Great & Old Libraries in India must-visit for Knowledge Resources-Part-1 I NET/SET Exam Que on Libraries

Great & Old Libraries in India-Part-1

Libraries in India has a great and historical importance. following are the some of the most older and great libraries in India.

The National Library of India, Kolkata
Saraswathi Mahal Library
Asiatic Society of Mumbai Library
Connemara Public Library, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Rampur Raza Library, Rampur

1. The National Library of India, Kolkata

Established in the year 1836 as Calcutta Public Library
Known to be one of the best libraries in India
This is National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Collection of more than 2.2 million books along with other periodicals, maps, manuscripts
Area of 30-acres, over 86000 maps
Before independence, it was the official residence of Governor-General of India.
Opened to public on February 1, 1953

2. Saraswathi Mahal Library

Situated in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Also called Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswathi Mahal Library
Established during 16th century by Nayakas of Thanjavur
The Saraswathi Mahal library was started by Nayak Kings of Tanjavur as a Royal Library
Palm leaf manuscripts and paper written in Tamil and Sanskrit
housed within the campus of Thanjavur Palace
Known to be one of the oldest libraries in Asia
manuscripts (39,300) are in Tamil and Sanskrit.
3076 Marathi manuscripts from the South Indian Maharastrian of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries

3. Asiatic Society of Mumbai Library

Established in 26 November 1804
Library was founded by Sir James Mackintosh.
Aims and objectives “to promote useful knowledge particularly such as is now immediately connected with India”.
Collection of over 200,000 books, 20,000 rare books, 1300 maps
Over 3,000 ancient manuscripts in Persian, Sanskrit and Prakrit,
numismatic collection of 11,829 coins includes a gold coin of Kumaragupta

4. Connemara Public Library, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Established in the year 1896
Known to be the depository library for the UN
One of the four National Depository Libraries
Receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India
With 770,000 volumes of books, 3500 periodicals, and 160 newspapers

5. Rampur Raza Library, Rampur

located in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Established in the last decades of the 18th century.
Built in 1904 as part of a palace in Rampur by Nawabs of Rampur
it is a repository of Indo-Islamic cultural heritage and a treasure-house of knowledge
Approximately 30,000 books in various languages like Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi
17,000 rare manuscripts, 5000 miniature paintings, 205 hand-written palm-leaf manuscripts.

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