

SHOW CASES

1. Execution of Mangal Pandey, an event which led to the Great Uprising of 1857.
2. Genealogical tree of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.
3. Indigenous Dyeing.
4. Jam-I-Jahan Numa (Persian Urdu)
5. Padhiti Siksha
6. Raskamdhenu
7. Bal bodhani
8. Nilmat Puran
9. Shahnama of Firdausi composed in 1010 A.D. transcribed in 1653 A.D. (Persian). Click to view picture
10. Ain-I-Akbari (Persian), 27 April 1824 A.D.
11. Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the National Archives of Nepal (photocopy).
12. Razm Nama: Persian translation of Mahabharat, 1582 A.D.
13. Dictionary in eight languages. Click to view picture

CENTRAL PILLAR

1. Lanka Kand of Ramayan on Bamboo leaf (Bengali).
2. Bhagwad Gita.
3. Letter of Raja Khalifa of Bencoolin (Malay).
4. Kalpsutra.
5. Letter of congratulation on the coronation of Nawab Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur.
6. Seals of :
   1. Maharaja Ranjit Singh
   2. Maharaja Dalip Singh
7. Kharita with letter and seal.
8. Treaty between Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja and East India Company.
9. Mahrut Chakrika.
10. Religious Seal of Bohra Community.