EMINENT VISITORS

AT

KHUDA BAKHSH O. P. LIBRARY, PATNA

31st May, 2003: H. E. President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul

Kalam appreciating an ornamental text of the Holy Quran

preserved at the Library.

30th December, 2005: H. E. President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

presenting a set of his books for the Khuda Bakhsh O. P. Library.

31st January, 2006:H.E. Governor of Bihar and Chairman,

Library Board, Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi taking a look at a rare

copy of Firdausi’s Shahnamah preserved at the Library.

20th February, 2006: Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish

Kumar, being welcomed by the Director at the Khuda Bakhsh

Library.

18th Feb. 2008: Hon’ble Prime Minister of Mauritius, Dr. Navin

Chandra Ramgoolam and Mrs. Ramgoolam at the Khuda Bakhsh

Library.

2nd August, 2008: H.E. Governor of Bihar and Chairman, Library

Board, Shri. R. L. Bhatia inspecting rare manuscripts at the

Library.

20th December, 2008: U.S Consul General, Beth A. Payne,

addressing a function at Khuda Bakhsh Library.

30th April, 2009: Former Chief Election Commissioner, Shri. B.

Gopalaswami and Mrs. Gopalaswami taking a look at the Library’s

rare manuscripts.

29th August, 2009: India’s Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Janab

Shah Manal Qadiri examining a rare copy of the Diwan-e Hafiz at

the Khuda Bakhsh Library.

24th October, 2009: H.E. Governor of Bihar and Chairman,

Library Board, Shri. Devanand Konwar examining rare

manuscripts of the Library.

18th November, 2009: Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy

Chairman Planning Commission, receiving Library publications and

memento from the Director on the occasion of his visit to the

Library.

12th December, 2009 : H.E. Governor of Bihar and Chairman,

Library Board, Shri Debanand Konwar presenting a memento to

Hon’ble Vice President of India, Janab M. Hamid Ansari.

4th February, 2010: U.S. Ambassador in India, H.E. Timothy

Roemer and Mrs. Sally Roemer taking a look at a rare copy of the

“Badshahnama” preserved at the Library.

18th October, 2010: President of Mauritius, H .E. Shri. Anirudh

Jugnauth and the First Lady, inspecting a text of Brahma Purana

on palm-leaf, preserved at the Library.

2nd March, 2011: Ms. Uzra Ziya, Political Counselor, U. S.

Embassy, New Delhi, being welcomed at the Library.