Regional Archives, Prayagraj
The Regional Archives ,Prayagraj was established in the year 1973. The total bulk of public records at the Regional Archives, Prayagraj is 1066 linear meters. These comprise Mutiny records,records of the merged States of Rampur and Banaras, Commissioner's records of Agra, Faizabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Meerut, Rohilkhand. Varanasi and Prayagraj, Collector's records of Aligarh, Prayagraj, Azamgarh, Badaun, Banda, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Jalaun, Mirzapur, Rampur, Saharanpur, and Varanasi and the records of the Director of Education, Prayagraj. Besides, it also preserves valuable and important historical manuscripts and documents dealing with the medieval period of Indian History. Records of the defunct office of the History of Freedom Movement ,Lucknow are also preserved in this office.
For various archival activities there are Technical Assistants, Junior Technical Assistants and Field Assistants, Photo Officer, Junior Photographer and other Technical Staff. The total sanctioned posts of the U.P.State Archives and the Regional Offices and Manuscript Library is 111.