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The National Library of India is located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal.

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The National Library of India is located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal. It is India's largest library by volume and public record, housing over 2.5 million books and records.

The library is under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, and is designated to collect, disseminate, and preserve printed material produced within India.

Established in 1836 as the Calcutta Public Library, it was later renamed the Imperial Library in 1903 and finally became the National Library of India in 1953. The library boasts a vast collection of books, journals, periodicals, manuscripts, and newspapers in both Indian and foreign languages.

It is spread across an area of 30 acres and offers free access to its reading rooms for anyone above 18 years of age with a membership card.

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District
Kolkata
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