Bihar spares historic Khuda Baksh library room after outrage over demolition for Patna flyover

The library’s director Shayesta Bedar had written to the Patna DM in April urging him to discover the potential of saving the parts of the library.

After going through flak from mental quarters over the plan to demolish some components of the historic Khuda Baksh Oriental Library in Patna, the Nitish Kumar authorities has lastly agreed to depart it untouched. The Bihar authorities was planning to demolish a studying room contained in the historic Khuda Baksh Oriental Library for a proposed flyover on Patna’s Ashoka Street. Nevertheless, it has now determined to scale back the width of that individual stretch passing the library.

Amrit Lal Meena, Further Chief Secretary within the Street development Division, stated that the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Restricted has determined to scale back the width of the proposed overbridge for a sure distance to make sure that the Lord Curzon studying corridor will not be demolished. The two.1-km double-decker flyover will join Kargil Chowk to the Nationwide Institute of Engineering chowk and to Ganga Path.

The historic library was opened in 1891 by Khan Bahadur Maulvi Khuda Baksh, a Siwan landlord, with over 4,000 manuscripts. In 1905, then viceroy of India Lord Curzon constructed a studying room for guests after he was impressed by the library’s wealthy assortment. In 1969, the Centre acknowledged it as an establishment of nationwide significance. The library presently has a wealthy assortment of over 21,000 manuscripts, principally in Arabic and Persian, in addition to necessary writings in Sanskrit moreover over 2.5 lakh books.

The library’s director Shayesta Bedar had written to the Patna DM in April urging him to discover the potential of saving the parts of the library preserving in view the importance of the library as the most important cultural heritage of the state.