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Raza Library Of Rampur

By Travel Desk on October 21,2008

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A famous library in Asia is a rich treasure house for knowledge and arts. The library contains a collection of 51 thousands published books, 15,028 historical manuscripts and 900 short picture Arts and other historical documents, paintings and books. The most valuable is "Kuran Majeed" written on leather in 7th centuary. The Rampur Raza Library is a treasure house of Indo Islamic learning and Art, founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan in 1774 AD. His descendants continued to enrich the collection after the attainment of independence and merger of Rampur State in the union of India, the library was brought under the management of trust till the Govt. of India took over the library on 1st July 1975 under the act of parliament and declared it as an institution of National importance. Its affairs are managed by the Rampur Raza Library Board whose Chairman is H.E Governor of U.P.

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