Government Zamindar College, Gujrat is a government college located in the

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, Pakistan. The college also offers postgraduate courses.

History

It was founded as Cold Stream Zamindar School by Nawab Sir Fazal Ali Khan, grandfather of Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul and Nawabzada Mazhar Ali. In 1936, it was upgraded into a college.

Zamindar College's mosque

The mosque's foundation was laid by then

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, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, in 1950. The mosque, modeled after Lahore's historic

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, features a main hall measuring 120 by 67 feet. In 2011, during renovation a dome collapsed which led the Government of Punjab to label the entire college and remaining five domes as hazardous. As a result, the college administration ordered their demolition and closed the main hall, following engineering advice regarding potential structural failure.

Alumni

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, scholar, researcher and teacher * Manzoor Hussain Atif, Pakistani Olympian * Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court * Raja Afrasiab Khan, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Fakhar Zaman *

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References

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