Higginbotham's was established by an English librarian named Abel Joshua Higginbotham in the year 1844. Higginbotham's is, therefore, India's oldest bookstore in existence. It soon gained a reputation for quality. Higginbotham's started selling stationery and also publishing and printing their own books from the 1860s onwards. On Abel's death in 1891, the firm passed on to the hands of his son C. H. Higginbotham. Higginbotham bookstalls were established in many railway stations. Higginbotham's was the largest bookstore in India till the 1990s. In 1989, renovations helped restore the original look to the building. #besurprised #Historytoday #Chennai #Madras #History #Higginbothams
Courtesy:
#wikipedia
#TheHindu
plus.google.com/photos/102124363634607497164/albums/5171517392393453937
0 comments:
Post a Comment