The library has been named after Dr. S. Abid Hussain, a noted scholar in ____. It has a collection of about 3800 books & 2000 periodical. Several institutions and individuals have generously gifted books and back volumes of periodicals to the Library. Significant among such contributors are the Cultural Centre of Iran Embassy, India International Centre, the Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia, Mr Syed Shahid Mahdi, and Professor Mushirul Hasan, Director of the Academy. It has works of the well known social scientists, and the leadings figures of the nationalist movements including: Mahatma Ghandi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasadand, G. B. Pant, B. R Ambedkar, Acharya Narendra Dev, Sri Arbindi Ghosh, Dhananjay keer, and Valabhbhai Patail.