Library Section
This Library has one of the largest available collection of books and documents on Mahatma Gandhi; a fairly large collection of books on Freedom Movement in India (1857-1947), and a large ‘General’ section of books on Social Sciences, Humanities, Literature and Nature Cure. Its collection has now grown to about 45,000 titles (books) and 25,000 photo-copies of letters, telegrams, notes etc., written by Mahatma Gandhi to others or by others to Mahatma Gandhi.
Multiple Language
The library has separate sections for books in English and in each of the Indian Languages (Hindi, Urdu,Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, etc). Some books in other foreign languages are also available.
LIBRARY BOOK SEARCH
The National Gandhi Museum’s Library Catalogue
SIMPLE SEARCH RULES Searching by Library Classification
| S.NO. | Field | Description |
| 1 | Search in |
SIMPLE SEARCH HINTS • Begin by selecting one of the Search by options listed above. • Search Records per page is 20. • Reset will clear all entry terms and your selection will go back to the default. |
| 2 | Search For |
SUBJECT • Enter a subject heading or a personal or organizational name as a subject AUTHOR • Enter a personal name by surname first and fore-name after a comma TITLE • Enter the Title of a book KEYWORD • Enter the Keyword |
| 3 | In Library Sections |
The books in the library have been divided into two sections ,viz. ‘Gandhiana’ and ‘General’. Select one of the options from them. |