List of libraries in India explained

This is a list of libraries in India.

List

!Name!City/Town!State!Year ofestablishment
Smt. Hansa Mehta Library[1] VadodaraGujarat1950
Gowtami GrandhalayamRajahmundryAndhra Pradesh1898
Saraswata NiketanamVetapalemAndhra Pradesh1918
Visakhapatnam Public LibraryVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh1996
Bihar Hitaishi District Central LibraryPatnaBihar1882[2]
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental LibraryPatnaBihar1842
Maharaja Harendra Kishore Public LibraryBettiahBihar1905
Sinha LibraryPatnaBihar1924
Panjab Digital LibraryChandigarhChandigarh2003
American LibraryDelhiDelhi1951
Central library, IIT DelhiDelhiDelhi1988
Delhi Public LibraryDelhiDelhi1951
Dr. Vijay Pal Memorial LibraryDelhiDelhi1975
National Medical LibraryDelhiDelhi1966
Nehru Memorial Museum & LibraryDelhiDelhi1966
Goa State Central LibraryPanajiGoa1832
Goa University LibraryTaleigãoGoa1985
Bookworm Children's LibraryTaleigãoGoa2004
Dr Francisco Luis Gomes District LibraryMargaoGoa2010
Andrews LibrarySuratGujarat1850
Kavi Narmad Central LibrarySuratGujarat1991
Library of Tibetan Works and ArchivesDharamshalaHimachal Pradesh1970
Mysore University LibraryMysuruKarnataka1918
Eloor Lending Library ErnakulamKochiKerala1979
Ernakulam Public LibraryKochiKerala1870
Kollam Public LibraryKollamKerala1973
State Central LibraryThiruvananthapuramKerala1829
Thrissur Public LibraryThrissurKerala1872
Maulana Azad Central LibraryBhopalMadhya Pradesh1908
Asiatic Society of MumbaiMumbaiMaharashtra1804
Central Library, IIT BombayMumbaiMaharashtra1958
David Sassoon LibraryMumbaiMaharashtra1990
J. N. Petit LibraryMumbaiMaharashtra1898
Marathi Granth SangrahalayaThaneMaharashtra1893
Mumbai Marathi Grantha SangrahalayaMumbaiMaharashtra1898
University of Mumbai LibraryMumbaiMaharashtra1880
Nagaland State LibraryKohima[3] Nagaland1981
Harekrushna Mahtab State LibraryBhubaneswar[4] Odisha1959
Romain Rolland LibraryPondicherryPuducherry1827
Bhadariya LibraryJaisalmerRajasthan1998
Prakrit Bharati AcademyJaipurRajasthan1977
University of Rajasthan LibraryJaipurRajasthan1949
Saraswathi Mahal LibraryTanjoreTamil Nadu1535
Adyar LibraryChennaiTamil Nadu1886
Anna Centenary LibraryChennaiTamil Nadu2010
Connemara Public LibraryChennaiTamil Nadu1890
Daniel Poor MemorialMaduraiTamil Nadu1915
Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial LibraryErodeTamil Nadu1921
Roja Muthiah Research LibraryChennaiTamil Nadu1994
Sivagurunathan Tamil LibraryKumbakonamTamil Nadu1958
State Central LibraryHyderabadTelangana1891
Sri Krishna Devaraya Andhra Bhasha NilayamHyderabadTelangana1901
City Central LibraryHyderabadTelangana1960
British LibraryHyderabadTelangana1979
Amir-ud-daula Public LibraryLucknowUttar Pradesh1868
Bharati Bhavan LibraryAllahabadUttar Pradesh1889
Raza LibraryRampurUttar Pradesh1774
Allahabad Public LibraryAllahabadUttar Pradesh1864
Maulana Azad LibraryAligarhUttar Pradesh1877
Sayaji Rao Gaekwad LibraryVaranasiUttar Pradesh1917
National Library of IndiaKolkataWest Bengal1836
North Bengal State LibraryCooch BeharWest Bengal1882

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: >> Smt. Hansa Mehta Library - Homepage... . https://web.archive.org/web/20060418131312/http://www.hmlibrary.ac.in:80/ . 2025-09-19 . 2006-04-18.
  2. Web site: Chakraborty . Shuchismita . 2014-07-24 . Gates open up for library to go digital . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241204182647/https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/gates-open-up-for-library-to-go-digital/cid/159721 . 2024-12-04 . 2025-12-11 . The Telegraph.
  3. Web site: Branches - Art and Culture Nagaland. Department of Art and Culture, Nagaland. 12 April 2022.
  4. Web site: Culture Department . odishaculture.gov.in . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325022431/http://odishaculture.gov.in/libraries_a.asp . 2016-03-25.

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