This sounds promising, as the British Library announces Unlocking India's printed heritage: 200,000 pages of historic books to be made available online.
That's a first batch of: "1,000 books in Bengali, amounting to 200,000 pages" that will be digitized, the beginning of an ambitious project:
That's a first batch of: "1,000 books in Bengali, amounting to 200,000 pages" that will be digitized, the beginning of an ambitious project:
(A) major programme to share the wealth of Indian printed books held by the British Library dating from 1714 to 1914. The collection, which spans at least 22 South Asian languages and millions of pages, is the most significant held anywhere outside the Subcontinent. Many of the books are unique and many are also in delicate condition due to their age, so the mass digitisation of these items will not only make them widely available to people around the world, but will also help preserve the fragile originals for future generations.