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| Established: | 1875 |
| Type: | College |
| Faculty: | 112+ |
| Location: | Patiala, Punjab, India |
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Established in 1875, Mohindra College, located in Patiala, Punjab is the oldest institution of contemporary higher learning in Northern India. Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Patiala ( Punjabi: ਪਟਿਆਲਾ is a city in the Punjab state of India. Punjab (ਪੰਜਾਬ पंजाब pəɲdʒaːb is a state in northwest India.
Mohindra College was first institution in Punjab to receive A+ grade from NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council - of Government of India. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council ( NAAC) is an accreditor and is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government The college offers under-graduate and graduate level education in basic sciences, political science, languages, history, public administration, commerce, computer applications, agriculture science, bio-technology and clinical diagonistics.
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Faculties
- Faculty of Science - 5 Departments
- Faculty of Arts - 22 Departments
Campus
The 21 acre Mohindra College campus is located outside Patiala walled city opposite to National Institute of Sports, Patiala. Founded in 1961 Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports or NIS, is Asia's largest Sports Institute located in princely city of Patiala.
The college facilities include Central Library, Computer Center, Health Center, men's hostel, an auditorium with seating capacity of 600, botanical garden and elaborate sports infrastructure, particularly for Cricket and Swimming. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance
History
Then Viceroy of India Lord Northbrook laid the foundation stone for the main building of Mohindra College Patiala in year 1875. The Governor-General of India (or from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India) was the head of the British administration in India, and Thomas George Baring 1st Earl of Northbrook GCSI FRS ( 22 January 1826 &ndash 15 November 1904) English statesman eldest Mohindra College was initially affiliated to University of Calcutta; at the time, Calcutta was the capital of British Raj. The following is a list of academic institutions formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India: Armenian College Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British
In 1882 University of Punjab was established in Lahore, and Mohindra College became one of its first affiliated colleges. The University of the Punjab (abbreviated as PU) ( Urdu: جامعه پنجاب) colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in ( lahor is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. Following the partition of India in 1947 the college came under purview of Punjab University, Chandigarh and later in 1962 under Punjabi University Patiala. The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire which led to the creation on August 14, 1947 and August 15, Panjab University is one of the oldest Universities in India. Punjabi University, in Patiala, is one of the premier institutions of higher education in Punjab, India.
Principals
- E. Candler,
- (Sadhu) T. L. Vasvani
- Prof. Teja Singh (1894 - 1958) (Principal 1949 - )
- Dr. G. L. Bakshi
- Dr. Bhagat Singh
- S. Gursewak Singh
- S. Darbara Singh
- S. Harbaksh Singh
- Dr. Joginder Singh
- Dr. Vidwan Singh Soni
- Dr. R. K. Sharma
- S. Parminder S. Sidhu
- Dr Daljitinder Singh Brar
Famous Alumni
- Justice Rajinder Singh Sarkaria
- Shri Jagan Nath Kaushal
Funding
Mohindra College is funded by Punjab Government and University Grants Commission (India) while the campus is maintained by Public Works Department of state Government. Rajinder Singh Sarkaria ( January 16, 1916 &ndash September 12, 2007) was an Indian Supreme Court justice from September The Government of Punjab, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab (India and its 20 districts The University Grants Commission of India is a Union government body that provides funds for government-recognised universities and Colleges It
College offers financial help for economically disadvantaged sections of society. Undergraduate tuition is exempt for girls.
Women represent over half of the 112 member faculty while about a third of faculty holds doctoral and post-doctoral credentials. Mohindra College is headed by Principal Dr Daljitinder Singh Brar.
Trivia
A commemorative postage stamp on Mohindra College, Patiala was issued by Government of India on March 14, 1988.
Principal from 1910 to 1914, Edmund Candler was also a noted novelist and travel-writer. His novels 'Siri Ram: Revolutionist' and 'Abdication' are set partly in a college in the fictional town of Gandeshwar, which may be based on Mohindra College.
External links
- Mohindra College webpage on Patialavi.com
- General Info about Mohindra College, Patiala
- Stamp on Mohindra College, Patiala
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