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| location = [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| established = 1 July 1850<ref name="surat history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/TheCity/History|title = History}}</ref><br />
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'''Andrews Library''' is the oldest library in [[Surat]], Gujarat, India, established in 1850.<ref name="andrews digital">{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Andrews-Library-to-soon-go-digital/articleshow/53218765.cms | title=Andrews Library to soon go digital | first=Melvyn Reggie | last=Thomas | date=15 July 2016 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=20 June 2018 }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
It was established in 1850. The library was named after Andrews, a retired magistrate, and co-established by Rao Bahadur Naginchand Jhaveri, a wealthy pearl dealer who often contributed to the development of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityshor.com/surat/andrews-library-the-testimony-of-surats-legacy/|title = Andrews Library: The testimony of Surat's legacy}}</ref><ref name="S.2015">{{cite book|author=Thanuskodi, S.|title=Handbook of Research on Inventive Digital Tools for Collection Management and Development in Modern Libraries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LIyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA288|date=17 July 2015|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-4666-8179-8|pages=288–}}</ref><br />
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== Collections ==<br />
The library holds some rare works in arts and history, this literary realm also caters to students from the science, commerce, engineering and medical fields, and provides newspapers and magazines in many languages for the locals. In 2006, floods had destroyed about 25,000 of the libraries' book collection.<ref name="andrews digital" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of tourist attractions in Surat]]<br />
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[[Category:Libraries in Surat]]<br />
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[[Category:Libraries established in 1850]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Surat]]</div>AmitNeogi