The “Indian Historical Record Commission” was formed in 1919 at Shimla. In the 10th session of this Commission in 1942 held at Mysore when it was stressed first for establishment of an Archives office in Assam for scientific management, preservation and utilization of non-current public records of Govt. Accordingly, with the utmost extortions of the then S.K. Choudhury and a few Scholars who had played dynamic role and rendered scant attention in the field of Archival development and promotion in Assam. Again in the 44th session of the “Indian Historical Record Commission” held in Bikaner in 1976 the resolution had been passed to set up a full-fledge Archives office by the then Director General of Archives, National Archives of India, New Delhi, Dr. Bisheswar Prasad and subsequently after shifting of the then Capital of Assam from Shillong to Dispur in 1973-74, an office of the Directorate level in the name and style as the “State Archives Organization” Assam was established in March 1980 with a view to centralizing the non-current public records of the Govt. PRESENT DIRECTOR (I/C) : Mukul Das
