IIC Library has several valuable special collections that
includes: ‘India Collections,’ ‘Himalayan Club Collection’ and
‘Bilgrami Collection’. The India Collection consists of rare
books, maps and documents on British India numbering about 3000
books which were published between 17th to 20th centuries. The
Himalayan Collection has about 690 old and new books on
mountaineering, and adventures, etc., besides 103 journals and 63
dossiers. Bilgrami collection comprises of over 700 rare books on
Indian studies donated by Sir Sayeed Bilgrami.The Library holds
the precious collection of personal papers of Walter Sykes George
that containing a collection of papers, maps, photographs,
correspondence etc. In addition to these, the digital repository
also includes Annual lectures, C.D. Deshmukh Collection,
Occasional papers, Photo collection etc. This repository is thus
a unique repository of rare archival collection.