All files relating to Gandhi's assassination in safe custody of National Archives: HM

July 11, 2014 18:56

The Union home ministry on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that it had destroyed no more than 11,100 files, and not 1.5 lakh files as alleged, in deference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instructions asking all government departments to weed out irrelevant and outdated files.

None of the files destroyed between June 5 and July 8 related to important historical events such as Mahatma Gandhi's assassination or Lord Mountbatten's return journey to England, as claimed by a section of the media.

In fact, around 52 files and 67 sets of exhibits, containing 11,186 pages, relating to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi's murder are in safe custody of National Archives of India, Union home minister Rajnath Singh informed the Elders. Read more

HMO India @HMOIndia tweets: All files relating to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination are in safe custody of National Archives.

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