04 May 2022 100 years of establishment of Delhi University
100 years of establishment of Delhi University – Today Current Affairs
- On 1st May 2022, the establishment of ‘Delhi University’ completed 100 years.
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Establishment:
- The ‘Delhi University’ was established in the year 1922 by an act passed by the then British India’s legislature – the Central Legislative Assembly.
- The University of Delhi originally consisted of three colleges – St. Stephen’s College, which was established in the year 1881 by a missionary initiative called the ‘Cambridge Mission to Delhi’; Hindu College, which was established in the year 1899, and Ramjas College, which was established on 14 May 1917 by Rai Kedar Nath, a renowned educationist and philanthropist.
- Earlier these three colleges were affiliated to ‘Punjab University’.
Role of Delhi University in India’s Freedom Movement : The Hindu Analysis
- In the year 1933 the erstwhile ‘Viceregal Lodge’ – where the ‘Gandhi-Irwin Pact’ had been signed two years earlier – became part of the university’s assets. This colonial-era building now houses the office of the Vice-Chancellor.
- Although the ‘Viceregal Lodge’ was constructed in 1902, but before that there used to be a ‘Hunting Lodge’ in this place and during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, British officers fled and hid in this ‘Hunting Lodge’.
- After the Central Assembly bombings of April 8, 1929, ‘Bhagat Singh’ was imprisoned in the Viceregal Lodge and was tried in the same building. The Hindu Analysis
- When revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad was living away from the British government, he was hid by the students of ‘Ramjas College’ (a college of the university).
- The students of ‘Hindu College’ (another college of the university) were actively involved in the ‘Quit India Movement’ of 1942.
- According to former Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh, Delhi University has a charter of its own, which was prepared by its then (1938-1950) Vice-Chancellor, ‘Maurice Gwyer’. Maurice Gwyer was also the Chief Justice of India from 1937 to 1943. The Hindu Analysis
- The Vice President of India acts as the ‘Chancellor’ of the University.
- It has been recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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