Besides being home to one of the country’s biggest collection of books, the library also seems to be home to a number of spirits. Numerous accounts of students and bibliophiles tell us of the haunting stories behind the magnificent walls of the library. Everything from tales of the presence of someone breathing down their necks, pages being ruffled, chairs being drawn, ghosts wandering through the corridors, the library has no dearth of supernatural stories.
Some believe that it is the ghost of the wife of Lord Metcalfe who roams the halls {she was known to love both books and cleanliness}. Others believe the mysticism comes from a door-less ‘secret’ room that was discovered by the Ministry of Culture and Archeological Survey of India while restoration in 2010, over 200 years after the building was built. Play it safe and always return the books to the right shelf — just in case!