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The Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act, 1948 is an act of the Constituent Assembly of India that renamed the Imperial Library in Calcutta to the National Library of India.

Background
The Imperial Library was founded in Calcutta, British India as a merger between the Calcutta Public Library and the Official Imperial Library of the former British East India Company. At the behest of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, the Imperial Legislative Council passed the Imperial Library Act, 1902 to enact the merge. The new library was opened to the public a year later.

Act
Following independence as the Dominion of India, it was deemed that the Imperial Library name was no longer appropriate for the new Indian nation. Accordingly, the Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act was introduced.