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DiD you know?
Creative Colleges Indian Institute of technology, Roorkee

was formerly known as thomson college
of Civil Engineering.
There are a number of fascinating colleges in India with Shabaaz Qureshi, VII B, Pine Hall School,
interesting stories attached to them and their establishment. Dehradun; Vishwas, VII D, P.K.R Jain
Sr. Sec. Public School, Ambala City
Let’s take a look at some of them.
MAHARAjA’S MARVELS SpECiALiSED iNSTiTuTiONS

Khalsa College, in Amritsar, is a historic educational The Forest Research Institute in Dehradun is spread over
institution founded in 1892. It was built as an educational 450 hectares, with Greco-Roman and colonial styles of
institute during the British Raj for providing higher architecture. It began as a small forest school in 1878 to
education to Sikhs and Punjabis. impart training to forest rangers.
Piyush Thakur, VII E, Bhavan’s SL Public School, Amritsar; Nishima
Pradhan, VIII B, Pine Hall School, dehradun In Dehradun also lies the Indian Military Academy. It
In the princely state of Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao was established in 1932 by recommendations of the
Gaekwad III introduced free and compulsory education. Chetwode Committee. Inspired by this, in 1965, Sainik
The architecture of the university is a classic weaving of School was established in Jamnagar by Prime Minister Lal
different cultures from around the world. The main building, Bahadur Shastri.
which houses the Faculty of Arts, was designed by Robert Prachi Bhatt, VI C, Jaswant Modern Sr. Sec. School, dehradun; gohil
Fellowes Chisholm in Indo-Saracenic architectural style. Ridham B, IX, Bhavan’s Shri A.K. doshi Vidyalaya, Mahila College Campus,
Jamnagar
Anish Kumar, VI C, global Indian International School, Ahmedabad;
Bhavya Sharma, XI A, Vibgyor High Vadodara; Pal C dave, VI A, Shannen
School CBSE, Vadodara

Illustration by: Anish Kumar, VI C, Global Indian International School, Ahmedabad Illustration by: Aayush Thakur, VIIIA, Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School, Dehradun

jAMiA MiLiA iSLAMiA
OXfORD Of THE EAST!
It is a public central university in Delhi
Pune was known as the Oxford of the East. Many schools established during the British rule in
and colleges were established here, like Fergusson 1920. The central library of the university
College, which was inaugurated by William Wordsworth. is known as Dr. Zakir Hussain Library with
Interestingly, the University of Allahabad was also called its collection of about 400,000 artefacts
the Oxford of the East. Its origins lay in the Muir Central including rare books and manuscripts.
College. Pranav gulati, Vii C, Delhi Public school, Mathura road, New Delhi
Harshita Verma, XI, St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur; diya ACTiViTY: NiD AND THE LOTA
Jindal, IX f and Shivani Varma, IX, global Indian International School,
Chinchwad; global Indian International School, Balewadi Campus
National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad
was founded to solve India’s concerns about
Western impact on Indian design. Charles
and Ray Eames recommended the creation
of an institute which would train people to
create objects which would provide the same
perfection as the Indian lota.
Have you ever used a lota or matka? How do
you think it is the most perfect object?

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