Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) (pmml.gov.in): Contacts

The Research Section undertakes various projects to publish the speeches and writings of prominent national leaders in the form of different 'Selected Works'. It involves careful selection of relevant documents, annotations and preparation of typescripts. So far we have completed the projects of Selected Works of Motilal Nehru, Selected Works of Acharya Narendra Deva and Selected Works of Jayaprakash Narayan. At present, work on the Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari and Atal Bihari Vajpayee is being carried out by the Section. For these projects, the Section primarily utilises the private paper collections preserved at the PMML.

Published directory entries include Shri Vikas Kumar, Smt. Geeta Yadav, Shri Anurag Arora.

The Publications Division of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library, has been a key instrument in advancing and disseminating scholarly research on modern and contemporary Indian history, society, politics, and culture. The Division began its publishing programme in December 1971 with Socialism in India, marking PMML's entry into institutional publishing. During the 1970s, it produced several important works based on lectures delivered at PMML, including Studies in Modern Indian History, Sri Aurobindo An Interpretation, Bengal Famine of 1943: The American Response, and edited volumes on Rammohan Roy, Indian foreign policy during the Nehru years, women's history, and science and technology. These publications reflected PMML's commitment to critical historical inquiry and contemporary relevance, as well as its effort to reach wider audiences.

The Reprography Division of the Prime Ministers Museum & Library (PMML) has been preserving the nation's documentary heritage since the launch of its microfilming programme in 1968. The Division undertakes the microfilming and digitization of newspapers, periodicals, private papers, institutional records, theses, and other archival collections to ensure their long-term preservation and accessibility for researchers. Its collections include newspapers published in English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Assamese, representing diverse regions of India. The selection of materials is guided by the Library's research priorities and the needs of scholars, particularly in the fields of South Asian Studies and Modern Indian History.

The Oral History Project of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) was conceived as part of its research activities. The first steps towards organising it were taken in the summer of 1966. So far, the PMML has conducted till now 1,376 interviews. Out of these, 990 have been transcribed, edited, and prepared in book form. These are available to scholars and researchers for consultation in the Reading Room of the Manuscripts Section.