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==History== | ==History== | ||
The library traces its origins to a smaller library that was set up in 1856 by students of [[Elphinstone College]] who were living in [[Fort, Mumbai|Fort]]. In the beginning, it was called the "Fort Improvement Library". In 1895, the [[Parsi]] philanthropist Bai Dinbai Nusserwanji Petit donated {{Indian rupee}}250,000 for the construction of a library building, to be erected in memory of her deceased son, Jamsetjee Nesserwanjee Petit or J. N. Petit. The library was inaugurated on 1 May | The library traces its origins to a smaller library that was set up in 1856 by students of [[Elphinstone College]] who were living in [[Fort, Mumbai|Fort]]. In the beginning, it was called the "Fort Improvement Library". In 1895, the [[Parsi]] philanthropist Bai Dinbai Nusserwanji Petit donated {{Indian rupee}}250,000 for the construction of a library building, to be erected in memory of her deceased son, Jamsetjee Nesserwanjee Petit or J. N. Petit. The library was inaugurated on 1 May 1898.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_WxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA341|title=The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography|first1=Claire|last1=Cochrane|first2=Jo|last2=Robinson|date=October 31, 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781350034310|via=Google Books}}</ref> Today, it is run by a private trust, which depends on donations and membership fees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3s3fN0WLH0Pld3Kuz9J9QL/The-pages-of-history.html|title=The pages of history|first=Mumbai Multiplex | Kavitha|last=Rao|date=June 28, 2008|website=Livemint}}</ref> | ||
==Architecture== | ==Architecture== | ||