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Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

October 2026

(The years indicate the time span covered by each collection )

 
  1. Anand, A.S. (1977–2008) (former Chief Justice of India) Click here to view catalogue
  2. Aniket/Ramesh Pahari (weekly magazine, 1977-2017)
  3. Bagla, Pallava (science journalist)
  4. Bajpai, K.S. (scholar & diplomat)
  5. Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta (academic & environmentalist)
  6. Banerjee, Debarati (interviews of participants in Chipko movement, Uttrakhand)
  7. Basu, Ranoj (1947-2017) (former Permanent Secretary, AICC) Click here to view catalogue
  8. Béteille, André (sociologist and academic)
  9. Bhatt, Chandi Prasad (1966-2018) (environmentalist & Chipko movement leader) Click here to view catalogue
  10. Bhasin, A.S. (historian & writer)
  11. Bidwai, Praful (1930-2017) (journalist, political analyst & activist) Click here to view catalogue
  12. Bindra, Prerna Singh (wildlife conservationist, journalist & writer)
  13. Chanda, Nayan (journalist & academic)
  14. Chaturvedi, Nand (1947-2024) (poet) Click here to view catalogue
  15. Chavda, Divyabhanusinh (1808-2014) (wildlife conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  16. Cheetal : Journal of Wildlife (1958-2012) Click here to view catalogue
  17. Choudhury, D.K. Lahiri (1881-2016) (wildlife ecologist & elephant expert) Click here to view catalogue
  18. Crow, Ben (professor of sociology)
  19. Dang, Hari (mountaineer, environmentalist & natural historian)
  20. Dasgupta, Chandrashekhar (1898-2021) (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  21. Das, Satish Ranjan (eminent lawyer & former Advocate-General of Bengal)
  22. Das, Surjit Kishore and Vibha Puri Das (former bureaucrats, Uttarakhand)
  23. Deshpande, M.N. (1945-1999) (archaeologist, art historian & conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  24. Dasgupta, Prosenjit (1957-2012) (wildlife naturalist scholar & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  25. Devdutt (journalist & writer)
  26. Dharker, Anil (journalist & editor) Click here to view catalogue
  27. Dua, H.K. (1981-2015) (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  28. Dunu Roy (1976-2007) (social activist, political ecologist & social scientist) Click here to view catalogue
  29. Gandhi, Gopalkrishna (1895-2017) (academic & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  30. Gandhi, Rajmohan (academic & author)
  31. Gupta, Narayani (academic)
  32. Gupta, S.P.K. (1925-2020) (author & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  33. Haksar, Nandita (lawyer, human rights activist & writer)
  34. Harriss-White, Barbara (1955-2010) (academic & political economist) Click here to view catalogue
  35. Hazards Centre (NGO) Click here to view catalogue
  36. Hiro, Dilip (author & journalist)
  37. Hoot Archive (Digital)
  38. Hornbill: Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) (1976-2016)
  39. Jain, Kuntha (1927-2001) (author) Click here to view catalogue
  40. Jain, Lakshmi Chandra (1924-2003) (writer & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  41. Jayakar, Pupul (cultural activist and writer)
  42. Jayal, Nalni D. (1976 - 2016) (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  43. Jha, Prem Shankar (1970-2017) (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  44. Jussawalla, Adil (Poet and magazine editor)
  45. Kapila, Madhur (Indian writer, journalist and art critic)
  46. Karanth, K. Ullas (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  47. Karnad, Girish (1961-2018) (film actor/director & Kannada playwright) Click here to view catalogue
  48. Kohli, Suresh (1953 - 2016) (literary critic, filmmaker and film historian) Click here to view catalogue
  49. Kiranmoy Lahiri & Krishna Lahiri (justice)
  50. Kumar, Deepak (academic)
  51. Laiq, Jawid (journalist)
  52. Lambah, S.K. (1991-2013) (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  53. MacFarquhar, R.L. (1936-2012) (China scholar, politician and journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  54. Lowen, Sharon (Odissi dancer, choreographer & scholar)
  55. Machwe, Prabhakar (1939-2008) (Hindi/Marathi/English writer & poet) Click here to view catalogue
