Shibli National College is an educational institution located in
Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 1883 by the historian, educationist, and social reformer Allama
Shibli Nomani
Shibli Nomani (4 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet, philosopher, historian, educational thinker, author, orator, reformer and critic of orientalists during the British Raj. He is regarded as the father of Urdu ...
, it began as a "National School" and has since evolved into a prominent center for higher education in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Shibli College's library is considered one of the largest in Asia. The strength of the college is about ten thousand with almost equal number of male and female students.
History
Shibli was an educationist and for a long time a companion and adviser to Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898), also spelled Sayyid Ahmad Khan, was an Indian Muslim Islamic modernist, reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British Raj, British India.
Though initially esp ...
, the founder of
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...
Aligarh, India
Aligarh (; formerly known as Koil) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. ...
.
Shibli established the college in 1883, with an aim to uplifting and betterment of Muslim community.
This national school was upgraded to a middle school in 1887, then to a high school in 1895. It became an intermediate college in 1942 and was granted degree college status in 1946.
Affiliations
The college is affiliated with
Maharaja Suhel Dev University (MSDU), Azamgarh, and is recognised as a Muslim minority institute by the
University Grants Commission (UGC).
Courses
It offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs across multiple disciplines, including arts, science, commerce, law, and education.
Departments of the college
Faculty of science
Department of Botany, Department of Chemistry, Department of Mathematics, Department of Physics, Department of Zoology.
"Department of Computer Science"
Faculty of Arts
Department of English, Department of Geography, Department of Hindi, Department of Philosophy, Department of Psychology. Department of Sociology, Department of Urdu, Department of Arabic, Department of Defense and strategic studies, Department of Economics, Department of History, Department of political science, Department of education, Department of Persian, Department of Sanskrit.
Faculty of Commerce
Department of commerce
Faculty of Law
Department of Law
Faculty of Education
Department of teacher education (B.Ed.)
Faculty of Computer
Department of Computer Science and Application
Library
Shibli College's library is considered one of the largest in Asia. It houses approximately 750 handwritten manuscripts. Additionally, it features works such as 'Al-Arawah' and 'Sirre Akbar' by Jahangir's daughter, Jahan Ara, as well as famous Hindu scriptures like the
Upanishads
The Upanishads (; , , ) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hind ...
and a Persian translation of the
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kuru ...
.
References
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External links
Official website
Education in Azamgarh
Educational institutions established in 1883
1883 establishments in India
Colleges in Azamgarh district
Shibli Nomani