This item was about the photo of Chintamanny Ragoonatha Chary (1840 - 1880). He was one of the first professional Indian astronomers who was attached to Madras Observatory. He worked with Captain Jacob and Mr.Pogson. He was well known for his work on variable stars, having discovered 2 variable stars, one R Reticuli 1871 and V Cephei 1878. He took an active part in two eclipses, total eclipse of the Sun 1868 and 1871. He was elected a fellow of Royal Astronomical Society in 1872. He brought out a pamphlet on the transit of Venus, This was not only in English but also in several vernacular languages.

This circular was sent to all local government and administrations to compile and send the difference between Greenwich Mean Time and the Civil Time employed in various parts of India and her dependencies to Professor Milne, The Seismological Investigation Committee of the British Association.

This is a circular letter from A.G. Cardew, AG Secretary to Government, regarding adopting standard time for railways and telegraph offices. The standard time in India will be 5.30 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 9 minutes ahead of Madras time. In Burma, it will be 6.30 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 5 minutes and 23 seconds earlier than Rangoon time. The change will be introduced at midnight between June 30 and July 1, 1905.

This item was about Bhaskar Dutta's death at his residence, shantinagar in Bangalore on Friday night. It also speaks on his early education in Copenhagen, New York, Italy, before returning to India in 1978. He moved to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in 1982. He specialised in neutron stars and pulsars.

The letter is a communication copy of the letter from the Collector of Vizagapatam, D.Dis.No. 2034 about the occuranceof earthquake in that region

The fond contain compilition of Newspaper clipping, photographs and graphs of Uranus ring observed at Kavalur observatory

The fond contain compilation of Photographs, Newspaper Clipping, Pamphlets, Correspondence to Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary and Transit of Venus.

The fond contain compilation of Pogson's observations and drawing

This is a completion certificate for the north dome of the observatory

The fond contain compliation of Photographs, Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence to M.K. Vainu Bappu and Institutes