The ‘ghost’ of the National Library, Kolkata
- Date of account
- Mid-twentieth-century institutional folklore
- Location
- National Library, Belvedere Estate, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Source
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- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The National Library’s Belvedere House has long circulated stories of footsteps, moving books, voices and apparitions, sometimes attributed to former colonial residents or a murdered official. Such reports are relevant to comparison because they arise in a heavily historicized building where night staff, security routines and restricted spaces can generate repeatable legends. The precise witnesses and dates are unclear, and many versions appear to have been published after the alleged events. Library histories and Kolkata newspapers may reveal whether any account belongs specifically to 1947–1969.
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