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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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP922/1
Title:: British Indian Association Archive
Scope & Content:: The British Indian Association, founded in 1851, was one of the earliest political associations of Indian colonial subjects. It was the first political body of the nation and can really challenge Indian National Congress for the title of the Grand Old Party. It was largely composed of landholder...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and English
Date Range:: 1851-1948
Extent:: 66,876 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1031/4
Title:: Dr Rajarshi Ghose Collection
Scope & Content:: This collection belongs to Dr. Rajarshi Ghose (Kolkata, India). It is a private collection with rare books, chapbooks, pamphlets, and periodicals in Urdu, Nepali, Bangla, Sanskrit, Farsi, Hindi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri. Dr. Rajarshi Ghose is an Assistant Professor in History at the Centre for St...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Hindi, Nepali, Persian, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1800-1999
Extent:: 42852 tiff images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/2
Title:: Debdas Baul Collection
Scope & Content:: A collection of notebooks containing Baul song lyrics collected and transcribed by Debdas Baul and his youngest son Uttam Das Baul. Debdas travelled across Bengal and Assam and transcribed the songs after attending Baul performances during travels. These notebooks also have instances of orally t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Hindi
Date Range:: 1970-2000
Extent:: 736 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1300/3
Title:: Private collection of Sushil Baskey
Scope & Content:: Three bound volumes of the periodical পাছিম্ বাংলা (Pachim Bangla). Custodial history: Owned by Sushil Baskey. Arrangement: The collection has been arranged by Raban Sushil Baskey.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Santali
Date Range:: 1968-1973
Extent:: 1066

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