Anugrah Narayan College, Patna or A N College is a co-educational institution of the state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

, India. It is located in

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

, the state capital city, on a site. A constituent unit of

Patliputra University Patliputra University (PPU) is a collegiate public state university located in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established by an act of the state legislature in 2018. As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic ...

, the college was established in January, 1956 and its first principal was economist Dr. Gorak Nath Sinha. The college has 22 Undergraduate departments and 23 Postgraduate departments. The college has been selected for Chancellor Award 2021 in Best College and Best Principal of Bihar.

History

The institution was founded in 1956 as Gardanibagh College. It was located then at Patna High School and operated as an evening school to further the education of employees. It was subsequently renamed as Anugrah Narayan College in honour of Bihar Vibhuti Dr.

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as ''Honorary titles of Indian leaders, Bihar Vibhuti'', was an Indian nationalist politician, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, wh ...

, one of the founders of modern Bihar, In 1959 the college moved to a rented building in Anisabad. The college moved to its present site when the Patna Improvement Trust provided it with of land, following the intervention of Sinha. Many prominent figures have been associated with the college, and its governing body has also featured notable people such as Chief Justice of Bihar Justice K.B.N. Singh,

Satyendra Narayan Sinha Satyendra Narayan Sinha (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘ ''complete revolution''’ movement during the E ...

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Kishori Sinha Kishori Sinha (25 March 1925 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian politician, social activist, a lifelong advocate of women's empowerment and a former two-term Member of Parliament from the Vaishali constituency. She was married to the former C ...

, Justice Birendra Pratap Singh, Sheo Narayan Singh and Sunil Mukherjee.The Union Minister Shri

is a lecturer in economics at the A.N. College. While maintaining its traditional educational courses, the college has introduced a number of technology- and industry-driven courses. Many new courses in fields such as electronics and environmental sciences were introduced during the 1980s on the initiative of the University Grants Commission and the Government of Bihar,

Notable alumni

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, Deputy Project Director for

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mission,

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(ISRO) *

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, former Union

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Minister. *

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, former MP *

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, former Rajya Sabha MP * Swarna Singh, MLA of Gaura Bouram (Darbhanga)

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* {{authority control Constituent colleges of Patliputra University Educational institutions established in 1956 Universities and colleges in Patna 1956 establishments in Bihar