The huge building and porticos welcome every book reader. the library has almost every book you wanted to read. It has a huge collection of antique and famous books. As one gets lost into the yellowed pages one really does not care much for the old seating arrangements and the dusty environment.
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The national library is situated on a sprawling 30 acres of prime land on Belvedere Estate in Kolkata which Before independence, used to be the official residence of Lt. Governor of Bengal.The Library is the largest in India, with a collection in excess of 2.2 million books.The history of the national library is tied to the creation of The Calcutta...
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