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'''M. J. Library''' or '''Sheth Maneklal Jethabhai Pustakalaya''' is a public library in [[Ellis Bridge|Ellisbridge]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Mahatma Gandhi]] proposed to construct a public library by the collection of books he had at [[Sabarmati Ashram]]. Gandhi donated approx 7,000<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why the 80-Year-Old MJ Library Is Still the Favourite Library of Many Amdavadis|url=https://creativeyatra.com/culture/mj-library-ahmedabad/|website=Creative Yatra|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>-15,000<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography on Mahatma Gandhi: Biographies, Works by Gandhi, and Bibliographical Sources, Volumes 1-2|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1995|isbn=9780313253379|pages=16, Acknowledgment}}</ref> books to start this library.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Pacifist Impulse in Historical Perspective|publisher=University of Toronto Press 1996|year=1996|isbn=9780802007773|pages=275}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Iconic MJ Library to reopen soon|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/Iconic-MJ-Library-to-reopen-soon/articleshow/40380643.cms|date=August 14, 2014|last=Hemington|first=James |website=Ahmedabad Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><br />
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It was named after Maneklal Jethabhai; father of Rasiklal Maneklal, who donated to construct this library.<ref name=":0" /> It was inaugurated by [[Vallabhbhai Patel]] on 15 April 1938.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The architectural design of library was done by [[Claude Batley]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Modern Architecture and Capitalist Patronage in Ahmedabad, India 1947-1969|url=https://search.proquest.com/openview/5ceca4c870c2f6262d3f6ba9efd59efe/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y|last=Williamson|first=Daniel|date=2016|website=ProQuest Dissertations Publishing|publisher=New York University|pages=288-291|via=ProQuest|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pandya|first=Yatin|date=2013-01-07|title=Ahmedabad: Where masters crafted their dreams|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-ahmedabad-where-masters-crafted-their-dreams-1786534|access-date=2021-04-18|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> It is built in Rajputana Colonial architecture style.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=About Us|url=https://www.mjlibrary.in/about-us|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-18|website=|language=}}</ref><br />
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The entrance area is octagonal space with a dome on top of it. The building is ornamented with ''[[chhajja]]''s, brackets and ''[[jali]]''s which Batley considered "practical climatic essentials" and rooted in the traditional Indian architecture.<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ahmedabad Town Hall]]<br />
* [[Vijali Ghar]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/MKG-Collection-MJ-Library Digital Collection of M. J. Library] at [[Gandhi Heritage Portal]]<br />
{{Ahmedabad topics}}<br />
[[Category:Library buildings completed in 1938]]<br />
[[Category:1938 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[Category:British colonial architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries in Gujarat]]<br />
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