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Rare books missing from Kolkata National Library
Published on Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:23 in Nation section
Tags: Heritage, Kolkata National Library , New Delhi
HERITAGE THEFT: Sources said CAG has written to the culture ministry seeking immediate action.
New Delhi: The culture ministry has ordered an investigation and sought a report in two days into reports that a number of rare books, manuscripts and letters, which have gone missing from Kolkata's National Library.
Rare books, manuscripts and letters associated with Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee and Sarojini Naidu besides many valuable books from the 18th century and even earlier have gone missing.
This came to light during a routine audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The CAG has also found serious financial mismanagement in the library.
The National Library's Director R Ramachandran has called a meeting of officials to look into the matter.
Sources said CAG has written to the culture ministry seeking immediate action against the director of the library, who failed to provide details of the resources available at the centre.
CAG, in its missive to the culture ministry, said that the entire library was in a mess and no inventory was available for most of its departments.
The library, one of its kinds in the country, has a large collection of rare monographs, manuscripts, microfilms and other pieces of history, including the official documents from the days of the East India Company.
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