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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 | 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> | ||