"IT’s more than just a space to pore over textbooks or hunt down dusty reference volumes for a college research project. The University of Mumbai ’s Rajabai Tower Library is more a book museum, boasting some rare and valuable tomes. The exhibition of some of these interesting volumes at the Rajabai Tower, to celebrate the University’s 150th year, is the perfect way to marvel at some of the treasures that the library preserves."

"Most of the special collections in the library today were received from private donors. Among these are a stack of letters and newspaper articles by Dr B R Ambedkar, the East India Company’s books received in 1864 by the British Government, ex-vice chancellor Dr John Wilson’s collection of books on Oriental Studies and Dr Aroon Tikekar’s 2,100 antiquarian books, which he donated to the library last year. "

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