Sinha Library
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| Sinha Library | |
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| 25°36′49″N 85°08′12″E / 25.613472976173625°N 85.13660485503883°E | |
| Location | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Type | State central library |
| Established | 1924 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Manuscripts, books, journals, newspapers, magazines, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
| Size | 1,80,000 books |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to anyone with a genuine need to use the collection |
Sinha Library is a public library in Patna, India. This library has over 1.8 lakh books. Sachchidananda Sinha had donated his collection of around 50,000 rare books, bearing his autograph — including copies of Manusmriti, Sacred Books of the East edited by Max Muller, Koran, Buddhist suttas, a copy of original Indian Constitution, works of Jawaharlal Nehru, history politics, literature, Arya Samaj, Buddhism, Hindu scriptures, and others. Some old magazines like Harijan, published by Mahatma Gandhi from 1933 to 1948, Indian People, Bihari Times, Criterion Searchlight, Leader and Aryavarta are also preserved here along with the congress proceedings since 1885 and parliamentary debates since the inception of Parliament.[1]