Hindu College is a constituent college of the

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. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in

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and commerce. In 2022, it is ranked 2nd nationally by National Institute Ranking Framework (

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) under

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(

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). It has been awarded 'Star College' status for its Department of Biotechnology by the

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(Government of India). The college has produced many notable alumni in the fields of Law, Economics, Science, Psychology, Business, Philosophy, Literature, Media, Cinema, Military, Sports and Politics. Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted to Hindu College.

History

Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the

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. Some prominent citizens, including Rai Bahadur Amba Prasad, Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar,

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, and it was affiliated to Punjab University as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to Colonel James Skinner, at

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, to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953. When the

took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with

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and St. Stephen's College were subsequently affiliated with the

, making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university. Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the

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. It is the only college in Delhi to have a students' parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including

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and

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for motivating the youth. Responding to

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's Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played a substantial role in India's freedom struggle and some of this college's teachers and students courted arrest. The college also closed its gates for several months.Introduction to Hindu College, Delhi University
''The Hindu''-college.learnhub.com

Principals

# B.B. Mookerji, 1899–1906 # N.N. Roy, 1906–1911 # P.B. Adhikari, 1911–1915 # S. Sen, 1915–1917 # N.V. Thadani, 1917–1928 # S.K. Sen, 1928–1934 # N.V. Thadani, 1935–1950 # A. Bhattacharya, 1950–1957 # R.N. Mathur, 1958–1964 # B.M. Bhatia*, 1964–1971, 1973–1980 # P.C. Verma, 1980–1995 # S.N. Maheshwari, 1995–1997 # Kavita A. Sharma, 1998–2008 # S. Choudhary, 2008–2010 # Vinay K Srivastava, 2010–2012 # Pradumn Kumar 2012–2014 # Anju Srivastava 2014–present *Dr. B.M. Bhatia was on leave for two years, 1971–1973. During this period, Dr. P.C. Sood was the substituting principal.

Campus

The college is spread across a 25-acre campus. It has one auditorium, a seminar room and maintains a playground and a sports complex.

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, and

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is organised under the supervision of the director of physical education. The college has physics and chemistry laboratories, NCC and NSS rooms, a computer room, a photocopier and a stationery shop. A Students' Centre offers a bank and a canteen.

Library

Hindu College's library is among the oldest college libraries in the University of Delhi. It was set up in 1899, along with the foundation of the college. Also students as well as teachers can refer to various books in library.

Hostel

Hindu College's boys' hostel is situated next to the sports complex of the college. It has 119 rooms enclosing four lawns with rose beds and hedges (charbagh style). The hostel provides residential facilities to about two hundred undergraduate and postgraduate male students. A common room provides the residents recreational facilities such as

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-board,

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, and a separate TV room apart from the newspapers and magazines. Due to its limited capacity, only highly meritorious college students get admission to the hostel. The college has start building a girls hostel in 2013. Currently, Girls'Hostel is known a
Smt. Indu Punj Girls' Hostel
It has seat for 190 girl student.

Organisation and administration

Departments

* Department of Botany * Department of Commerce * Department of Economics * Department of English * Department of Hindi * Department of History * Department of Mathematics * Department of Philosophy * Department of Physics * Department of Political Science * Department of Sanskrit * Department of Sociology * Department of Statistics * Department of Zoology *Department of Chemistry *Department of Physical Science – Chemistry *Department of Physical Science-Electronics

Academics

Rankings

Hindu College is ranked 2nd among colleges in India by the

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(NIRF) in 2022.

Student life

Student Societies

Every department has its own society which is tasked with organising department-specific co-curricular activities. Ibtida is the dramatics society of Hindu College which performs both stage and street plays. It was formed by Imtiaz Ali while he was a student at the college. The women's development cell of the college has been very active in gender sensitisation and after the scrapping of section 377 successfully led pride parades to create awareness about LGBTQ+ rights. Caucus lis the discussion forum of Hindu College and works as a mini think tank. It was founded in 2008 and organises group discussions, speaker sessions, roundtable discussions, runs an active blog on its website www.caucus.in and publishes a monthly magazine The Probe. Caucus also functions as the international cell of the college and is responsible for managing the international collaborations of the college. Recently, they have collaborated with

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. The intellectual fest of Hindu College - Compass is also organised annually by Caucus and has hosted various eminent personalities in the past like Prof.

