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TAMPUR RAZA LIBRARY The Rampur Raza Library (RRL) is a treasure house of Indo Islamic learning and arts which was setup by the erstwhile Rampur State which was founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan in 1774, who ruled the State up to 1794 and formed the nucleus of the library through his inherited collection of valuable manuscripts, historical documents, Mughal miniature paintings, books and other works of art kept in the Nawabs Toshakhana. He also substantially added to the collection by his acquisition. Nawab Muhammad Yusuf Ali Khan 'Nazim' was a litterateur and a famous poet of Urdu and a disciple of celebrated poet Mirza Ghalib. He created a separate department of the library and shifted the collection to the newly constructed rooms of Kothi Genralie. The Nawab also invited well known calligraphers, illustrators and binders from Kashmir and other parts of India. The later Nawabs continued to enrich the collection. Nawab Kalbe Ali Khan (1865-87) was a distinguished scholar and was

KHUDA BAKSH ORIENTAL LIBRARY The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library (KBOPL), located close to the banks of the Ganges, in Patna, holds a unique repository of 21,000 oriental manuscripts and 2.5 lakh printed books. This is a rare collection of books and manuscripts acquired over years by Khuda Bakhsh Khan, who donated his entire collection to the people of Patna by a deed of trust. The Indian government has declared the library, an Institution of National Importance by an act of Parliament in 1969, recognising the immense historical and intellectual value of its collection of rare and valuable material. The library was opened to the public in 1891 by the son of Bihar Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh with 4,000 manuscripts, of which 1,400 were inherited from his father, Maulvi Mohammed Bakhsh. This autonomous institution is being governed by a Board with the Governor of Bihar as its ex-officio Chairman and the responsibility of management of the library is entrusted to its Director. Its emble