The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has also preserved the papers of Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar with the Microfilm Division of the Library
Minister of State (independent charge) for Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma today informed the parliament that the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) has catalogued and preserved the collection of Syama Prasad Mookerjee papers in the Archives.
The NMML has also preserved the papers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Keshav Baliram Hedgewar with the Microfilm Division of the Library but they have not been catalogued.
The details of the collections are as given below:
Syama Prasad Mookerjee – 80,000 pages approx. Metadata of these has been prepared.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar – 20125 images. As these have not been digitised, no Metadata has been prepared.
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar – 1150 images. As these have not been digitised, no Metadata has been prepared.
The scanning of Syama Prasad Mookerjee papers has been completed. The papers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Keshav Baliram Hedgewar have not been digitised.
The minister provided the above information in reply to an Unstarred Question in the Lok Sabha today.
