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Agra College is an government aided college, which is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in India.Pandit Gangadhar Shastri, a noted Sanskrit scholar, founded the college in 1823, long before the first university in India was established in 1857.
Agra College is one of the oldest institutions in India. Pandit Gangadhar Shastri, a noted Sanskrit scholar, founded the college in 1823. Till 1883 the institute was a government college and after that, a board of trustees and a Committee of Management managed the college.
He graduated from Agra College in 1923 with a Bachelor of Science degree and then he did Master of Arts in history in 1925. In 1927 he did Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Meerut College . Then they shifted to Bulandshahr district of present day Uttar Pradesh after their downfall due to Raja Nahar Sigh Ballabhgarh opposition to the British during ...
Thomas Valpy French (1 January 1825 – 14 May 1891) was an English Christian Missionary in India and Persia, who became the first Bishop of Lahore, in 1877, and also founded the St. John's College, Agra, in 1853. [1] [2] After Henry Martyn, French is considered the second most important Christian missionary to the Middle East. [3]
Education in the Indian subcontinent began with the teaching of traditional subjects, including Indian religions, mathematics, and logic.Early Hindu and Buddhist centers of learning, such as the ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan), Nalanda (in India), Mithila (in India and Nepal), Vikramshila, Telhara, and Shaunaka Mahashala in the Naimisharanya forest, served as key sites for education.
After serving as guardian to the maharaja, Shivdeen held the positions of civil judge and Musahib. In 1844, Sawai Ram Singh II founded the Maharaja College, Jaipur, with Shivdeen serving as its first principal. [3] Following Sawai Ram Singh II's ascension to the throne in 1852, Shivdeen was appointed Mohatmim Tehsil (Revenue commissioner).
He founded the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1886 in order to promote Western education, especially science and literature, among India's Muslims. The conference, in addition to generating funds for Ahmad Khan's Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, motivated Muslim elites to propose expansion of educational uplift elsewhere ...
Pages in category "Universities and colleges in Agra" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Sarojini Naidu Medical College; St. John's ...