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The City of Bombay I General I History I Description 4

The Libraries of Bombay 9 Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 9 Universal Library -13 The J. N. Petit Institute 17 The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute & The Mulla Firuz Library 23 The Prince of Wales Museum of -Western India 26 Library and Reading Room, Bombay 27 People's Free Reading Room & Library & its Branches 29 Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya 31 Forbes Gujarati Sabha 34 Anjuman-i-Islam Karimi Library 35 Mitra Mandai-Library & .Free Reading Room .. 35 Bombay Telugu Free Library & Reading Room 36 Muni Shri Mohanlalji Jain Central Library & Sanskrit Pathashala The Jhaverilal Umiashankar Yagnik Library Lokmanya Seva Sangh, Parle The Indian Merchants' Chamber Technological Laboratory Indian Central Cotton Committee .. Department of Industries Medical Libraries in Bombay l.ibraries Organized by the Labour Welfare Department, Bombay List of Other LibrarieS in Bombay

The Library Movement lIistory of Early Printing in Western India The First Printing Press in IndiA Early Printing Presses in Bombay The First Book Printed in Bombay Devanagari Typography in India at Bombay First Marathi Press Early Matathi Printing in India Early Printed Books in Gujrad Some Notable Bombay Bookshops