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{{short description|Public library in Vadoara, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
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| location = Bank of Baroda Road, Mandavi, 390006
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'''Central Library''', also known as '''Madhyavarti Pustakalay''', is a public library situated in [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It was built up by [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] and is now managed by the Directorate of libraries, [[Government of Gujarat]].

==Background==
Central Library was established in 1910.<ref>{{cite book |last1=W. Noblit |first1=George |last2=T. Pink |first2=William |title=Second International Handbook of Urban Education |date=6 Jan 2017 |publisher=Springer |location=USA |isbn=9783319403151 |page=380 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXLbDQAAQBAJ |access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=":RK">{{Cite book |title=History and Development of Libraries in India |last=Bhatt |first=Rakesh Kumar |publisher=Mittal Publications |date=January 1995 |isbn=8170995825 |edition=1st |location=New Delhi |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbmdowzuv0QC&dq=Baroda+Central+Library&pg=PA64}}</ref> Originally, it was a part of personal library of [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]],<ref name="Gazetteer Volume II">{{cite book |title=Gazetteer of the Baroda State: Volume II,Administration |date=1923 |publisher=G. H. Desai |location=Baroda |page= 349 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94278/page/n339/mode/1up?q=Central+library |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> located in [[Laxmi Vilas Palace]] which was later transferred to the present building Infront of Sarkarwada, Mandvi.<ref>{{cite web |title=વડોદરા : આ છે 111 વર્ષ જૂની રાજ્યની સૌથી વિશાળ લાઇબ્રેરી, જાણો એનો ગૌરવંતો ઈતિહાસ |url=https://gujarati.news18.com/news/madhya-gujarat/vadodara-history-of-central-library-of-vadodara-founded-in-1910-by-maharaja-sayajirao-gaekwad-jm-local18-1136085.html |website=gujarati.news18.com |date=24 September 2021 |publisher=News18-Gujarati |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429163130/https://gujarati.news18.com/news/madhya-gujarat/vadodara-history-of-central-library-of-vadodara-founded-in-1910-by-maharaja-sayajirao-gaekwad-jm-local18-1136085.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Books from the Palace Library and the personal collection of Sampatrao Gaekwad were added to its collection.

==Building==
The library building was designed by [[W. A. Borden|William Alanson Borden]]<ref name="HoV">{{cite web |title=Baroda Central Library |url=https://historyofvadodara.in/baroda-central-library/ |website=History of Vadodara |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429174023/https://historyofvadodara.in/baroda-central-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref> along with [[Edward Lutyens|Sir Edward Lutyens]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jadav |first1=Natvar |title=ગુજરાતનુ સૌથી મોટું પુસ્‍તકાલય – ગ્રંથાલય: મધ્‍યવર્તી પુસ્‍તકાલયસેન્ટ્રલ લાઇબ્રેરી વડોદરા |url=https://technicalhelps.in/gujarats-largest-library/ |website=Technical Helps |date=19 January 2023 |access-date=29 April 2024 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429165907/https://technicalhelps.in/gujarats-largest-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref> based on the design of the [[Library of Congress]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=":UlkaNews"/> It's a four storyed building made up of various materials such as wooden beams, bricks, cement, steel, [[mica]], Belgian glass and copper.<ref name=":UlkaNews">{{cite news |title=સેન્ટ્રલ લાઇબ્રેરી વડોદરા – ગુજરાતનું સૌથી મોટું ગ્રંથાલય |url=https://ulkanews.com/central-library-vadodara/ |access-date=29 April 2024 |agency=UlkaNews |date=10 November 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Americana 1920 Libraries - Central Library of Baroda India.jpg|Photograph of the Central Library building of Baroda India, formerly a majarajah's palace|200px|thumb]]

==See also==
* [[List of tourist attractions in Vadodara]]
* [[List of libraries in India]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Adam |first1=Yamey |title=TRAVELS THROUGH GUJARAT, DAMAN, AND DIU |date=15 Aug 2018 |isbn=9780244407988 |page=230 |publisher=Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AyLDwAAQBAJ |access-date=29 April 2024}}
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