The Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Fonds contains documents, paintings, postal stamps, matchboxes and objects. The documents include his notable writings, research papers, correspondence with eminent personalities, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

This sub-fonds contains documents including Pushpa Mittra Bhargava's notable writings, research papers, correspondence with eminent personalities, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

Comments on Shimla Seminar Statement by Bhargava. Article by KV Subbaram. Includes printed resolution of European Parliament with handwritten note possibly indicating Bhargava's filing system.

This series contains speeches, correspondence, administrative records, articles and writings, printed materials, newspaper articles, and handwritten notes. PM Bhargava was deeply involved in discussions on scientific temper and critical of religious practices which invoked supernatural powers. Here we find records documenting radio speeches delivered on the subject, administrative records belonging to the Society for the Promotion of Scientific Temper, papers pertaining to the Nehru Centre in Bombay, reports on the Seminar on ‘Scientific Temper and Spiritual Values’ held at the Centre in 1983, correspondence with individuals about superstition and godmen, and Bhargava's own writings. A large number of letters are exchanged between PM Bhargava and Makarand Paranjape, and another set of exchanges is with Meera Ananda. The Statements, Articles, and Writings subseries contains a 1980 signed statement on scientific temper with correspondence around the drafting of the same. It also includes a published article by PM Bhargava.

This contains all the printed materials that promote Science and Rationality. Along with all these materials, there is also a letter from PM Bhargava addressed to TH Chowdary. This also contains a handwritten note and a small appeal note.

The papers in this series pertain to the estate of JBS Haldane and his wife, Helen Spurway Haldane. JBS Haldane died in 1964. Following Helen Haldane’s death in 1978, PM Bhargava and his wife, Manorama Bhargava, handled her estate and corresponded extensively with JBS Haldane's sister, Naomi Mitchison, and her grandson, Graeme J Mitchison. Included here are letters, notebooks, handwritten notes, share certificates, financial documents, JBS Haldane’s Last Will and Testament, Helen Haldane’s autopsy, and articles on the Haldanes by PM Bhargava and other researchers. Certain letters also pertain to the dispatch of JBS Haldane’s personal papers to his family in the United Kingdom. These are a combination of originals and facsimiles. This series includes one photographic print and a newspaper article announcing Helen Haldane's death. Note on subseries: The files within the Correspondence subseries have been organized based on the original order of subject-wise arrangement. Letters within each broad subject have been arranged alphabetically and then chronologically, except in special cases. Certain key documents, such as official records, were removed and kept in the Official Records subseries. The share certificates under the Official Records subseries are oversized and have not yet been boxed. The third subseries contains personal papers, possibly compiled by JBS Haldane himself. It includes a notebook, handwritten drafts of his last will and testament, and notes on his surgical history, along with correspondence. These drafts were written by JBS Haldane in November 1962, when he was preparing for an operation in London.

This file contains multiple articles and writings on JBS Haldane. It includes a brochure printed by the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum.

This series contains a variety of documents, including correspondence, newspaper articles, journal articles, and publications in the form of brochures and booklets. These records span the years 1976 to 2015 and cover topics like religious beliefs, atheism, and secularism. Handwritten notes include notecards with the titles of journal articles written on them. The journal articles cover a range of subjects, including an article by Martin Gardner on David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti. The publications consist largely of booklets published by the Atheist Centre and the Indian Secular Society. One subseries containing miscellaneous records pertains to Kalki Bhagavan, a self-styled Indian godman. One unsigned written statement is a four-paged critique of Satya Sai Baba.

This contains correspondence related to religion and atheism. These letters are from personalities having initials P to S. This also has a printed postcard and a list of books with a handwritten note.

This contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and others on scientific temper. This also contains handwritten notes and a letter. It has documents in Telugu and a letter in Hindi. This also includes emails.

This file contains newspaper articles on scientific temper, quacks, and medicine, as well as a review of a book on Henrietta Lacks.

This series contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and members of the Husain family, including MF Husain and Mustafa Husain, publications such as an exhibition catalogue, articles, and exhibition materials pertaining to an exhibition featuring MF Husain’s paintings on key events in the twentieth century, with text by PM Bhargava. The letters discuss a proposed Husain-Bhargava Centre for Art and Science, Husain’s exile and death, and other subjects. The series includes several prints of MF Husain’s artwork and a facsimile of a letter from the artist to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The documents have either been arranged as they were found or arranged chronologically.

This contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and MF Husain's family. This also has a short write-up on ' Glimpses of the Twentieth Century' by MF Husain. Includes a letter from MF Husain to former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

This contains letters pertaining to discussions related to estate duty and Haldane family assets. These letters are mostly from 1979 to 1980. However, with the exception of an email from Kriti Kapila that belongs to the year 2012. This also contains handwritten notes, estate duty challans, and entry permits.

This contains correspondence related to religion and atheism. These letters are from personalities having initials I to K. This also has a printed postcard and a photocopy of an order from the Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

A pamphlet and name tag for National Convention in Defence of India's Freedom and Unity and handwritten notes signed by PM Bhargava. Email prints and schedule for Workshop of Temples of Modern India and printed speeches.

This contains correspondence related to religion and atheism. This also contains interview replies from PM Bhargava. These letters are from personalities having initials A to G. There is an undated postcard (undated), 1 envelope, 1 pamphlet and 1 newspaper advertisement.

This contains newspaper articles that are related to religion and atheism. This also contains articles such as "Satya Sai Baba accused of 'murdering' investigators" and "'God' used to have tea with them", and many more.

This contains all the newspaper articles published on Husain's and Bhargava's collaborations.

This contains three articles, and one contents page of a journal. These articles are related to religion and atheism.

Letters exchanged with PM Bhargava.

This contains articles pertaining to the polio vaccine in India and polio eradication and immunization programmes.

This file consists of documents pertaining to the 6th World Atheist Conference that was organized by the Atheist Centre, Vijayawada, on 5 January, 2007. This file includes documents such as a letter of invitation from the conference's convenors, Vijayaram Samaram, Maru, and Vikas Gora, a programme list, and a small invitation card.

This contains correspondence on the polio vaccine in India and polio eradication and immunisation programmes. This also has 3 newspaper clippings.

This contains all the printed materials related to religion and atheism. It has one pamphlet, four booklets and three brochures in this file.

This file contains correspondence between B Premanand and PM Bhargava discussing the transfer of the Method of Science Exhibition from Birla Science Centre; however, there are also others to whom the letters are addressed or written, such as MW Pandit, Arun Bhargava, Vasantha Surya and many more. All the enclosures are retained as found.

This contains correspondence from PM Bhargava to MF Husain, with a note on Husain's movie 'Gajgamini'. There is another letter from Najma Husain to PM Bhargava about an exhibition in Singapore. This also contains stationery items belonging to Husain, handwritten notes by PM Bhargava, PM Bhargava's entry permit to Dubai, and a print of a newspaper article on Husain. Along with all these, there is an envelope with 9 pictures from Husain's movie, 'Gajgamini'.

This large and significant series contains 272 files pertaining to the Method of Science Exhibition. In 1975, PM Bhargava was invited by the director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Rais Ahmed, to set up an exhibition on the method of science. What followed was a decades-long endeavour to create and disseminate this exhibition and to give it a permanent home.

Although initially set up in Bal Bhavan, New Delhi, the exhibition was locked by Bhargava in 1977 following the general elections and a subsequent regime change both at the central government level and within the NCERT. In 1978, Bhargava discovered that the exhibition had been dismantled without his knowledge. After an investigation and a court dispute regarding this, the exhibition was eventually bought by the Andhra Pradesh government and installed at the Andhra Pradesh State Public Library. It was finally inaugurated on 12 November 1984, just a few days after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. In 1992 the exhibition was shifted to the Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad. In 2000, B Premanand, publisher and editor of ‘The Indian Skeptic’ wanted to bring the exhibition to Kerala but discovered that the material had been neglected and was unusable. Along the way, the exhibition had been documented by the Films Division and released in the late 1980s, and text from the exhibition serialized in the publication ‘Science Today’.

The records in this series are divided into 8 subseries based on the following record types: correspondence, accounts, official documents, exhibition materials, administration, articles writings and printed materials, compilations, and newspapers. Within each subseries, records are arranged thematically or chronologically, paying attention to the significant phases that this exhibition went through:

The initial conception and preparation period

Dismantling

Investigation and court case

Shifting of exhibition to Andhra Pradesh and subsequent inauguration

Shifting of exhibition to Birla Science Centre

Media and outreach initiatives

Involvement of B Premanand and proposed set up in Kerala

This contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and KV Acharya. This also has a write-up by Acharya, titled 'Receipt of Foreign Contribution by Voluntary Associations in India, 1999-2000'. Then there is another set of correspondence between PM Bhargava and VV Paranjpe, which includes a handwritten letter by Paranjpe to PM Bhargava.