Manmohan Singh donates 3,500 books from his personal library to his alma mater 04-12

India's former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has donated 3,500 books from his personal collection to his alma mater Panjab University (PU).

According to university authorities, the arrangements would soon be made to transport books and memorabilia, photographs and paintings from New Delhi to the university campus.

As per the IANS report, the books and other objects will be kept in the Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan on the university campus.

Here's what the professor of Department of History told IANS:

"The 3,500 books and memorabilia, which include photographs and paintings, will be housed in Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan. Until the place is ready for the installation, books and memorabilia will be kept in the main library," she said.

"It will be developed as a library where there would be a reading area where anybody can come and have a look at the material," she added.

India's former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has donated 3,500 books from his personal collection to his alma mater Panjab University (PU).

According to university authorities, the arrangements would soon be made to transport books and memorabilia, photographs and paintings from New Delhi to the university campus.

As per the IANS report, the books and other objects will be kept in the Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan on the university campus.

Here's what the professor of Department of History told IANS:

"The 3,500 books and memorabilia, which include photographs and paintings, will be housed in Guru Teg Bahadur Bhawan. Until the place is ready for the installation, books and memorabilia will be kept in the main library," she said.

"It will be developed as a library where there would be a reading area where anybody can come and have a look at the material," she added. 

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