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360° Video: How Centuries-Old Books Are Being Restored and Digitised

Over 6,000 books published between 1858-1950 by Lucknow's iconic Naval Kishore press are being restored and digitised by the Rekhta Foundation.
Faiyaz Ahmad Wajeeh
Pawanjot Kaur
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Over 6,000 books published between 1858-1950 by Lucknow's iconic Naval Kishore press are being restored and digitised by the Rekhta Foundation.
360° video how centuries old books are being restored and digitised
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Over 6,000 books published between 1858-1950 by Lucknow's iconic Naval Kishore press are being restored and digitised by the Rekhta Foundation. Over 200 books have been digitised so far. Naval Kishore press is widely known for printing the iconic Dastan-e-Amir Hamza, which is considered a masterpiece of Urdu literature across the world.

Note: The name of the foundation that is restoring and digitising these books has been misspelt. The correct spelling is Rekhta Foundation.

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