107-794: Shaheed Bhagat Singh College is a constituent college of Delhi University . It was established as a co-educational institute in 1967 named after Bhagat Singh . It acquired postgraduate status in the initial 7 years. The College celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2016-17. The college is a part of the South Campus and is located in Sheikh Sarai II. The college has a computerised library, computer lab, geography lab and mathematics lab. The college has arrangements for various sports and games like cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, lawn tennis, table tennis, badminton, kho-kho, athletics, gymnastics, carrom and chess. Prof. Arun Kumar Attree
214-526: A Sikh accused by Muslims of overlooking attacks and neglecting their safety. Patel argued that the commissioner was not biased, and if his dismissal was forced it would provoke anger amongst Hindus and Sikhs and divide the city police. In Cabinet meetings and discussions with Gandhi, Patel and Azad clashed over security issues in Delhi and Punjab, as well as the allocation of resources for relief and rehabilitation. Patel opposed Azad and Nehru's proposal to reserve
321-576: A Congress-League coalition and broader political co-operation. Less inclined to brand the League as obstructive, Azad nevertheless joined the Congress's vehement rejection of Jinnah's demand that the League be seen exclusively as the representative of Indian Muslims. In 1938, Azad served as an intermediary between the supporters of and the Congress faction led by Congress president Subhash Bose, who criticised Gandhi for not launching another rebellion against
428-545: A Hindu can say with pride that he is an Indian and follows Hinduism, so also we can say with equal pride that we are Indians and follow Islam. I shall enlarge this orbit still further. The Indian Christian is equally entitled to say with pride that he is an Indian and is following a religion of India, namely Christianity." In face of increasing popular disenchantment with the British across India, Gandhi and Patel advocated an all-out rebellion demanding immediate independence. Azad
535-621: A close confidante, supporter and advisor to prime minister Nehru, and played an important role in framing national policies. Azad masterminded the creation of national programmes of school and college construction and spreading the enrolment of children and young adults into schools, to promote universal primary education. He was elected to the lower house of the Indian Parliament , the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Rampur Lok Sabha seat. In 1957 He re-contested Rampur and also dually contested
642-470: A deep passion for religion and Azad developed a close friendship with him. He adopted the Islamic prophet Muhammad's ideas by living simply, rejecting material possessions and pleasures. Becoming deeply committed to ahimsa ( non-violence ) himself, Azad grew close to fellow nationalists like Jawaharlal Nehru , Chittaranjan Das and Subhas Chandra Bose . He strongly criticised the continuing suspicion of
749-649: A deep satisfaction at having done their duty to their country and people. Azad occupied the time playing bridge and acting as the referee in tennis matches played by his colleagues. In the early mornings, Azad began working on his classic Urdu work, the Ghubhar-i-Khatir . Sharing daily chores, Azad also taught the Persian and Urdu languages, as well as Indian and world history to several of his companions. The leaders would generally avoid talking of politics, unwilling to cause any arguments that could exacerbate
856-862: A key architect of the Five-Year Plans of India Sukhamoy Chakravarty ; senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor of economics at Columbia University Jagdish Bhagwati ; and Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan , a leading woman figure in the Pakistan Movement and wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan . Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al- Hussaini Azad ( ( listen ) ; 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958)
963-644: A large number of major actors and actresses of Indian cinema and theatre including Amitabh Bachchan , Shah Rukh Khan , Manoj Bajpayee , Konkona Sen Sharma , Anurag Kashyap , Arjun Rampal , Imran Zahid , Neha Dhupia , Sakshi Tanwar , Mallika Sherawat , Imtiaz Ali , Huma Qureshi , Siddharth , Sushant Singh Rajput , Shriya Saran , Vishal Bhardwaj , Sandhya Mridul , Aditi Rao Hydari , Shekhar Kapur , Deepa Mehta , Nimrat Kaur , Kabir Khan , Aditi Arya , Sidharth Malhotra and Triptii Dimri . The CWE wrestler Shanky Singh had also pursued B.Com. from Maharaja Agrasen College of Delhi University. Singer Papon
1070-511: A magazine at the same age. At the age of thirteen, he was married to a young Muslim girl, Zulaikha Begum. Azad compiled many treatises interpreting the Qur'an , the Hadis , and the principles of Fiqh and Kalam . Azad began his journalistic endeavours at an early age. In 1899 at the age of eleven he started publishing a poetical journal Nairang-e-Aalam at Calcutta and was already an editor of
1177-743: A new journal, the Al-Balagh , which also got banned in 1916 under the Defence of India Regulations Act and he was arrested. The governments of the Bombay Presidency , United Provinces , Punjab and Delhi prohibited his entry into the provinces and Azad was moved to a jail in Ranchi , where he was incarcerated until 1 January 1920. Upon his release, Azad returned to a political atmosphere charged with sentiments of outrage and rebellion against British rule. The Indian public had been angered by
