William Carey Granthagar-o-Shangrohoshala (Hooghly, India)

Name: William Carey Granthagar-o-Shangrohoshala

City: Hooghly map
State: West Bengal
Country: India
Rare collection of all books printed in India until 1870. Includes documentation on social, political, and economic history of 18th and 19th century India. G.P. Mafeii's Historicum Indicarum , the oldest book on Indian history, is preserved here. Other major publications include Sanskirt, Bengali and English literature and pamphlets on education, commerce, religious laws, tribal communities, missionary activities in India, prisons, law and order, and the Mutiny of 1857.Also known as William Carey Museum and Library.