National Library of India
national library located in Kolkata
Key facts
- Location
- Belvedere Estate , Kolkata , West Bengal, India
- Type
- National library
- Established
- 1836 ; 190 years ago ( 1836 ) (as Calcutta Public Library ) , 30 January 1903 ; 123 years ago ( 1903-01-30 ) (as Imperial Library ) , 1 February 1953 (73 years ago) ( 1953-02-01 ) (as National Library of India)
- Items collected
- books , journals , newspapers , magazines , sound and music recordings , patents , databases , maps , stamps , prints , drawings and manuscripts
- Size
- 2.5M
- Budget
- ₹ 74 crore (US$7.7 million)
- Director
- Ajay Pratap Singh
- Parent organization
- Government of India
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Culture
- Website
- nationallibrary.gov.in
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The National Library of India is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. The National Library was moved there in 1953 into the estate where the former British Viceroys resided. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The library is designated to collect, disseminate and preserve printed material produced within India. With a collection in excess of 2.5 million books and records, it is the largest in the country.
The National Library is the successor to the Imperial Library, which in 1903 was combined with another library, the Calcutta Public Library and eventually became known as the National Library of India after independence.