The first page of Rustamji’s diary dated 8 November 1938. Rustamji joined service on 7 March 1938 and, as was the practice in those days, he was posted for training directly to Saugor district in Madhya Pradesh. He was sent for his rural police training in November of that year. He began to write the dairy on his first day in police station, Garhakota. Rustamji did not write his diaries on a daily basis. They were written usually after a gap of two or three days. The gaps became bigger as he grew in seniority. The entries were event-based; each entry was given a title.