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{{Short description|Public library in Lucknow, India}}
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| library_name = Amir-ud-daula Public Library<br>अमीर-उद-दौला पब्लिक लाइब्रेरी<br>امیر الدولہ پبلک لائبریری
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| established = 1868
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| location = [[Lucknow]]
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| items_collected = Printed works, maps, archives, manuscripts, photographs, lithographs
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The '''Amir-ud-daula Public Library''' ({{langx|hi|अमीर-उद-दौला पब्लिक लाइब्रेरी}}, {{langx|ur|امر-اد-دلا پبلک لائبریری}}), is a public [[library]] in [[Lucknow]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Llewellyn-Jones |first=Rosie |title=Lucknow : then and now |year=2003 |publisher=Sangam |location=London |isbn=8185026610 |pages=86, 89, 147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416205913/https://books.google.com/books?id=XnFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Punjab Library Association |title=Modern Librarian, Volumes 14-15 |year=1943 |publisher=Pakistan Library Association |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngwiAQAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416205835/https://books.google.com/books?id=ngwiAQAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |url-status=live }}</ref> [[India]].

==History==
The library has a long history in different locations in Lucknow. In 1868, it was part of the [[State Museum Lucknow]], known then as the Provincial Museum, and open to student readers in 1887. In 1907 the collection moved to the upper storey of the Lal Baradari, a building constructed by Nawab Saadat Ali Khan (1798-1814). In 1910 it shifted to the Chota [[Chattar Manzil]] and opened as the Public Library, Lucknow. In 1926 the library moved again, this time to a building constructed for the purpose. The foundation stone was laid by Sir [[Harcourt Butler]] in 1921. The library was gifted to the Government of the [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]] by the [[Taluqdar]]s of [[Awadh]] and named after [[Mohammad Amir Hasan Khan]], one of whose titles was Amir-ud-daula. In 1947, the Taluqdar’s Association transferred some land in front of the Library for the construction of a park <ref>{{cite book |last=Llewellyn-Jones |first=Rosie |title=Lucknow : then and now |year=2003 |publisher=Sangam |location=London |isbn=8185026610 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416205913/https://books.google.com/books?id=XnFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Amir-ud-daula+Public+Library |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Collection of books==
The collection includes about 2 lakh books in languages that include Hindi, English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Bengali, and Sanskrit.

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[[Category:Education in Lucknow]]
[[Category:Public libraries in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lucknow]]
[[Category:1868 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Libraries in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Libraries established in 1868]]

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TeodoroGalvan6 at 03:02, 15 October 2025