|
S.No
|
Library Name
|
Location
|
Contains
|
Established Year
|
|
1
|
The National Library Of India
|
Kolkata
|
Books Total: 26,41,615 + other periodicals
Area : 30-acres
|
1836
|
|
2
|
Delhi Public Library
|
New Delhi
|
Books Total: 18 lakh books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi & other Indian
Languages
|
1951
|
|
3
|
Saraswathi Mahal Library Or Tanjore Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal
Library
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Books: It contains palm leaf manuscript in various regional languages of
India.
|
1918
|
|
4
|
Anna Centenary Library, Chennai
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Books Total: 5 lakh books + Braille section for blind readers.
Area : 3.75 lakh sq. ft
|
2010
|
|
5
|
Krishnadas Shama Central Library
|
Goa
|
Books Total: 1.8 lakh books in different languages.
|
1832
|
|
6
|
Allahabad Public Library, Allahabad
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Books Total: 1.25 lakh books of different subjects+ Arabic manuscripts
along with papers of Parliament.
|
1864
|
|
7
|
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library, Baroda
|
Gujarat
|
Books Total: 3,500
Area: 80,025 sq
Reader at once: 1100
Reading Room Size: 10,600 sq. ft.
|
1950
|
|
8
|
Connemara Public Library, Chennai
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Books Total: 4 National Depository Libraries
|
1896
|
|
9
|
State Central Library, Thiruvananthapuram
|
Kerala
|
Books Total: 3, 67,243 documents in different languages such as English,
Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Sanskrit.
Dailies : 27
Journals: 215 foreign journals
|
1829
|