Established in 1949, U P State Archives is a premier institution specializing in collecting, maintaining and conserving valuable manuscripts and documents in private custody. It holds about eight thousand manuscripts in Urdu, Arabic, Persian and other regional languages.
UP State Archives offers facilities to researchers and students to seek information from materials related to their specializations. It is open to researchers between 10:30 and 16:30 hours on all days except Sundays and public holidays. State Archives prints and publishes documents relating to manuscripts and documents.