11. LOCAL GOVERNMENT  SECRETARIAT 

           The need for reorganizing a Regular  Local Government Department for controlling and supervising   the local bodies in the State appears to have been felt in, 1348 F./ 19^th July 1938.  Under the Farman of  Nizam dated 12^th Shahriwar 1948 F./ 19^th July 1938, the orders issued for the  drafting of the various enactments dealing with  Local Government. This work was  entrusted  to the Local Funds Administration which was under the control  of the Revenue Department till 1940. In 1947 Local funds administration grew into a regular Secretariat known as the local Government Department of the Secretariat. The local bodies came under the control of the Local Government Department. The records are available  in Urdu and English language. the Urdu files preponderate. The records of the Local Government Secretariat which were received in the State Archives in October, 1955. The records of the Local Government Secretariat were transferred  to the State Archives in October 1955. 

The detailed information of the records of Local Government Secretariat are given below

Sl. No.	Nature of the Documents	Periodicity	No. of Documents
1.	Consist of files	1936-1940	1,297

                                                                

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