Reconstruction of Ratnagiri Nagar Vachnalay
Board members and Arun Joshi have taken up a project to finish the reconstruction of this iconic library in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
Soon, this library would be completing its bicentennial. The history of this library’s establishment is interesting. During the British rule in the country, many of their officers were performing administrative duties in various parts of the country. Some of these officers had interests beyond their daily work in other fields as well. Therefore, they supported such institutions. Among them, J. H. Trot, who came to Ratanagiri in the first half of the nineteenth century, established a library there in 1828 under the name ‘Kokan Book Society’. Over time, it was renamed ‘Native General Library’. At that time, this facility was created mainly for British officers or upper-caste Indians residing there as a leisure activity with reading.
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