 The District Library of Cooch Behar was established in 1957 under the sponsored Library scheme.According to the above resolution in 1968, the then Deputy Commissioner, Sri Bhaskar Ghosh, I.A.S., on the plea of saving the library sent a proposal of amalgamation with the District Library to the D.P.I., West Bengal.On the basis of his proposal government accepted the merger and renamed the Library as "North Bengal State Library".