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Suburban Reading Club

Kolkata, Italy

Suburban Reading Club is one of the oldest libraries in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In the year 1888, The Suburban Reading Club was founded in a small room of the Narkaldanga High School in Beliaghata Narkeldanga Area. The legendary personalities of this area Sir Gurudas Banerjee, Raja Rajendralal

Mitra, Rakhal Chandra Ghosh and Harish Chandra Chakraborty, a dedicated teacher of the school decided to open a library for this eastern part of the then suburban Calcutta.

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