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INDIA - EDUCATION-
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) |
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Date-wise Events |
- November 22, 1911: On this
day, Madan Mohan Malviya registered the Hindu University
Society to gather support and raise funds for building the
university. He spent the next 4 years gathering support and
raising funds for the university. He sought and received
early support from the Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh and
Maharaja Sir Rameshwar Singh Bahadur of Raj Darbhanga.
- February 03, 1916: Mahatma
Gandhi opened the BANARAS Hindu University in Varanasi,
India, on this day.
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Description |
- A public central university located in Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh.
- Established in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.
- BHU is one of the largest residential universities
in Asia, with over 20,000 students.
- The university comprises all castes, creeds, religions
and genders, and is on the list of Institutes of National
Importance.
- Alumni and faculty of BHU have gained prominence in
India and across the world.
- Among BHU's administrators was Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan, the former President of India.
- Other famous administrators include, Sir Sunder Lal, K.
L. Shrimali, Moti Lal Dhar and many others.
- The university's alumni include Raj Narain, Rakhaldas
Bandyopadhyay, C.N.R Rao, Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar,
Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Bhupen Hazarika, Veena Pandey,
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, Ashok Agarwal, T. V.
Ramakrishnan, Harkishan Singh, Narla Tata Rao, Patcha
Ramachandra Rao, Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Basanti Dulal
Nagchaudhuri, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Kota Harinarayana,
Kothapalli Jayashankar, Krishan Kant, Manick Sorcar, Satish
K. Tripathi and Basant Prasad Singh.
- C. V. Raman, the Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930,
attended the foundation ceremony of BHU in 1916, delivered
lectures on "Mathematics" and "Some new paths in physics"
during the lecture series organised at the university from 5
to 8 February 1916, and held the position of permanent
visiting professor at the university.
- BHU's eminent faculty have included Ganesh Prasad,
Birbal Sahni, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Prafulla Kumar Jena
and Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Dr. N. Rajam.
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