Editing National Library of India (section)

== The Imperial Library ==
The Imperial Library was formed in 1891 by combining a number of Secretariat libraries in Calcutta. Of those, the most important and interesting was the library of the [[Department of Home and Confidential|Home Department]], which contained many books formerly belonging to the library of [[East India College]], Fort William and the library of the East India Board in London. But, the use of the library was restricted to the superior officers of the Government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |title=National Library |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304165816/http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/nat_lib_stat/history.html |archive-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]] was appointed as the president of imperial library council (1910) to which he donated his personal collection of 80,000 books arranged in a separate section.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/how-are-mir-jafar-and-lord-curzon-associated-with-kolkatas-national-library|title=How are Mir Jafar and Lord Curzon associated with Kolkata's National Library?|date=5 January 2022|newspaper=Get Bengal|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>