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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language English Place Mughal Empire, Asia

1. EAP921/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4
Title:
The Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. Aft...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
12th century-20th century
Extent:
12036 TIFF images

2. EAP921/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/4/1
Title:
Books from the Library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar
Scope & Content:
Collection of books from the library of Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar, Library Road, Paschim Medinipur. Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of In...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:
1849-1940
Extent:
9147 TIFF images

3. EAP921/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6
Title:
The Collection from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1500 BC-20th century
Extent:
18276 TIFF images

4. EAP921/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP921/6/1
Title:
Printed Books from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar
Scope & Content:
Collection of printed books from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1853-1954
Extent:
4333 TIFF images

5. EAP1104/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1104/11
Title:
Private Collection of Royal family of Cussimbazar (Roy)
Scope & Content:
Custodial history: Around 1700 AD Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village near Bhagabangola and the river Padma (who traced his descent from Patrasayer of Burdwan District) came with his family to settle down in Cossimbazar, a renowned port city of Bengal closed to Murshidabad, the capital of the Na...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bengali, English, and Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 19th century-1st half of the 20th century
Extent:
2818 TIFF images