Arms of the United Company of Merchants Trading to the East Indies
The India Office Records are the documentary archives of the administration
in London of the pre-1947 government of India. They comprise the
archives of the East India Company (1600-1858), of the Board of
Control or Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (1784-1858),
of the India Office (1858-1947), of the Burma Office (1937-1948),
and of a number of related British agencies overseas. The India
Office Records are administered by The British Library as part of
the Public Records of the
United Kingdom, and are open for public consultation.