 After the merge, the library went under the control of the Education Department and thus the District Magistrate.Its staff was reduced to one Librarian and one other worker.In a joint meeting with the prominent citizens of the Cooch Behar town on 13-NOV-1967 in the chamber of the Deputy Commissioner (Cooch Behar) it was unanimously resolved to amalgamate the State Library with the District Library, Cooch Behar.