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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox historic site<br />
| name = University Library<br />
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| other_name = Bombay University Library<br />
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| image = [[File:Bombay University buildings in the 1870s.jpg|300px]]<br />
| caption = An 1870s photograph of the library with the [[Rajabai Clock Tower]] under construction on top; to the left is the [[Bombay University Convocation Hall]]<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord| 18.929775 | 72.830027 |display=inline}}<br />
| locmapin = India Mumbai#India<br />
| location = [[Oval Maidan]]<br />
| area = [[Fort, Mumbai]]<br />
| built = 1878<br />
| architect = [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]]<br />
| architecture = [[Gothic Revival]], [[Venetian Gothic]]<br />
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The '''University Library''' of the [[University of Mumbai]] is part of the [[Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai|Victorian buildings]] complex around the [[Oval Maidan]] in [[Mumbai]] that is a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho000000937u00031000.html|title=Bombay University buildings.|first=Colin|last=Wright|website=www.bl.uk}}</ref> It was built between 1869 and 1878 along with the [[Rajabai Clock Tower]], and designed by [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]], who incidentally never visited Bombay and worked from [[London]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/p/019pho0000807s1u00002000.html|title=Public Buildings, Bombay.|first=Colin|last=Wright|website=www.bl.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/mumbai-honoured-to-have-scott-s-designs/story-At4qBQqwkOPznkDEMPk2QM.html|title='Mumbai honoured to have Scott's designs'|date=August 4, 2011|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> <br />
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The foundation stone for the library was laid on 1 March, 1869, and it formally opened for the students and faculty on 27 February, 1880.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbmdowzuv0QC&pg=PA39|title=History and Development of Libraries in India|first=Rakesh Kumar|last=Bhatt|date=January 1, 1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170995821|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Stained Glass in Library at the University of Mumbai (2201683175).jpg|[[Stained glass]] in the library<br />
File:University of Mumbai Library (2201683149).jpg|The architectural style is a mix of [[Venetian Gothic]] and Neoclassical<br />
File:Mumbai, India, University of Mumbai, Fort Campus.jpg|<br />
File:Mumbai, India, University of Mumbai.jpg|<br />
File:University of Mumbai library.jpg|The interiors of the library<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Library, University of Mumbai}}<br />
*[https://gilbertscott.org/mumbai-universitys-library/ George Gilbert Scott - Mumbai University Library]<br />
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[[Category:The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1878 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1878]]<br />
[[Category:Venetian Gothic architecture]]<br />
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