Byte sized library of rare books
A free digitised library containing rare
books on history and world literature will be inaugurated at Sabarna
Sangrahasala in Barisha on 8 August. A rare book entitled Diary of William
Hedges written in 1682 will be available in the library. Hedges had differences
with Job Charnock. Livingston: Lost and Found by Morton Stanley and published
in 1873 will also be available.
One can get a chance to read The Indian
Mutiny of 1857 by Col G B Mallison. The book was written in 1891. A very rare
book entitled The Early Annals of the English in Bengal by C R Willson has been
accommodated in the library.
An English translation of Si Yu Ki by
Xuanzang, the famous Buddihist scholar and traveller, by Samuel Bill, which was
published in 1884, has found its place in the library.
Debarshi Roychowdhury, curator and librarian,
said the digitised version of the books are brought from the universities of
Oxford, Toronto, Michigan, Stanford and Osmania. The library has been developed
by Sabarna Roychowdhury Parivar Parishad.
There are around 500 rare books on Kolkata
and Bengal, history of India and world, autobiographies and Mughal period.
There will be a section on Bangladesh. He said the students of history would
benefit immensely, librarian Roychowdhury.
All the documents relating to Kolkata's
birthday have been made available. It may be recalled that The Statesman first
published the deed signed by Sir Charles Eyre and the descendents of Sabarna
Roychowdhury in 1698, four years after Charnock's death in its edition on 23
April 1998. After this, Charnock is no longer considered to be the founder of
Kolkata.
Some of the other important books that will
have berths in the library included The Story of the Nation: British India by R
V Frazer, published in 1896.
A rare book on Kolkata entitled A New Account
of the East Indies by Captain Alexander Hamilton, published in 1727, will be
available too.
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