A collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University Catalogue Of The Papers of Shah Commission Page - 2 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University CATALOGUE OF THE PAPERS OF SHAH COMMISSION CONTENTS S. No. Details Years Page No. SUBJECT FILES 4-24 (A) Reports on General Elections by the Election 1958-1978 4-5 Commission of India (B) Records of Shah Commission to Enquire into 1970-1978 6-24 the Situation in India during the Emergency (i) The Prelude 1975 6 (ii) Abuse of Authority/Power and Financial 1970-1978 6-8 Irregularities (iii) Media Censorship 1975-1977 9-10 (iv) MISA and Detentions 1975-1978 10-16 (v) Demolition Activities 1975-1978 16-19 (vi) Family Planning Programme 1976-1978 19-20 (vii) Tax Raids 1977-1978 20-21 (viii) Students and Emergency 1977-1978 22 (ix) Miscellany Summaries 1977-1978 22-23 (C) Shah Commission of Enquiry Reports 1978 23-24 (D) Other Document: Chicago Archive 1975-1978 25 Page - 3 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University CATALOGUE OF THE PAPERS OF SHAH COMMISSION SUBJECT FILES S. No. Details/ Period Comments/ T.L. No.*/ Cross No. of Pages References** (A) Reports on General Elections by the Election Commission of India (1958-1978) 1. 1958 Statistical Report on General Elections, 1957 to the Second Published by Election Lok Sabha, Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Election Commission of Detailed Results). Contains list of participating political Commission of India - General parties, number and types of constituencies, size of India, New Election, 1957 electorate, voter turnout and polling stations, successful Delhi/ English/ candidates, detailed results, etc. 128 pp. 2. 1963 Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962 to the Third Published by Election Lok Sabha, Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Election Commission of Detailed Results). Contains list of participating political Commission of India - General parties, number and types of constituencies, size of India, New Election, 1962 electorate, voter turnout and polling stations, successful Delhi/ English/ candidates, detailed results, etc. 181 pp. 3. 1968 Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Published by Election Lok Sabha, Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Election Commission of Detailed Results). Contains list of participating political Commission of India - General parties, number and types of constituencies, size of India, New Election, 1967 electorate, voter turnout and polling stations, successful Delhi/ English/ candidates, detailed results, etc. 190 pp. * T.L. No. (Transfer List Number) i.e., Original File No. **File Numbers mentioned in the Cross References are T.L. Nos. Page - 4 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University 4. 1972 Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Published by Election Lok Sabha, Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Election Commission of Detailed Results). Contains list of participating political Commission of India - General parties, number and types of constituencies, size of India, New Election, 1971 electorate, voter turnout and polling stations, successful Delhi/ English/ candidates, detailed results, etc. 205 pp. 5. 1978 Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Published by Election Lok Sabha, Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Election Commission of Detailed Results). Contains list of participating political Commission of India - General parties, number and types of constituencies, size of India, New Election, 1977 electorate, voter turnout and polling stations, successful Delhi/ English/ candidates, detailed results, etc. 203 pp. 6. 1978 Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Published by Election Legislative Assembly of Kerala. Contains list of Election Commission of participating political parties, successful candidates, Commission of India - Kerala performance of political parties, and candidates, candidates’ India, New Election, 1977 data summary, constituency data, detailed results, etc. Delhi/ English/ 173 pp. Page - 5 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University (B) Records of the Shah Commission of Inquiry (1970-1978) (i) The Prelude, 1975 7. 