• The library of Nagai Village is located near wadi Railway Station and is said to have been established by the Chalukya King Prathama Shekar in the year 1058 A.D.

Secunderabad Library (1872)

• In Telangana, Somasundar Mudaliar started a library in Secunderabad in the year 1872.
• This can be considered as the first library not only in Hyderabad, but also in the Telugu speaking areas.
• This was merged into Mahboobia College in 1884.

Shankarananda Library (1872) – Secunderabad

• In 1872, Mudigonda sankara dyulu started ‘Shankarananda’ library.
• The first notable person in the Telugu library movement – -Mudigonda Sankaracharyulu (Warangal). He founded Secunderabad Sarvajanika Library in 1872 Secunderabad. In 1920, he founded Sri Saiva Maha Sabha and acted as its head.

Note:

1. In 1879, Agho ranatha Chatopadhyaya founded a library under “Young men Improvement Society’ and bought books and magazines of different languages.
2. Aghoranatha Chatopadhyaya established the Brotherhood Society with the assistance of Mulla Abdul Khayyum.

Asafia state Library – 1892

• The library was established as a civic library in 1880. Founder – Moulvi Abdul Qayoom, Imad-ul- mulk. Syed Huaasin Bilgrami played an important role in its establishment. The Nizam captured it and renamed it Asafia State Library. In 1892 ‘Asafia State Library’ was established.
• Initially, in this library only Arabic, Persion, Urdu, English and Sanskrit books were available. But. due to the efforts of Andhra Maha Sabha, it also kept books in other regional languages, such as Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi since 1940.
• This library is today’s state central library. It is locally known as Afzal Gunj library.

Bharat Gunavardhan Association Library – 1895 (Shalibanda)

• In 1895 Bharat Gunavardhak Association Library was started at Shalibanda. Rich people from the Marathi community started this library for the improvement of their own language and culture in this region. Sri Gopal Rao was one among prominent persons to develop this library.
• In 1896, the Albert Reading Room was set up at Bollaram.

Library Movement – Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao

• Komarraju Lakshmana Rao is considered as the Pioneer of the library movement. He was born on 18 May 1877 in Penuganchiprolu village, Nandigama taluk, Krishna district. Parents- Venkatappaiah and Gangamma. He was an eminent researcher and historian. Komarraju got his education in Marathi language up to B.A Nagpur.
• Later in 1902, he obtained a private M.A degree from University of Calcutta. He served as the Diwan of Munagala zamindar Nayini Venkata Ranga rao. He was adept in Telugu, English, Kannada, Marathi languages.
• He worked as assistant editor of a Marathi journal named ‘Vividh Gnan vistar’ for some period.

Books:

• 1. Shivaji Charitra
  2. Mahammadeya Yugam
  3. Haindava Maha Yuga
  4. Andhra Vignana Sarvasvam (First encyclopedia in Telugu)
  5. Sivatatva Sara of Mallikarjuna Panditha
  6. Lakshminarayana Vyasavali

• Komarraju laid the foundation of cultural renaissance in Telangana and established cultural relations between Andhra and Telangana regions, Along with N.C.Ketkar, Komarraju released the Karna Parva of Mahabharata in Marathi by famous Marathi writer Moropant.