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The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, 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 Parliment 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.
Khuda Bakhsh was born in Chapra on 2nd August 1842, and was bought up by his father, who dedicated his life for the betterment of humanity. He started his professional career as Peshkar having been educated at both Patna and Calcutta. He then was appointed the Government Pleader of Patna and in 1881, he received the title of Khan Bahadur for his social service. In 1895, he was elevated to the position of Chief Justice of Nizam's Court Hyderabad for a period of 3 years.
Advent Notebook Batteries Price and Toshiba notebook batteries. Buy Advent Mobinote Battery, Sony VGN. Gateway Precision Series Laptop Batteries and IBM ThinkPad 391. Later in 1903, he was also honoured with the title of CIE. Even though he received many titles and awards, he remained a humble man with sheer determination and vision. The library was his life-long achievement and he spent everything he had to fuel the growth of the library. As he result, he was penniless and eventually had to borrow money for his medical treatment. The government of Bengal made him a generous grant of Rs 8,000 to clear his debts. At the age of 66, he died on 3rd August 1908 and was buried in the premises of the library.
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