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  2. Elphinstone College - Wikipedia

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    The Elphinstone College. Elphinstone College is one of the constituent colleges of Dr. Homi Bhabha State University, a state cluster university. Established in 1856, it is one of the oldest colleges in Mumbai. It played a major role in shaping and developing the educational landscape of the city. It also played a pivotal role in the inception ...

  3. Mountstuart Elphinstone - Wikipedia

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    Mountstuart Elphinstone. Mountstuart Elphinstone FRSE (6 October 1779 – 20 November 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India. He later became the Governor of Bombay (now Mumbai) where he is credited with the opening of several educational institutions accessible to the Indian population.

  4. Homi J. Bhabha - Wikipedia

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    Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FNI, [3] FASc, [1] FRS [4] (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme ". He was the founding director and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), as well as the founding director of the Atomic ...

  5. B. R. Ambedkar - Wikipedia

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    After graduating from Elphinstone College, University of Bombay, Ambedkar studied economics at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, receiving doctorates in 1927 and 1923, respectively, and was among a handful of Indian students to have done so at either institution in the 1920s. [1] He also trained in the law at Gray's Inn ...

  6. King's College, Aberdeen - Wikipedia

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    King's College quad. King's College was the first university in Aberdeen, the third in Scotland and the fifth in the British Isles.In 1495, William Elphinstone, the relatively newly appointed Bishop of Aberdeen, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of King James IV to create the facility to cure the ignorance he had witnessed within his parish and in the north generally.

  7. David Sassoon Library - Wikipedia

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    Reference no. 1480. The David Sassoon Library and Reading Room is a famous library and heritage structure in Mumbai, India. The idea for a library to be situated in the center of the city came from Albert Sassoon, son of the famous Baghdadi Jewish philanthropist, David Sassoon. [1]

  8. Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of ...

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    Website. www.ggmcjjh.com. The Grant Government Medical College is a public medical college located in Mumbai, India. It is affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. Founded in 1845, it is one of the oldest medical colleges in South Asia. Its clinical affiliate is Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, a conglomerate of four hospitals ...

  9. Elphinstone High School - Wikipedia

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    Elphinstoners High School was a school established in 1824 in Bombay, India in honour of Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay (1819–1827). In 1836 the Elphinstone Institute was founded, which started the Elphinstone College. The English medium school in Bombay was renamed as the Elphinstone High School. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was ...