1975 The Prelude to the Emergency. Includes summary of events 210 pp/ English Subject File No. 01 between 12 and 22 June 1975, list of witnesses, inventory of - Prelude to the evidence, recorded statements of concerned persons such as Emergency Bhawanimal (former IG, Delhi), Nishan Chand (IG, Delhi), Navin Chawla (Secretary to LG, Delhi), R.K. Dhawan (Addl. PS to the PM), J.R. Anand (Traffic Manager, DTC), K.D. Singh (SP, New Delhi), B.K. Mittal (Deputy Secretary, NDMC), Chandan Bedhab (President, NDMC Employees Union), Dhan Ram (President, DMS employees), Dalip Singh (Party Leader, DMS), Madan Lal (Vice President, DMS employees), Raj Roop Singh (SHO, New Industrial Township, Faridabad), Khan Chand (SHO, Sadar), Jagdish Lal (SHO, PS City, Gurgaon), S.H. Mohan (SSP, Rohtak), N.K. Garg (DM, Rohtak), N.K. Miglani (DM, Gurgaon), S.N. Srivastava (Chief Labour Welfare Officer, DESU), K.P. Saxena (Controller, Rajghat Power House, DESU), R.S. Talwar (Chief Secretary, Punjab), BansiLal (Chief Minister, Haryana), A. Jayaram (Director, Intelligence Bureau) and others before the Chairman of the Inquiry Commission (ii) Abuse of Authority/Power and Financial Irregularities (1970-1978) 8. 1970-1978 Commission of Inquiry on Maruti affairs. Contains records English, and Subject File No. 20 for Senior Counsel for hearing of Maruti case regarding false Hindi/ 1-274 - Maruti information supplied by M/S Maruti Ltd. for the approval of pp. Also see File No. their Financial Scheme by Financial Institutions. Includes 27, pp. 38-39 & records for Senior Counsel for public sitting with the 81-86. witnesses, statements, affidavits and other documents For further submitted by related persons mainly in the matter of reference please purchase of Maruti Road Rollers/spare parts by Civil consult 'Shah Engineering Department from M/S Jalan Modi Automobiles Commission of and their supply to the Engineering Projects (India) Limited. Enquiry Interim Also includes Rajya Sabha debates on small car projects and Report I' related matters by the concerned Ministers and Member of Parliament Page - 6 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University 9. 1977 Subject File No. 22 - Air India and RBI (Part-I) Deviation from the established procedure and irregularity in English/ 1-44 pp. Also see File No. the re-constitution of the Boards of Air India and Indian 15, pp. 267-268 & Airlines. Includes transcriptions of deposition of P.C. Lal 278-328. (Air Marshal and former Chairman and Managing Director For further of Indian Airlines), R.K. Dhawan (Additional Private reference please Secretary to the Prime Minister), Raj Bahadur (Minister of consult 'Shah Tourism and Civil Aviation) and Bhatnagar (PA to Minister Commission of of Tourism and Civil Aviation) Enquiry Interim Report I' 9. Alleged violations in the appointment of K.R. Puri as the English/ 45-63 Also see File No. 15. (Part-II) Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Includes statement of C. pp. For further Subramanian, Minister of Finance reference please consult 'Shah Commission of Enquiry Interim Report I' 10. 1977-1978 Subject File No. 25 - Dhirendra Brahmachari Import of aircraft by Dhirendra Brahmachari of Aparna English/ 435 pp. Also see File No. Ashram by falsely declaring it as a gift for agricultural 13, pp. 213-243 & spraying. Also allegedly making undue haste at various 255-275, and File stages in processing Brahmachari's request for Custom No. 15, pp. 15-29. Clearance Permit made possible by short circuiting For further established administrative procedures and norms. Includes reference please statements of officials of Central Board of Excise and consult 'Shah Customs regarding grant of ad-hoc exemption for import of Commission of an aircraft by Aparna Ashram. Also includes statements and Enquiry Interim deposition of R.K. Dhawan and officials of Enforcement Report II' Directorate, Ministry of Commerce, Civil Aviation and Finance Page - 7 - of 25 Prepared by Ashoka Archives for a collaboration between Berkeley-Stanford Archive on the Legacies of Conflict in South Asia and Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University 11. 1978 Subject File No. 21 - Punjab National Bank (Part-I) Clean overdraft granted by Punjab National Bank to English, and Also see File No. 27, Associated Journals Limited without assessing the financial Hindi/ 1-170 pp. pp. 46-56. position or credit worthiness of the company.