Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, was founded with the aim to lift Bengali language and literature to the pinnacle of perfection and glory. This library is located at 243/1Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700 006. It is stationed in a building offered as donation by the eminent Raja Nabakrishna Roy.

The library of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad housing the precious and uncommon Bengali scriptures, was set up in 1893. Its prime objective was not only to retain the popularity of Bengali, in the face of the Western influence , imported by the colonizer British, but also to place it on the elevation of improvement.

The Bangiya Sahitya Parishad , during the period of its inception, was entitled as the Academy of Bengali Literature. But after sometime, in 1894, it was conferred upon with the current name, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad.

The main pillars behind the establishment of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata (previously Calcutta), were L. Leotard and Kshetrapal Chakraborty. 1894 was the year marked for launching the first publication in Bengali. Romesh Chander Dutt , the renowned Bengali writer, civil servant, economic historian and the proficient translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata , had literary genius, sufficient enough to make him elected as the first president in 1894 .

Again, the world-class poet and nobel laureate , Rabindranath Tagore and the illustrious Navinchandra Sen occupied the respectable post of the the vice-presidents of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad.

Indeed, the crowd of these elite , educated and aristocratic personas, including Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Debendra Prasad Ghosh, ascertain the quality of cultural cultivation , indulged in by the scholarly members of this literary society. This heritage of erudite conferences continued; post the forever celebrated Rabindranath Tagore, his famous brother Satyendranath Tagore, reputed as the first Indian to enroll himself with the Indian Civil Service , as well as possesing versatality as an author, song-composer, efficient linguist and women`s emancipator was appointed as the President.

Satyendranath`s footsteps were followed by the well-known Bengali literature critic, analyst, and essayist, Pramatha Chowdhury. Already, by 1900, the craze for participation in the affairs conducted by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad was so overwhelming, that the roll-strength of the society`s members was 500. In 1906, the members, pounced upon the decision of inaugurating an office, out of Kolkata. The second branch was opened in Rangpur and gradually 30 more branches were erected, both inside and outside Bengal . The Bangiya Sahitya Parishad was immensely benefitted when in 1909, the generous Maharaja of Qasimbazar distributed 7 kathas (.125 acres) of land to the society . The enthusiastic members of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad,contributed a lot to the amelioration of Bengali literature. They embarked on a programme of enriching the treasures of Bengali literature, through creating translation of masterpieces of Bengali and literature of others .

The library was decked with Alpha men like, Rabindranath Tagore, Acharya Prafulla Chandra, Ramesh Chandra, Ram Sundar Trivedi and others. The library furnishes one with the opportunity of two types of memberships - life membership & casual membership. The life members are permitted to borrow books home, while the casual members are allowed to go through the books only in the reading room , without taking them home. The splendid and widely informative library is endowed with a folder-assemblage of valuable texts such as Vidyasagar Rachnabali, Rabindra Sangraha, cherished Indian classics, books on History, Geography, Patriotism, Social and Political affairs, children`s books, books of general data and enlightening sciences etc.

The Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata, demonstrates an array of rare literary artifacts, although some of the specimens now require proper processing for preservation. However, the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, has encouraged the inclination towards literature, while making its visitors well-conscious about the praiseworthy richness of tradition.