Records of The Historical Families and Private Papers

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The State of Maharashtra is rich in archival material. The ancestors of a number of old families in Maharashtra played an important role in the history of Maharashtra. Many historical families have in their possession voluminous record depicting the velour of their ancestors. Family legends imperial and royal deeds, public and private correspondence, and state papers in possession of the descendants of men once high in authority, law suits and law decisions, account papers and manuscripts of every description in Persian and Modi bring to light unknown events in the history of a country. During last forty years, efforts have been made by the Directorate of Achieves to search and collect such private records in possession of old families. These records are preserved for posterity. They are indexed or catalogued and made available for research to scholars and students.

The details of the private records in Mumbai Archives are as follows:--

• The Sangli Daftar :- (331 Rumals)
• The Chandwad Daftar :- (212 Rumals)
• The Raje Mane (Mhaswad) Daftar :- (21 Rumals)
• The Dhulap Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 42 documents)
• The Akolkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 225 documents)
• Ahmednagar Records :- (9 Rumals)
• The Pant Pratinidhi Daftar :- (37 Rumals)
• The Palshikar Daftar :- (9 Rumals of about 12,000 papers)
• The Mohite Daftar :- (5 Rumals)
• The Mane (Rahimatpur) Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 1,465 documents)
• The Shirke Daftar :- (33 Rumals)
• The Menavli Daftar :- (216 Rumals)
• Jairam Swami Daftar :- (33 Rumals of 40,000 documents)
• Udajiram Deshmukh Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 25 documents)
• The Gharge Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 50 papers)
• The Abhyankar Daftar :- (8 Rumals)
• The Pisal Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 200 papers)
• The Kamruddin Records :- (1 Rumal of 174 documents)
• The Nana Phadnis Daftar (Banares) :- (4 Rumals of 10,000 documents)
• The Nirantar Daftar :- (23 Rumals of 25,000 papers)
• The Chandwadkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 200 documents)
• The Dherge Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 200 documents)
• The Mahajan Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 50 documents)
• The Patankar Daftar :- (7 Rumals)
• The Herwadkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 1000 papers)
• The Kolhatkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• The Chalukya Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 50 papers)
• Records of the Nasikkar Victoria Hindu Sangit Mandali :- (1 Rumal)
• The Records Maharashtra Natya Mandir :– (1 Rumal)
• Parasnis Collection :- (4 Rumals)
• Sawantwadi Records :- (31 Rumal)
• The Tillu Daftar :- (7 Rumals)
• The Naik (Anjur) Daftar :- (1 Rumal of 3 papers)
• Halbe Collection :- (1 Rumal)
• Nana Saheb Deshmukh (Avalpur Daftar) :- (1 Rumal)
• Belsare Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Deshmukh – Deshpande Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Inamadar Pathrai Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Prabhune Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Ajgaonkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Hirvekar Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Ghanshyam Patil Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Dikshit Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Chandurkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Kulkarni Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Phatak Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Apte Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Bapat Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Pusalkar Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Dasputre Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Date Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Gulvani Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Vijapurcha Adilshicha Itihas Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Nasik Tahasil Daftar :- (21 Rumals)
• Central Museum (Nagpur) :- (1 Rumal)
• Deshmukh (Vagvan) Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Kanvar Bhil Agency Daftar :- (4 Rumals)
• Ratnakarpanth Rajesh Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Deshmukh – Deshpande (Malegaon) Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Central Province Daftar :- (2 Rumals)
• Diamond Jubilee Fund Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• History of Holkar Raja of Indoor Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Chanda Daftar :- (23 Rumals)
• Shridhar Joshi (Satara) Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Gurdeshwar (Vagreshwar) (Nasik) Daftar :- (1 Rumal)
• Alibag Collector Hujur Record :- (18 Rumals)
• Murud Tahasil Record :- (8 Rumals)
• Shrivardhan Tahasil Record :- (5 Rumals)
• Alibag Court Record of Mahad Chavdar Tale Satyagraha :- (1 Rumal)
• Senapati Bapat Record :- Personal Letters, Rare Books etc
• Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis Record :- (38 Personal Letters )
• Journalist S. R. Tikekar Record