Editing National Library of India (section)

== Discovery of hidden chamber ==
In 2010, the Ministry of Culture, the owner of the library, decided to get the library building restored by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI). While taking stock of the library building, the conservation engineers discovered a previously unknown room. The secret ground-floor room, about 1000 sq. ft. in size, seems to have no opening of any kind.<ref name="timesofindia_secret_chamber">{{cite web
 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Secret-chamber-in-National-Library/articleshow/6957358.cms
 | title = Secret chamber in National Library
 | author = Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey
 | work = [[The Times of India]]
 | date = 22 November 2010
| access-date = 20 November 2010
}}</ref>

The ASI archaeologists tried to search the first floor area (that forms the ceiling of the room) for a trap door, but found nothing. Since the building is of historical and cultural importance, ASI has decided to bore a hole through the wall instead of breaking it. There are speculations about the room being a punishment room used by [[Warren Hastings]] and other British officials,<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 2022 |title=Haunted Library of Kolkata: রাত বাড়লে অন্দরমহলে দাঁড়াতেও ভয় পান প্রহরীরা! লাইব্রেরীর অন্দর থেকে যেন আজও ভেসে আসে গর্ভনরের স্ত্রী কান্না |work=The Bengali Chronicle |url=https://thebengalichronicle.com/national-library-haunted-place-of-kolkata-act/ |access-date=10 August 2022 |language=bn}}</ref> or a place to store treasure.<ref name="timesofindia_secret_chamber"/>

In 2011, the researchers announced that the room was filled entirely with mud, probably in an effort to stabilise the building.<ref name="business_standard">{{cite news
 | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/room-with-no-view-111052200021_1.html
 | title = Room With No View
 | author = Debaleena Sengupta
 | work = [[Business Standard]]
 | date = 22 May 2011
| access-date = 22 May 2011
}}</ref>