National Library of India ghost reports

Record summary

Reports about the National Library in Kolkata describe footsteps, moving books, voices or apparitions, often attributed to the building’s colonial history and to a former governor’s residence. Indian media and paranormal-content producers revisited the claims in the 2010s and 2020s, making the site a useful comparison for haunted-institution narratives. The reports are generally anecdotal, with shifting details about rooms, victims and witnesses. Researchers should distinguish official statements, staff recollections, literary folklore and later sensational retellings rather than treating the legend as one fixed case.