Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library

Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library
(Central Library)
Central Library in BHU
LocationBanaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
Established1917

The Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library, also known as the Central Library, is the main library of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in India. Established in 1917, it is listed in the Survey of Manuscripts in India. The present building of the library was built in 1941 on pattern of British Museum, at the suggestion of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, the founder of university, after his return from the Round Table Conference, London in 1931, with a donation from the Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, known for establishing libraries throughout his state.[1]

It is also a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the National Mission for Manuscripts established in 2003.[2]

  1. ^ "Banaras Hindu University, Central Library (Varanasi, India)". University of Chicago. 3 March 2009.
  2. ^ Manuscript Conservation Centres Archived 6 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine National Mission for Manuscripts.