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The Maulana Azad Library is the library of Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India. It consists of a central library and over 100 departmental and college libraries. It is the second largest library in Asia.〔http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-universities-rankings-2012-aligarh-muslim-university/1/189328.html〕〔http://www.milligazette.com/news/1095-amu-maulana-azad-library-second-biggest-in-asia〕 The seven-storey building is surrounded by of lawns and gardens. It has about 1,400,000 books. Dr. Amjad Ali serves as the current librarian of the library.〔http://www.amu.ac.in/amulib.jsp?did=10066〕 ==History== The foundation of the Library was laid in 1877 at the time of establishment of the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College by Lord Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, the then Viceroy of India and it was named after him as Lytton Library. The present grand seven-storied building was inaugurated by Late Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India in 1960 and the Library was named Maulana Azad Library after the first Education Minister of the independent India.〔http://www.amu.ac.in/amulib.jsp?did=10066&lid=About%20the%20Library〕 In late 2014 the university's Vice-Chancellor Zameer Uddin Shah turned down a demand by female undergraduate students of Womens College to be allowed to use the Maulana Azad Library.〔Eram Agha, ( Girls in AMU library will ‘attract’ boys: VC ). The Times of India, November 11, 2014.〕〔(Irani slams AMU V-C over women in library remark ). Hindustan Times, November 11, 2014.〕〔(Allow entry of girls inside library: Allahabad High Court to AMU ). Deccan Chronicle, November 25, 2014.〕 Shah stated that the issue was not one of discipline, but of space as if girls were allowed in the library there would be "four times more boys," putting a strain on the library's capacity. National human resource and development minister Smriti Irani decried Shah's defense as "an insult to daughters."〔 Responding to a petition filed by Human Rights Law Network, the Allahabad High Court ruled in November 2014 that the university's ban on female students from using the main library was unconstitutional, and that accommodations must be made to facilitate student use regardless of gender.〔〔(India court library ban on women 'unconstitutional' ). BBC News Online, November 14, 2014.〕 The High Court gave the university until November 24, 2014 to comply.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maulana Azad Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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