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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):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/157
Title:: গুপ্তিপাড়ার মঠ (প্রথম ভাগ)
Scope & Content:: A short account on history of Guptipara Math. The author mainly had focused to collect the folk tales of traditional believes regarding the temple complex;; Place of composition: Guptipara1978. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was establi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 1911
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP921/6/3/158
Title:: গুপ্তিপাড়ার মঠ (দ্বিতীয় ভাগ)
Scope & Content:: A short account on history of Guptipara Math. The author mainly had focused to collect the folk tales of traditional believes regarding the temple complex;; Place of composition: Guptipara1978. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was establi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 1911
Extent:: 64 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):: EAP1031/4/1
Title:: Dr. Rajarshi Ghose Collection of Rare Books
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, Bhojpuri, English, Hindi, 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):: EAP1247/1
Title:: Acharya Gopal Khettry Collection
Scope & Content:: The collection is built by Acharya Gopal Khettry, a Hindu religious leader, disciple of famous saint-songwriter Bhaba Pagla. The collection includes manuscripts of songs written and composed by Bhaba Pagla, albums containing correspondence between the Bhaba Pagla and Gopal Khettry. He has also c...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, and French
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:: 323 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1247/1/1
Title:: Collection of letters written by Bhaba Pagla and other material
Scope & Content:: Album contains letters written by Bhaba Pagla to Acharya Gopal Khettry. Letters were written on various kinds of papers: Inland letters, post cards, letterheads, loose sheets (lined and plain), Other items are : 1 photograph, 1 drawing, 1 invitation card. Extent: 1 Album contaning letters. Siz...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:: 68 TIFF images

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