Maharani Laxmi Bai Government College of Excellence, Gwalior or M.L.B. Government College of Excellence, Gwalior is a government college in

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which is affiliated with Jiwaji University.

History

It was established in 1846 as Lashkar Madarsa, in 1887 name was changed into Victoria College and in 1957 it was renamed after Maharani Laxmi Bai. It was affiliated with

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till 1887, from 1887 to 1927 it was affiliated with

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, from 1927 to 1957 it was affiliated with

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, from 1957 to 1964 it was affiliated with

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and it got its present affiliation with Jiwaji University in 1964.

Notable alumni

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee *

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Roop Singh Roop Singh Bais (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team, which won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. He was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand. ...

Shivmangal Singh Suman Shivmangal Singh "Suman" (5 August 1915 – 27 November 2002) was an Indian poet and academician who wrote in Hindi. Biography Shivmangal Singh 'Suman' was born on 5 August 1915 at Jhagarpur, Unnao district in the United Provinces of Agra an ...

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References

External links

Official Website
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