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#17327986896041284-562: A newspaper from Amritsar from April 1906 to November 1906. He shifted to Calcutta for a brief period where he was associated with Dar-ul-Saltunat . He returned to Amritsar after few months and resumed the editorship of Vakil , continuing to work there until July 1908. In 1908, he took a trip of Egypt, Syria, Turkey and France where he came into contact with several revolutionaries such as followers of Kamal Mustafa Pasha, members of Young Turk Movement and Iranian revolutionaries. Azad developed political views considered radical for most Muslims of
1391-529: A programme of non-co-operation by asking all Indians to boycott British-run schools, colleges, courts, public services, the civil service, police and military. Non-violence and Hindu-Muslim unity were universally emphasised, while the boycott of foreign goods, especially clothes were organised. Azad joined the Congress and was also elected president of the All India Khilafat Committee . Although Azad and other leaders were soon arrested,
1498-728: A reputed scholar from Medina who had a reputation that extended even outside of Arabia. Azad settled in Calcutta with his family in 1890. Azad was home-schooled and self-taught. Following fluency in Arabic as a first language, Azad began to master several other languages including Bengali , Hindustani , Persian , and English. He was also trained in the Madhabs of Hanafi , Maliki , Shafi'i and Hanbali fiqh , Shariat , mathematics, philosophy, world history, and science by tutors hired by his family. An avid and determined student,
1605-464: A seat. He again declined to contest elections in 1937, and helped head the party's efforts to organise elections and preserve co-ordination and unity amongst the Congress governments elected in different provinces. At the 1936 Congress session in Lucknow , Azad was drawn into a dispute with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , Dr. Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari regarding the espousal of socialism as
1712-599: A successful revolt against British authorities in 1918. Gandhi organised the people of the region and pioneered the art of Satyagraha — combining mass civil disobedience with complete non-violence and self-reliance. Taking charge of the Congress, Gandhi also reached out to support the Khilafat struggle, helping to bridge Hindu-Muslim political divides. Azad and the Ali brothers – Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali – warmly welcomed Congress support and began working together on
1819-415: A united India, as all Hindus and Muslims were Indians who shared deep bonds of brotherhood and nationhood. In his presidential address, Azad said: " Full eleven centuries have passed by since then. Islam has now as great a claim on the soil of India as Hinduism. If Hinduism has been the religion of the people here for several thousands of years, Islam also has been their religion for a thousand years. Just as
1926-513: A weekly Al-Misbah in 1900. He contributed articles to Urdu magazines and journals such as Makhzan , Ahsanul Akhbar , and Khadang e Nazar . In 1903, he brought out a monthly journal, Lissan-us-Sidq . It was published between December 1903 to May 1905 until its closure due to shortage of funds. He then joined Al-Nadwa , the Islamic theological journal of the Nadwatu l-Ulama on Shibli Nomani 's invitation. He worked as editor of Vakil ,
2033-937: Is also done on a merit basis. Only 20 colleges of Delhi University provide hostel facilities to students. The President of India is the Visitor, the Vice President of India is the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of India is the Pro-Chancellor of the university. The Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee are the administrative authorities of the university. The University Court
2140-527: Is incomplete. I am an essential element, which has gone to build India. I can never surrender this claim." Amidst more incidences of violence in early 1947, the Congress-League coalition struggled to function. The provinces of Bengal and Punjab were to be partitioned on religious lines, and on 3 June 1947 the British announced a proposal to partition India on religious lines, with the princely states free to choose between either dominion. The proposal
2247-621: Is one of the most important works of Azad, written primarily during 1942 to 1946 when he was imprisoned in Ahmednagar Fort in Maharashtra by British Raj while he was in Bombay (now Mumbai) to preside over the meeting of All India Congress Working Committee . The book is basically a collection of 24 letters he wrote addressing his close friend Maulana Habibur Rahman Khan Sherwani. These letters were never sent to him because there
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#17327986896042354-577: Is primarily an Urdu language book; however, there are over five hundred of couplets, mostly in Persian and Arabic languages. It is because, Maulana was born in a family where Arabic and Persian were used more frequently than Urdu. He was born in Mekkah, given formal education in Persian and Arabic languages but he was never taught Urdu. It is often said that his book India Wins Freedom is about his political life and Ghubar-e-Khatir deals with his social and spiritual life. The Ministry of Minority Affairs of
