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National library
The
Nepal National Library
(
Nepali
:
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) is the
legal deposit
and copyright library of
Nepal
under the
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
.
History
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It was established on 2 January 1957 and was initially based around the purchased private collection of
Rajguru Hem Raj Pandey
, an advisor to
King Mahendra of Nepal
. Items of the Central Secretariat Library were also brought into the collection totaling 34,292 items at the time of the foundation.
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The library is located at Pulchowk near UNDP complex. At present the library has around 84,000 volumes of books, journals and other materials in different languages.
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See also
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References
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- ^
"History"
. Nepal National Library
. Retrieved
1 May
2018
.
External links
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