James Mackintosh

Founder

Founder of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai

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James Mackintosh is the founder of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai^[1], an Indian non-profit working on arts & culture and education from Mumbai.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai

Founded in 1804 as the Literary Society of Bombay, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is housed in the iconic neoclassical Town Hall at Horniman Circle. A member-run learned society and public library, it preserves rare books, ancient manuscripts, coins and the Sopara relics, runs research fellowships, lectures and journal publications, and digitises its collections through the Granth Sanjeevani online archive.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai reports the following, on its own site:

The Library has over 100,000 books

Organisations: 1
Based in: Mumbai
Founded: —
Press: 3

References

[1] “The Asiatic Society of Mumbai was founded by Sir James Mackintosh, a distinguished lawyer, jurist and public figure in England who became the Recorder or the King’s Judge for Bombay.” — The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. Source

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