2461-694: Is ranked as the best B-school in the country at this level, by India Today. The University of Delhi's 86 academic departments are divided into 16 faculties. In the past, the Faculty of Technology offered courses in Engineering and Technology. The faculty earlier included the Delhi College of Engineering, before it was transformed into the Delhi Technological University and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology before it
2568-554: Is recognised as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Vice President of India serves as the university chancellor. The university is ranked 6th by National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024. The University of Delhi was established in 1922 was created by act of Central Legislative assembly. Hari Singh Gour served as the university's first Vice-Chancellor from 1922 to 1926. Only four colleges existed in Delhi at
2675-607: Is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India. As a young man, Azad composed poetry in Urdu , as well as treatises on religion and philosophy. He rose to prominence through his work as a journalist, publishing works critical of the British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism . Azad became the leader of the Khilafat Movement , during which he came into close contact with
2782-491: Is the principal. According to the college’s official website it is accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A’ Grade. At the undergraduate level, it offers three-year degrees as below mentioned courses. At the postgraduate level, it offers a Master of Commerce degree. University Express ranked its morning batch of Commerce undergraduate department at number 5 among all
2889-414: Is the supreme authority of the university and has the power to review the acts of the Executive Council and the Academic Council. The Executive Council is the highest executive body of the university. The Academic Council is the highest academic body of the university and is responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education, and examination within the university. It has the right to advise
2996-745: The Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023, 201–250 in Asia in 2022 and at the same band among emerging economies. It was ranked 601–700 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2023. In India, it was ranked 15 overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2024 and 6 among universities. The Delhi University Stadium is a rugby sevens stadium , situated within
3103-760: The Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala , which would become the Jamiat Ulema-e-Bangala branch of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1921. His work helped improve the relationship between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal, which had been soured by the controversy surrounding the partition of Bengal and the issue of separate communal electorates . In this period Azad also became active in his support for the Khilafat agitation to protect
3210-872: The Cluster Innovation Centre , Delhi School of Economics , Delhi School of Journalism and the Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR). The South Campus was opened in 1973 as part of the university's expansion plan. It moved to its present location on Benito Juarez Marg, near Dhaula Kuan , in 1984, and covers 69 acres. Its constituent colleges include, Aryabhatta College , Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College , Gargi College , Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College , PGDAV College , Jesus and Mary College , Ramanujan College , Maitreyi College , Motilal Nehru College , Motilal Nehru College Evening, Ram Lal Anand College , Sri Venkateswara College , Lady Shri Ram College , Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College ,
3317-626: The Delhi College of Arts and Commerce , the Institute of Home Economics , the College of Vocational Studies , Sri Aurobindo College , Kamala Nehru College , Dyal Singh College , Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing . Acharya Narendra Dev College . Some colleges of Delhi University offer hostel facilities to students, but this facility is limited to a specific number of colleges. The allotment of hostels
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3424-636: The Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat in Punjab (modern-day Haryana), where he won on both seats. Gurgaon had a significant Muslim Meo population making it a safe seat for Azad. Azad supported Nehru's socialist economic and industrial policies, as well as the advancing social rights and economic opportunities for women and underprivileged Indians. In 1956, he served as president of the UNESCO General Conference held in Delhi. Azad spent
3531-700: The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Faculty of Technology of the Delhi University . He foresaw a great future in the IITs for India: I have no doubt that the establishment of this Institute will form a landmark in the progress of higher technological education and research in the country. Azad wrote many books including India Wins Freedom , Ghubar-e-Khatir , Tazkirah, Tarjumanul Quran (Urdu تذکرہ ترجمان القُران), etc. Ghubar-e-Khatir ( Sallies of Mind ), ( Urdu : غُبارِخاطِر )
3638-1194: The Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in Bhopal , the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad , Maulana Azad Centre for Elementary and Social Education (MACESE Delhi University ), the Maulana Azad College , Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies , and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology , in Kolkata , Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology in Patna , Bab – e – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Gate No. 7), Jamia Millia Islamia, A Central (Minority) University in New Delhi,
