Ananada Nath Roy was the Raja(king) of Natore.

From 1884, Raja Promodanath Roy chaired the library till his death in 1925.

Froom 1943 too 1952, it was chaired by the Raja of Dighapatia, Babu Kishori Mohon Chowdhury.

The library lost its records and many of its books and furniture during the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971.

[1] In 2017, Rajshahi city Corporation announced plans to renovate the library with financial assistance of the Indian government.