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| Country | India |
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| Type | Public Library |
| Established | 16 May 1827[1] |
| Location | Puducherry, India |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, Journals, Magazines, Braille Books, Manuscripts in French and English. |
| Size | 400,000[2] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 200,000 |
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The Romain Rolland Library, founded in 1827 as the Bibliothèque Publique, is one of the oldest Libraries of India located in the union territory of Puducherry. In the year 1966 when the birth centenary of the Great French Scholar, Romain Rolland who was also a contemporary and a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated, the Library was renamed after him and ever since it is known as ‘Romain Rolland Library’.[3]
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- ↑ Pondy Tourism-Romain Rolland Library. www.pondytourism.in/iconics-innerpage.php?id=42&district=Puducherry&category=195 retrieved on 2016-06-14.
- ↑ "Romain Rolland Library - About us". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ↑ Department of Arts-Romain Rolland Library. www.art.puducherry.gov.in/romain-rolland-library.html retrieved on 2016-06-14.
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