Introduction                                

                                 Archives is an organized body of records created or received by Government agency, institutions, organization, family or individual and preserved by that agency etc. or its legitimate successors as evidence of its organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations or other activities or because of the information data contained therein. It is on the basis of records only that Government plans can be chalked out successfully. Archives provide material to write history and find facts of the written history.

                                               Any type of record whether public, private or religious are the documentary proof of our deeds. We must remember our past deeds, follies and achievements to get ourselves prepared for the future. Records are the mirror of the past. History judges us by these records . Hence it is the duty of the Government as well as all individuals to take proper care of their records. The records are crucial to hold us accountable to our past deeds and provide basis for future programme and planning. According to Desmond Tutu “ We must remember our past so we do not repeat it”                       

                                       The present Web-site is a documentary  of Gurgaon Division Archives activities. It contains the Various functions with the list of holdings such as public record series, private papers, information about Freedom Fighters, rare books, newspapers, scholars who access the records for their research work.    Efforts have been made to make the Web-site more informative for the benefit of research scholars and general public.

Functions

                                           The main functions of Gurgaon Division Archives is to acquire , service and preserve for posterity, public and private records of historical, administrative, political, economic, social, and cultural value and also to coordinate and guide all operations connected with public records in respect of their administration, preservation and elimination with the view to ensure that records of permanent value are not destroyed and to tape records memoirs of freedom fighters and eminent persons of the Division. It also promotes and advance historical research and studies.

                                           Archives Department, Haryana became an independent department in the year 1976. After sometime it was realized that no specific attention could be paid towards the public and private records of the Divisions of Haryana state. So it was decided that Regional Repositories should be opened at Divisional level. Consequently in the year 1986 two Regional Repositories were opened at Hisar and Ambala. Thereafter with creation of two more divisions, two more Regional Repositories were opened at Gurgaon and Rohtak in the year 1997. Since then Gurgaon Division office is making a rapid progress. All the archival activities of the office are looked after by Assistant Director Archives who is also the head of the Division office.