National Library , Kolkata

Situated at Belvedere in Kolkata, the National Library of India is the largest library in India with a collection in excess of 2.2 million books. It is functioning under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Government of India and is deemed as India’s library of public record. The library is designated to collect, disseminate and preserve the printed material produced in India. The library has an impressive rare books collection. The renowned scholar and Bengali educator Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee has donated his entire personal collection of 80,000 books to the National Library.