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Also notes that the date of completion fell in the 3rd regnal year of Ahmad Shah, the Mughal emperor. Custodial history: With the immense contributions of Henry Vincent Bayley, Raj Narayan Basu and other erudite persons this library was established in 1851 as very first public library of India(as the executive committee of library has claimed for a long times) in Midnapur district of Bengal. After facing many up and downs this public library got its present name as Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar and its own permanent building in 1940 as well. Although many valuable collections are either lost or damaged for lack of maintance, but some very rare books and manuscripts are still available. Many books are found more than 7 languages and various contents like Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Odiya,English, Sanskrit. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded. Calendar: Common Calendar. Extent and format of original material: One Manuscript of 152 folios. Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 22X12 cm. Owner(s) of original material: Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar. Author(s) of original material: Shaikh Sadi Shirazi. Scribe of original material: Sayyid Muhammad and Shaikh Ghulam Husain (?). Additional date information: Rajab, 1163 [A. H.] 1750. Alternative date and calendar: Rajab 1163 [Islamic Calendar].