3745-1132: The Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia ; former Minister of State for Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid ; former Former Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal ; former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni ; former Union Minister for Disinvestment Arun Shourie ; former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governor of Rajasthan Madan Lal Khurana ; former MLA of Lakhipur Rajdeep Goala ; president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union Aishe Ghosh and Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha , Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo . DU has educated numerous foreign politicians and heads of state and government including State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi , third President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika , former Prime Minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala , sixth President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , sixteenth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Harini Amarasuriya and two former Prime Ministers of Bhutan , Sangay Ngedup , and Khandu Wangchuk . DU has also produced
3852-591: The Salt Satyagraha in 1930, Azad organised and led the nationalist raid, albeit non-violent on the Dharasana salt works to protest the salt tax and restriction of its production and sale. The biggest nationalist upheaval in a decade, Azad was imprisoned along with millions of people, and would frequently be jailed from 1930 to 1934 for long periods of time. Following the Gandhi–Irwin Pact in 1931, Azad
3959-593: The Simon Commission appointed to propose constitutional reforms. The commission included no Indian members and did not even consult Indian leaders and experts. In response, the Congress and other political parties appointed a commission under Motilal Nehru to propose constitutional reforms from Indian opinions. In 1928, Azad endorsed the Nehru Report , which was criticised by the Ali brothers and Muslim League politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah . Azad endorsed
4066-456: The precocious Azad was running a library, a reading room, and a debating society before he was twelve; wanted to write on the life of Al-Ghazali at twelve; was contributing learned articles to Makhzan (a literary magazine) at fourteen; was teaching a class of students, most of whom were twice his age, when he was fifteen; and completed the traditional course of study at the age of sixteen, nine years ahead of his contemporaries, and brought out
4173-532: The "Muslim Lord Haw-Haw " and a "Congress Showboy." Muslim League politicians accused Azad of allowing Muslims to be culturally and politically dominated by the Hindu community. Azad continued to proclaim his faith in Hindu-Muslim unity: "I am proud of being an Indian. I am part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality. I am indispensable to this noble edifice and without me this splendid structure
4280-614: The "maker of the university". He served as Vice-Chancellor until 1950. The silver jubilee year of the university in 1947 coincided with India's independence, and the national flag was hoisted in the main building for the first time by Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao . In that year there was no convocation ceremony due to the partition of India . Instead, a special ceremony was held in 1948, attended by then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru , as well as by Lord Mountbatten , Lady Mountbatten , Abul Kalam Azad , Zakir Husain and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar . Twenty-five years later
4387-588: The 12th class percentage marks will act as a tie-breaker for students securing the same CUET scores. DU is one of the most sought-after institutions of higher education in India. It also has one of the highest publication counts among Indian universities. The annual honorary degree ceremony of the university has been conferred upon several people, which includes film actor Amitabh Bachchan , former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit , cartoonist R. K. Laxman , chemist C. N. R. Rao and former Prime Minister of
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4494-573: The Ali brothers were in jail. The movement had a sudden decline with rising incidences of violence; a nationalist mob killed 22 policemen in Chauri Chaura in 1922. Fearing degeneration into violence, Gandhi asked Indians to suspend the revolt and undertook a five-day fast to repent and encourage others to stop the rebellion. Although the movement stopped all over India, several Congress leaders and activists were disillusioned with Gandhi. By 1923, Ali brothers grew distant and critical of Gandhi and
4601-467: The British and sought to move the Congress away from Gandhi's leadership. Azad stood by Gandhi with most other Congress leaders, but reluctantly endorsed the Congress's exit from the assemblies in 1939 following the inclusion of India in World War II. Nationalists were infuriated that Viceroy Lord Linlithgow had entered India into the war without consulting national leaders. Although willing to support
