David Sassoon Library and Reading Room

The David Sassoon Library is one of the oldest libraries in India and is beautifully built. It is named after the Baghdad banker and legendary businessman David Sassoon. It is a private library, free to visit, but cannot be photographed inside.

Visit during the Kara & Geda Festival. The back garden is open for used books and author's books. This stone building has a history of 150 years. Unfortunately, the library is not free. One of Mumbai's greatest Jewish chiefs is David Sassoon, who built the library.

📍 This is the first time I came, but fortunately I have the patience of the staff to explain and have very good memories.

David Sassoon Library is one of the oldest libraries in India, named after Baghdad banker and legendary businessman David Sassoon. The old pavilion was built in 1847, and then David Sassoon donated a lot of money to build the new pavilion, which was completed in 1870. Nowadays, the main building of the library is mainly Gothic style in Venice, with the common British colonial style in India.

Next to Elfinstone College is the David & Sassoon Library, founded by the 19th century legendary businessman of Mumbai, David & Sasson, a Jew and a business genius, who monopolized almost all business transactions in Mumbai in his era, with every freighter and truck carrying the name of Sassoon.