The autograph book with the information and autograph of eminent personalities. Picture by Srinivas

Jamshedpur, March 31: The newest club in the block has something unique to boast of.

The state’s first and only Autograph Collectors’ Club of India at Bistupur houses some rare autographs. Right from autographs of legends of the past to living legends across the world, the club has it all.

Founded barely a year ago, this club boasts of over 600 rare autographs.

Right from Indira Gandhi, the first woman Prime Minister of India, to Edmund Hillary, the first person to scale Mount Everest and Gerhard Schmatz, the German mountaineer — the club boast of all their autographs. The club also has autographs of living legends like Mahasweta Devi, Kapil Dev, Babu Jagjivan Ram, Manmohan Singh and Archbishops of Vatican City among others.

Founder member of the club R.K. Choudhary said there are eight members who toil hard to enrich its treasure. The club members remain vigilant all the time.

“Whenever any personality comes down to the city we never miss the chance to get his/her signature. Sometimes it becomes difficult to get autographs,” said Choudhary.

The team has to do a lot of research work for making the collection richer. Sometimes they get the autograph of eminent personality by sending them email.

Few of the interesting autographs the club has is of chief ministers of Jharkhand, top officials of Tata Steel and Tata Steel Corus.

The club would host an exhibition to display the autographs soon.

If you think the club only has the autographs of the personalities then you are wrong. Along with the autographs you find some rare information regarding those personalities.