4708-492: The British effort in return for independence, Azad sided with Gandhi when the British ignored the Congress overtures. Azad's criticism of Jinnah and the League intensified as Jinnah called Congress rule in the provinces as "Hindu Raj", calling the resignation of the Congress ministries as a " Day of Deliverance " for Muslims. Jinnah and the League's separatist agenda was gaining popular support amongst Muslims. Muslim religious and political leaders criticised Azad as being too close to
4815-603: The Central Government. Additionally, the proposal called for the "grouping" of provinces on religious lines, which would informally band together the Muslim-majority provinces in the West as Group B, Muslim-majority provinces of Bengal and Assam as Group C and the rest of India as Group A. While Gandhi and others expressed scepticism of this clause, Azad argued that Jinnah's demand for Pakistan would be buried and
4922-642: The Central Institute of Education, Delhi, which later became the Department of Education of the University of Delhi as "a research centre for solving new educational problems of the country". Under his leadership, the Ministry of Education established the first Indian Institute of Technology in 1951 and the University Grants Commission in 1953., He also laid emphasis on the development of
5029-647: The Congress amongst the Muslim intellectuals from the Aligarh Muslim University and the Muslim League. In 1921, he started the weekly Paigham which was also banned by December 1921. He along with the editor of Paigham , Abdul Razzak Mahilabadi was arrested by the government and sentenced to one year imprisonment. During the course of 1922, both the Khilafat and the non cooperation movement suffered blow while Azad and other leaders like
5136-438: The Congress and placing politics before Muslim welfare. As the Muslim League adopted a resolution calling for a separate Muslim state ( Pakistan ) in its session in Lahore in 1940, Azad was elected Congress president in its session in Ramgarh . Speaking vehemently against Jinnah's Two-Nation Theory —the notion that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations—Azad lambasted religious separatism and exhorted all Muslims to preserve
5243-419: The Congress goal. Azad had backed the election of Nehru as Congress president, and supported the resolution endorsing socialism. In doing so, he aligned with Congress socialists like Nehru, Subhash Bose and Jayaprakash Narayan . Azad also supported Nehru's re-election in 1937, at the consternation of many conservative Congressmen. Azad supported dialogue with Jinnah and the Muslim League between 1935 and 1937 over
5350-460: The Congress into the interim government. Azad was appointed to head the Department of Education. However, Jinnah's Direct Action Day agitation for Pakistan, launched on 16 August sparked communal violence across India. Thousands of people were killed as Azad travelled across Bengal and Bihar to calm the tensions and heal relations between Muslims and Hindus. Despite Azad's call for Hindu-Muslim unity, Jinnah's popularity amongst Muslims soared and
5457-425: The Congress should agree to negotiate with the British and call for the suspension of disobedience if the British agreed to transfer power. Although his proposal was overwhelmingly rejected, Azad and a few others agreed that Gandhi and the Congress had not done enough. When they learnt of Gandhi holding talks with Jinnah in Mumbai in 1944, Azad criticised Gandhi's move as counter-productive and ill-advised. With
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#17327986896045564-452: The Congress. Azad's close friend Chittaranjan Das co-founded the Swaraj Party , breaking from Gandhi's leadership. Despite the circumstances, Azad remained firmly committed to Gandhi's ideals and leadership. In 1923, he became the youngest man to be elected Congress president . Azad led efforts to organise the Flag Satyagraha in Nagpur . Azad served as president of the 1924 Unity Conference in Delhi, using his position to work to re-unite
5671-436: The Delhi university colleges, giving its faculty a 10/10 score. The college offers grants and scholarships to several deserving students. Delhi University The University of Delhi , informally known as Delhi University ( DU , ISO : Dillī Viśvavidyālaya ), is a collegiate research central university located in Delhi , India . It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and
5778-408: The Executive Council on all academic matters. The Finance Committee is responsible for recommending financial policies, goals, and budgets. Though the colleges are all constituent to the University of Delhi, as it is a collegiate university , depending upon the funding Delhi Colleges broadly fall into three categories: The colleges maintained by universities get 100% deficit maintenance grants while
5885-403: The Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi . After the failure of the Khilafat Movement, he became closer to the Congress. Azad became an enthusiastic supporter of Gandhi's ideas of non-violent civil disobedience , and worked to organise the non-co-operation movement in protest of the 1919 Rowlatt Acts . Azad committed himself to Gandhi's ideals, including promoting Swadeshi (indigenous) products and
5992-402: The League entered a coalition with the Congress in December, but continued to boycott the constituent assembly. Later in his autobiography, Azad indicated Patel having become more pro-partition than the Muslim League, largely due to the League's not co-operating with the Congress in the provisional government on any issue. Azad had grown increasingly hostile to Jinnah , who had described him as
