literature is not only served by writing it, but conserving literature is also a way to serve it," says Madhya Pradesh legislative Assembly Speaker, Sitasaran Sharma.
A programme was organised at Madhavrao Sapre Smiriti Samachar Patra Sanghralaya and Shodh Sansthan here on Sunday. During the programme, Assembly Speaker Sitasaran Sharma was present as the chief guest.
The programme was organised to observe one of the achievements of Sapre museum. It is noteworthy that the 100-year-old Agra library's precious and rare books are now available at Sapre Museum.
While addressing the programme, Sharma said that literature is one of the essentials of Indian history. He said that the trust Paliwal family has showcased in Sapre museum is heartwarming and will always be a reason of prestige for the State.
The programme was conducted by Kamal Kishore Goenka. Also on the occasion, grandson of Chiranjeev lal Paliwal, Vijay Dutt Paliwal was present.
Addressing the programme, Vijay Dutt said, "Handing over the century old library was like I was bidding farewell to my daughter." Elaborating further, he said, "We had travelled across the country but couldn't find any appropriate place to handover the library but then when we stopped at Sapre museum it was decided that this would be another home for Chiranjeevi library."
Notably to observe the World Museum Day, the books of a century old library Chiranjeev library's books and letters were introduced at Sapre Museum. It is one of the achievements of the museums. The library holds a rare collection of books which are a decade old and which are too rare to study. Now the Bhopalites can have a view of these books and letters of the renowned writers.
Agra library was run by three generations of Chiranjeev lal Paliwal. Recently, his great grandson Vijay Dutt Paliwal has handed over the books and rare letter collections to Sapre Museum Bhopal, informed director of Sapre Museum Vijay Dutt Shridhar.