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among others. It is one of the most active societies of the college. The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year. The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society at Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year. The Science Forum is a group of diverse science enthusiasts dwelling in Hindu College. The Symposium Society is the policy and deliberation forum of Hindu College, University of Delhi. The organization follows a ‘General Body’ structure, with the President and Vice-President at the core. Among its many activities the prominent ones are the Prime Ministerial Debate and Interviews, Hindu Darbar, Hindu Mock Indian Parliament (HMIP), and Hindu Policy Forum (HPS). Furthermore, the society promotes independent student journalism through its bimonthly publication- Hindu College Gazette. The publication also reviews and publishes opinions and analyses from scholars and writers from across the country. However, this society has become inactive lately. Other societies include Abhyas - The Internship Cell; The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Adhrita, The Indian Dance Society, that works to maintain culture and heritage and conduct the only dance fest of DU; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Quiz Society; Srijya, the Contemporary Dance Society; Scribe: The Literary Society; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society, the Entrepreneurship Cell, or more commonly just Ecell.

Students’ Parliament

The college has a Students' Parliament. The Hindu College Parliament is a unique student organisation in the country. All the students and teachers of the College are its members. The students elect the Prime Minister from amongst themselves at the beginning of the year. There is also a Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker of the Parliament is a teacher nominated by the Principal in his/her capacity as the President of the Hindu College Republic. The College Parliament is a forum for discussions on academic and other issues. It allocates funds to various societies. The parliament is in continuous operation since 1935. Members of the Cabinet of students' Parliament are elected by students. The students' parliament takes care of student demands.

In Popular culture

Hindu college features prominently in the movie

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Notable alumni

The alumni of Hindu College are called Hinduites. *Eenam Gambhir, The First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations. *Roshan Abbas, presenter *Mira Aggarwal, politician; Mayor of Delhi * Imtiaz Ali, film director *

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, titular Maharaj Rana of

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, India *

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, politician *

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, economist, politician and former Minister of Commerce and Industry, India * Tabu Ram Taid, author * Sandeep P Parekh, securities and corporate lawyer *

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, film director *

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, film director *

Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...

, Indian film and TV actor and theatre personality *

Imran Zahid Imran Zahid is an Indian actor in both theatre and Bollywood. He has acted in Mahesh Bhatt's ''The Last Salute'', based on Muntadhar al-Zaidi's book of the same title and the stageplay ''The Arth'', based on Bhatt's movie ''Arth''. His latest pl ...

, actor *

Nitin Tyagi Nitin Tyagi (born 16 June 1973) is an Indian politician and member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Laxmi Nagar constituency of Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Early life and ...

, politician *

Mallika Dua Mallika Dua (born 18 July 1989) is an Indian comedian, actress and writer. The comedian shot to fame with the viral video of ''Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition'', which was written, styled and enacted by Dua herself. She is the daughter o ...

, comic and snapchat celebrity. *

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, singer-songwriter *

Rakesh Ranjan Kumar Rakesh Ranjan Kumar is an Indian film director and writer. He directed ''Dear Friend Hitler'' which was premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2011. It was described by Duane Byrge as inept, "contrived" and "uber-awful" in ''The Hollywood Repor ...

, film director *

Aditya Tamang Aditya Tamang is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from Soreng-Chakung in the 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. He is the son of Prem Singh Tamang, the 6 ...

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* Rajesh Talwar, writer and lawyer; works for the United Nations * Bhawani Shanker,#REDIREC

Honorary Magistrate, Businessman and philanthropist

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