The Romain Rolland Library, founded in 1827 as the Bibliothèque Publique, is one of the oldest Libraries of India located in the union territory of Puducherry.
Romain Rolland Library | |
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Location | Puducherry, India, India |
Type | Public Library |
Established | 16 May 1827[1] |
Collection | |
Items collected | Books, Journals, Magazines, Braille Books, Manuscripts in French and English. |
Size | 400,000[2] |
Access and use | |
Circulation | 200,000 |
In the year 1966 when the birth centenary of the French scholar Romain Rolland who was also a contemporary and a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated, the Library was renamed after him and ever since it is known as ‘Romain Rolland Library’.[3]