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Enlist the indigenous records of the modern period of Indian history

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Answered by sourasghotekar123
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Enlist the indigenous records of the modern period of Indian history

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  • A primary and major source of information for historians is the official records of British administration.
  • The British have kept records pf all the important meeting, transaction, investigation, plan , policy decision and agreement.
  • They even have attached record rooms for all the important administrative institutions.
  • For keeping all the records British have made institutions like museums and archives to preserve important documents.
  • We can or historians can gather all the information about provincial administrative system from reports, memos, notes and letters which is preserved in the 19th century.
  • For effective administration, the British carried out a number  of surveys in the early 19th century.
  • By the end of 19th century, censuses of all the Indian provinces were carried out every ten years.
  • Censuses helped to collect information on the religion, caste and occupation of the people. This surveys have helped historians to collect information about modern India.
  • Also personal diaries of personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, newspaper, popular books like The discovery of India and Glimpses of World History, Autobiographies of personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and accounts of travelers and pilgrims give a deep insight into the lives of  the common people.

Hence, this is how we can records of the modern period of Indian history.

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