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	The Banaras Hindu University Library system was established from a collection donated by Prof. P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice [[Kashinath Trimbak Telang]] in 1917. The collection was housed in the Telang Hall of the [[Central Hindu College]], Kamachha. In 1921 the library was moved to the Central Hall of the Arts College (now Faculty of Arts) and then in 1941 to its present building. The library was established with the donation from [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] of Baroda, on the pattern of the library British Museum in London on the suggestion of Pandit [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], the founder of university.		The Banaras Hindu University Library system was established from a collection donated by Prof. P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice [[Kashinath Trimbak Telang]] in 1917. The collection was housed in the Telang Hall of the [[Central Hindu College]], Kamachha. In 1921 the library was moved to the Central Hall of the Arts College (now Faculty of Arts) and then in 1941 to its present building. The library was established with the donation from [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] of Baroda, on the pattern of the library British Museum in London on the suggestion of Pandit [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], the founder of university.

	The library had a collection of around 60,000 volumes in 1931, through donations from various sources. The trend of donation of personal and family collection to the library continued as late as the 1940s with the result that it has unique pieces of rarities of books and journals dating back to 18th century; this includes donations of personal and family collections from Lala Sri Ram of Delhi, [[Jamnalal Bajaj]] of Wardha, Roormal Goenka, Batuk Nath Sharma, [[Tagore family]] collection, [[Jawaharlal Nehru>Nehru]] Family collection.<ref name=ch/><ref name=vr>{{cite web \|title=Education: THE CENTRAL LIBRARY \|url=http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html \|publisher=[[Varanasi]] Official website \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107163448/http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html \|archivedate=7 January 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		The library had a collection of around 60,000 volumes in 1931, through donations from various sources. The trend of donation of personal and family collection to the library continued as late as the 1940s with the result that it has unique pieces of rarities of books and journals dating back to 18th century; this includes donations of personal and family collections from Lala Sri Ram of Delhi, [[Jamnalal Bajaj]] of Wardha, Roormal Goenka, Batuk Nath Sharma, [[Tagore family]] collection, [[Jawaharlal Nehru\|Nehru]] Family collection.<ref name=ch/><ref name=vr>{{cite web \|title=Education: THE CENTRAL LIBRARY \|url=http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html \|publisher=[[Varanasi]] Official website \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107163448/http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html \|archivedate=7 January 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	The Banaras Hindu University Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 [[lakh]] volumes to serve the students, faculty members, researchers, technical staff of fourteen faculties consisting of 126 subject departments of the university.<ref>[http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/history.htm History/Genesis: Central Library BHU<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>		The Banaras Hindu University Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 [[lakh]] volumes to serve the students, faculty members, researchers, technical staff of fourteen faculties consisting of 126 subject departments of the university.<ref>[http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/history.htm History/Genesis: Central Library BHU<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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The '''Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library''', also known as the '''Central Library''', is the main library of [[Banaras Hindu University]] (BHU) in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. Established in 1917, it is listed in the Survey of Manuscripts in India. The present building of the library was built in 1941 on pattern of [[British Museum]], at the suggestion of Pandit [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], the founder of university, after his return from the [[Round Table Conference]], London in 1931, with a donation from the [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]], [[Maharaja]] of [[Baroda State]] from 1875 to 1939, known for establishing libraries throughout his state.<ref name=ch>{{cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, Central Library (Varanasi, India) |url=https://coral.uchicago.edu:8443/display/lasa/Banaras+Hindu+University,+Central+Library+%28Varanasi,+India%29 |date=3 March 2009 |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] }}</ref>

It is also a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the [[National Mission for Manuscripts]] established in 2003.<ref>[http://www.namami.org/convervation.htm Manuscript Conservation Centres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506234603/http://www.namami.org/convervation.htm |date=6 May 2012 }} ''[[National Mission for Manuscripts]]''.</ref>

==History==
The Banaras Hindu University Library system was established from a collection donated by Prof. P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice [[Kashinath Trimbak Telang]] in 1917. The collection was housed in the Telang Hall of the [[Central Hindu College]], Kamachha. In 1921 the library was moved to the Central Hall of the Arts College (now Faculty of Arts) and then in 1941 to its present building. The library was established with the donation from [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] of Baroda, on the pattern of the library British Museum in London on the suggestion of Pandit [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], the founder of university.

The library had a collection of around 60,000 volumes in 1931, through donations from various sources. The trend of donation of personal and family collection to the library continued as late as the 1940s with the result that it has unique pieces of rarities of books and journals dating back to 18th century; this includes donations of personal and family collections from Lala Sri Ram of Delhi, [[Jamnalal Bajaj]] of Wardha, Roormal Goenka, Batuk Nath Sharma, [[Tagore family]] collection, [[Jawaharlal Nehru>Nehru]] Family collection.<ref name=ch/><ref name=vr>{{cite web |title=Education: THE CENTRAL LIBRARY |url=http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html |publisher=[[Varanasi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107163448/http://varanasi.nic.in/education/bhu/bhu3.html |archivedate=7 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Banaras Hindu University Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 [[lakh]] volumes to serve the students, faculty members, researchers, technical staff of fourteen faculties consisting of 126 subject departments of the university.<ref>[http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/history.htm History/Genesis: Central Library BHU]</ref>

Around 2009, optical fibre networking was done at the library, and in May 2009, 32,913 books were made available in e-form, along with 2,107 journals accessed through internet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Free internet service at BHU library|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-10/varanasi/28154270_1_free-internet-service-library-users-central-library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235829/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-10/varanasi/28154270_1_free-internet-service-library-users-central-library |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 July 2009 }}</ref> The work of digitization of manuscripts at the Central Library has been completed by May 2010, and they were also made available online thereafter.<ref>{{cite news |title=BHU south campus library to go digital|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-17/varanasi/28302322_1_barkachha-rajiv-gandhi-south-campus-central-library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235847/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-17/varanasi/28302322_1_barkachha-rajiv-gandhi-south-campus-central-library |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 May 2010 }}</ref> Later in the year in October, a two-day national seminar was held at the library on 'Right to Information (RTI) and Libraries'.<ref>{{cite news |title=New building inaugurated at BHU|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/varanasi/28083438_1_centre-of-food-science-dp-singh-central-library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235854/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-08/varanasi/28083438_1_centre-of-food-science-dp-singh-central-library |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date= 8 October 2009}}</ref>

In October 2010, the library in association with the [[National Manuscripts Mission]], New Delhi, held a national workshop on manuscript conservation at the library.<ref>{{cite news |title=National workshop at Central Library|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-19/varanasi/28269193_1_workshop-review-meeting-banaras-hindu-university |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235836/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-19/varanasi/28269193_1_workshop-review-meeting-banaras-hindu-university |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=19 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Workshop on manuscripts concludes|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/varanasi/28255670_1_rare-manuscripts-central-library-rare-documents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/varanasi/28255670_1_rare-manuscripts-central-library-rare-documents |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 March 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 October 2010}}</ref>

==Collections==
The manuscript collection contains many ancient texts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kapoor |first1=Punkhuri |title=A treasure trove of rare manuscripts - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/A-treasure-trove-of-rare-manuscripts/articleshow/48911775.cms |website=The Times of India |date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.bhu.ac.in/lib/}}
* [http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/journal.htm Electronic Databases & Online Journals at the Library]
* [http://wikimapia.org/14854335/Siyaji-Rao-Gaekwad-Central-Library Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library Central Library] at ''[[wikimapia]]''

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[[Category:Banaras Hindu University]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in India]]
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