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Largest library in India

National Library is the largest library in India

The National Library of India is situated in Kolkata. It is the largest library in India. The National Library was established in 1948 bypassing the 'Imperial Library Act, 1948'. This library has the status of an institute of national importance.it is known as an ancient library in India

  Some largest library in India

1.       The National Library of India, Kolkata:



Its main movements are:

Acquiring and preserving every printed material of national importance (except one-day publications) and all manuscripts;
Collecting printed material related to the country no matter where it is published;
Providing bibliographic and documentation services in relation to both general and specific periodical and out-of-date material (this includes the responsibility of preparing current national bibliographies and earlier bibliographies on various aspects related to the country);
To play the role of a reference center giving complete and accurate information of all sources of bibliographic information and to participate in international bibliographic construction activities;
To play the role of a center for the international exchange of books and to take books within the country.

           It is the biggest library in the nation by volume and India's library of open record
           It was built up in the year 1836
           It houses 26, 41,615 books alongside different periodicals, maps, original copies and so forth
           It is spread in a region of 30-sections of land
           It was opened to open on February 1, 1953
largest library

           It was begun as a UNESCO venture in the year 1951 by the Govt. of India
           It is the biggest Public Library in South Asia
           It has an accumulation of around 18 lakh books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi and other Indian Languages-practically all subjects are spoken to in its gathering
           The library is additionally the fourth beneficiary library under the arrangement of Delivery of Books and Newspaper (Public Libraries) Act 1954

3. Sarasvati Mahal Library (Tanjore Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tamil Nadu)
           It is housed inside the grounds of Thanjavur Palace and had begun as a regal library for the Nayak Kings of Thanjavur
           It has an uncommon gathering of palm leaf original copy in different provincial dialects of India
           It went under the ownership of the province of Tamil Nadu in the year 1918
           In the year 1998, the library introduced PCs to mechanize library exercises
           The library safeguards every one of the original copies as microfilms
           It was initiated on September 15, 2010


           The all-out developed territory of this brought together cooled library is 3.75 lakh sq. ft., which envelops ground and eight stories
           It has an accumulation of 5 lakh books
           It likewise has a Braille area to take into account the necessities of the visually impaired perusers
           It has an immense Conference Hall that can encourage 150 individuals
           It was set up on September 15, 1832, by Vice Roy Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro as 'Publica Livraria.'
            The status of the library was raised to a national library on 15 February 1897

           It has more than 1.8 lakh books in various dialects
           The complete pre-freedom accumulation is more than 40,000 volumes
           It has a gathering of about 1.25 lakh books on different subjects
           It has uncommon Arabic original copies alongside papers of Parliament

           It was set up on May 1, 1950
           The all-out developed region of the Library is 80,025 sq. ft
           It has a solitary biggest Reading Room of 10,600 sq. ft. which can sit around 1100 perusers at once
           It has an amazing accumulation of uncommon books that incorporate books as old as those dated back to the sixteenth century
           Approximately 3,500 books are safeguarded in this valuable accumulation, which includes some significant titles, which are no longer in production
           It was built up in the year 1896


           It is one of the four National Depository Libraries, which get a duplicate all things considered, papers and periodicals distributed in India
           It fills in as a vaulted library for the UN
9. State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
           It was built up in the year 1829 A.D
           It has an absolute accumulation of 3, 67,243 reports in various dialects, for example, English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit in different controls
           The library buys into 27 dailies and 215 diaries including remote diaries
           It has an amazing accumulation of 5, 01,861 books
           It additionally has an accumulation of around 17,000 uncommon and significant original copies going back to fifth and sixth hundreds of years



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