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{{Infobox library
| library_name =Sinha Library
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| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
| type = State central library
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| established = 1924
| items_collected = [[Manuscripts]], [[book]]s, [[Academic journal|journals]], [[newspaper]]s, [[magazine]]s, [[patent]]s, [[database]]s, [[map]]s, [[Postage stamp|stamps]], [[Printmaking|prints]], [[drawing]]s and [[manuscript]]s
| collection_size = 1,80,000 books
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| req_to_access = Open to anyone with a genuine need to use the collection
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'''Sinha Library''' is a public library in [[Patna]], India.

==History==
The library was established in 1924 by Dr. [[Sachchidananda Sinha]], chief justice of [[Patna High Court]], academician writer and the president of the constituent assembly that drafted the Indian Constitution,<ref name="forgotten" /> its inaugural function was attended by [[Sir Henry Wheeler]], the then governor of [[Bihar and Orissa Province]]. In 1955, the library originally known as '''Shrimati Radhika Sinha Institute''' and '''Sachchidananda Sinha Library''', was taken over by the state government to be turned into a state central library.<ref name="forgotten" />

The present day reading room of the library used to be the dining hall, which was later turned into a library in the memory of his wife, Radhika Devi.<ref name="forgotten">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/nation/story_11724115.jsp | title=The forgotten architect of Bihar | publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]], Patna | date=11 November 2011 | accessdate=6 June 2014 | author=NALIN VERMA}}</ref><ref name="inter" />

In this hall, Dr. Sinha used to host lunches and dinner for his friends and contemporaries, which included [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Maulana Mazharul Haque etc. Scores of Congress working committee meetings were held here with Gandhi present in all of them.<ref name="inter">{{cite interview | title=Razi Ahmed (Gandhi Sangralaya) | date=February 2014 | accessdate=6 June 2014 | interviewer=Hindustan Times | location=Patna}}</ref>

Most of the relief committee meetings too held here under the chairmanship of Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]]. It was formed after the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]], which had its epicenter in [[Darbhanga]].<ref name="inter" />

[[Jawaharlal Nehru]] had stayed here during his first visit to Patna after becoming the Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite interview | title=BK Sinha interview | date=February 2014 | accessdate=6 June 2014 | interviewer=Hindustan Times | location=Patna}}</ref>

This library has over 1.8 lakh books. Dr. Sinha had donated his collection of around 50,000 rare books, bearing his autograph — including copies of Manu Smriti, [[Sacred Books of the East]] edited by F Max Muller, [[Koran]], [[Buddhist suttas]], a copy of original [[Indian Constitution]], works of Jawaharlal Nehru, history politics, literature, [[Arya Samaj]], Buddhism, Hindu scriptures. Some old newspapers like [[Harijan]], published by Mahatma Gandhi from 1933 to 1948, Indian People, Bihari Times, Criterion Searchlight, Leader and Aryavarta are also preserved here along with the congress proceedings since 1885 and parliamentary debates since the inception of Parliament.<ref name="neglect">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Sinha-library-a-victim-of-neglect/articleshow/8818930.cms | title=Sinha library a victim of neglect | publisher=[[The Times of India]] (Patna) | date=12 June 2011 | accessdate=6 June 2014 | author=Parul Pandey,TNN}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Libraries in Patna]]
[[Category:Museums in Patna]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Patna]]
[[Category:Libraries established in 1924]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in British India]]

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