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A new book provides a detailed account of the colonial bureaucrats who made up the first generation of the Indian Foreign Service.

Discover the fascinating story of the Baroda Library Movement, a golden chapter in Indian Public Library history. Learn how Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III introduced compulsory and free primary education, linked it with a free public library, and ignited a literacy revolution.

The palace, initially built in 1890 at an impressive expense of £ 180,000, is presently estimated to be worth well over Rs 24,000 crores.

Modi added that the Opposition had also "mocked at" him for "pledging to build toilets in a Red Fort speech" as they had "no sensitivity" to the troubles that women faced in the absence of toilets.

Hazare was the last occupant of the 'Pushpakoot' bungalow until 1976 before it was handed over to the government by the family in "distress sale" under the Urban Land Ceiling Act that was passed in the same year.

Borden’s cataloguing system gave readers across the state – including in towns and villages – access to 10 lakh books.

A trained printer who rose from the lowest rungs of the print trade, Bapurao Naik also developed a keen sense of history in connection to his profession. Through his books, he made seminal contributions to the history of print in India. Moreover, his writings on the revolutionary changes in printing technology happening in the second half of twentieth century are now valuable historical documents

The library was a cog in the wheel of Sayajirao III's larger vision for education in the state of Baroda and it was so close to his heart that the Maharaja donated to it 20,000 books from his personal collection.

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