The NJSA Government College or Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Government College, also known as the Randhir College, is a
college
A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offerin ...
situated in
Kapurthala
Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buil ...
, in
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
. Established in 1856 by Maharaja Randir Singh in
Kapurthala State as Sanskrit vidyalya,
it has many historical buildings used for public services such as district courts, education, and health services. It was first college to be affiliated with the
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...
. In 1857
Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Government College, and remained so 1882, when
University of the Punjab
The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...
was set up in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...
. It is named after Nawab
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Sultan-ul-Qaum Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (3 May 1718 – 23 October 1783) was a Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy, being the Supreme Leader of the Dal Khalsa. He was also Misldar of the Ahluwalia Misl. This period ...
(1718 – 1783), the founder of Kapurthala State.
It is now affiliated with
Guru Nanak Dev University
The university is Entitled by University Grants Commission to offer higher studies degree courses online. Guru Nanak Dev University's campus is spread over near village of Kot Khalsa, nearly west of the Amritsar, next to Khalsa College, A ...
,
Amritsar.
N.J.S.A. Govt. College (Randhir College), Kapurthala
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The college runs many academic and professional courses, in subjects such as information technology, science, history, Punjabi, Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
and computing. It also has large grounds for cricket, volleyball
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, and a track for athletes.
The college celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2006.
Notable alumni
*Sardar Swaran Singh
Sardar Swaran Singh (19 August 1907 – 30 October 1994) was an Indian politician. He was India's longest-serving union cabinet minister.
Early life
Swaran Singh Purewal was born on 19 August 1907 in Shankar (village) in Jalandhar distric ...
, union cabinet minister.
*Pramod Moutho
Pramod Moutho (born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like '' Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), '' Mehndi'' (1998), Gadar'' ...
, actor
External Links
Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Govt. College, Kapurthala
References
Kapurthala
Universities and colleges in Punjab, India
Educational institutions established in 1856
Guru Nanak Dev University
1856 establishments in India
Ahluwalia
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