Encyclopedia of Library History
F William Summers Professor Emeritus School of Library and Information Studies Wayne A Wiegand
Contribution of Christians to the development of libraries in India began with Vasco da Gama in 1498. ... British power) to the development of libraries was the establishment of academies such as Calcutta Madrasa and Calcutta Sanskrit College, to which libraries were attached. ... By the Indian University Act of 1904 it was made compulsory for colleges to have libraries and to lend books to their students.