  56. Mainstream (Current Affairs Weekly, 1962-2020)
  57. Manikfan, Ali (ecologist)
  58. Ahmad, Mahmood (INA freedom fighter & diplomat)
  59. Manorama Jafa Children's Literature Collection (Children's Literature)
  60. Mansingh, Jasjit (journalist & writer)
  61. Mehrotra, S.R. (historian & author)
  62. Mehta, Jagat (scholar & diplomat)
  63. Menon, Ritu (feminist writer & publisher)
  64. Menon, Vivek (wildlife conservationist)
  65. Nagarkar, Kiran (1963-2018) (English/Marathi writer & novelist) Click here to view catalogue
  66. Nainital Samachar/Rajiv Lochan Sah (fortnightly, 1977-2023)
  67. Namra, Shyam Bahadur (educationist & writer)
  68. Nayar, Kuldip (1968-2016) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  69. Nayyar, Deepak (1973-2017) (academic & economist) Click here to view catalogue
  70. Padgaonkar, Dileep (1958-2016) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  71. Paranjpye, Sai (1924-2023) (film director & screenwriter) Click here to view catalogue
  72. Patel, Sujata (sociologist)
  73. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1903-1975) (former President of India) Catalogue 1, 2 & 3 Click here to view catalogue
  74. Raghavan, Nedyam (1920-1967) (barrister, freedom fighter & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  75. Rahmani, Asad (wildlife conservationist)
  76. R. Rajamani (former IAS officer and environmentalist)
  77. Rampal, Anita (1960-2014) (educationist & author) Click here to view catalogue
  78. Ranjitsinh, M.K. (1960-2018) (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  79. Rauf Ali (1935-2015) (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  80. Sahgal, Captain Lakshmi (1946-2010) (freedom fighter & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  81. Sah, Prajapati Prasad (academic)
  82. ‘Sajjan’, Kumar Purohit (1939-1987) (Indian film and stage actor) Click here to view catalogue
  83. Samajwadi Party Publications (Bulletins/Pamphlets)
  84. Sanctuary Asia: (Indian nature & wildlife conservation magazine, 1981-2012)
  85. Sankhala, Kailash (1941-1993) (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert) Click here to view catalogue
  86. Santhanam, K. (1931-1984) (freedom fighter & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  87. Sastri, Prema (1949-2017) (author) Click here to view catalogue
  88. Saxena, K.B. (former civil servant & academic)
  89. Shah Commission Papers (Inquiry materials)
  90. Shahi, S.P. (wildlife conservationist)
  91. Sharma, Balkrishna ‘Naveen’ (1897-1960) (freedom fighter, journalist & Hindi poet)
  92. Sharma, Mukul (writer, academic & journalist)
  93. Sharma, Narendra (Trade Union leader)
  94. Sharma, Suresh (academic)
  95. Simeon, Dilip (1926-2002) (labour historian & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  96. Singh, Kavita (art historian)
  97. Singh, Manmohan (1957-2014) (former Prime Minister of India) - Catalogue of 1st Inst. Digital Collection Click here to view catalogue
  98. Singh, Shekhar (activist & academic)
  99. Singhal, Devahuti and Damodar P. (1846-2017) (historians & authors) Click here to view catalogue
  100. Singh, Anurag (documentary filmmaker)
  101. Singhvi, L.M. (1960-2014) (jurist & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  102. Srivastava, Pramod (1985-2017) (historian) Click here to view catalogue
  103. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (anthropologist & author)
  104. Suman Sahai-Gene Campaign (NGO)
  105. Talwar, Vir Bharat (academic & Jharkhand movement activist)
  106. Tehsin, Raza (1970-2018) (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 & 2 (Digital Material) Click here to view catalogue
  107. Tiwari, Satyendra Kumar (wildlife photographer) Bandhavgarh slides
  108. Uberoi, J.P.S. (sociologist)
  109. Uberoi, Patricia academic
  110. Uttara Mahila Patrika (magazine, 1990-2013) Click here to view catalogue
  111. Vanaik, Achin (author & social activist)
  112. Vasudev, Aruna (film scholar, critic & painter)
  113. Vatsyayan, S.H. 'Agyeya' (writer & poet)
  114. Verghese, B.G. (1936-2015) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  115. Visvanathan, Susan (sociologist & academic)
  116. WWF (Newsletter, 1991-2009)

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