135-yr-old library, 8.5 lakh books – and no room in the new Central Vista plan

Ministry rejects proposed space of two rooms for Central Secretariat Library, one of Central government’s oldest.When King George V announced the decision to shift the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the Central Secretariat Library (CSL), then known as the Imperial Secretariat Library, moved with it, finding its first home in the Old Secretariat Building in the Civil Lines area.