6099-493: The Maulana Azad library in the Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh and Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu . His home housed the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies earlier, and is now the Maulana Azad Museum. National Education Day (India) an annual observance in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India, who served from 15 August 1947 until 2 February 1958. National Education Day of India
6206-412: The North Campus. Spread over 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft), the stadium has a seating capacity of 2,500 permanent and 7,500 temporary seats. Construction began in 2008 and the stadium was inaugurated in July 2010, ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games . It also includes a training area for netball, boxing, women's wrestling and athletics. After the games the stadium was handed over to
6313-428: The Swarajists and the Khilafat leaders under the common banner of the Congress. In the years following the movement, Azad travelled across India, working extensively to promote Gandhi's vision, education and social reform. Azad served on the Congress Working Committee and in the offices of general secretary and president many times. The political environment in India re-energised in 1928 with nationalist outrage against
6420-402: The United Kingdom Gordon Brown . There are 91 colleges affiliated to the University of Delhi, spread across Delhi . North Campus and South Campus serve as the two main campuses of the university. Zakir Husain Delhi College , which is situated in the central part of New Delhi, is the oldest college in Delhi carrying 327 years of legacy. The North Campus hosts the three founding colleges of
6527-406: The age of 14, girl's education, and diversification of secondary education and vocational training. Addressing the conference on All India Education on 16 January 1948, Maulana Azad emphasised, We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen. He oversaw the setting up of
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#17327986896046634-407: The authorities. The Khilafat struggle had also peaked with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I and the raging Turkish War of Independence , which had made the caliphate's position precarious. India's main political party, the Indian National Congress came under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, who had aroused excitement all over India when he led the farmers of Champaran and Kheda in
6741-401: The border areas and encouraging Muslims across the country to remain in India and not fear for their safety and security. Focusing on bringing the capital of Delhi back to peace, Azad organised security and relief efforts, but was drawn into a dispute with the Deputy prime minister and Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel when he demanded the dismissal of Delhi's police commissioner, who was
6848-469: The cause of Swaraj ( Self-rule ) for India. In 1923, at an age of 35, he became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress . In October 1920, Azad was elected as a member of foundation committee to establish Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh in U. P. without taking help from British colonial government. He assisted in shifting the campus of the university from Aligarh to New Delhi in 1934. The main gate (Gate No. 7) to
6955-603: The central Government of India set up the Maulana Azad Education Foundation in 1989 on the occasion of his birth centenary to promote education amongst educationally backward sections of the Society. The Ministry also provides the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad National Fellowship, an integrated five-year fellowship in the form of financial assistance to students from minority communities to pursue higher studies such as M.Phil. and PhD In 1992 government of India honoured by giving posthumously Bharat Ratna . Numerous institutions across India have also been named in his honour. Some of them are
7062-415: The challenges facing common people. Espousing the ideals of Indian nationalism, Azad's publications were aimed at encouraging young Muslims into fighting for independence and Hindu-Muslim unity. With the onset of World War I , the British stiffened censorship and restrictions on political activity. Azad's Al-Hilal was consequently banned in 1914 under the Press Act . In 1913, he was founding member of
7169-535: The colleges run by trusts get 95% deficit grants. The university has 65 colleges that have liberal courses in humanities, social sciences, and science. Twenty-five of these colleges are affiliated with the South Campus while the others are to the North Campus. The total number of colleges under the university is 77 if the colleges that run professional courses are included. Some colleges also offer evening courses. The university includes an undergraduate management college 'Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, which
7276-423: The concerns of the Muslim community would be assuaged. Under Azad and Patel's backing, the Working Committee approved the resolution against Gandhi's advice. Azad also managed to win Jinnah's agreement to the proposal citing the greater good of all Indian Muslims. Azad had been the Congress president since 1939, so he volunteered to resign in 1946. He nominated Nehru, who replaced him as Congress president and led
7383-420: The delay in demanding full independence. Azad developed a close friendship with Nehru and began espousing socialism as the means to fight inequality, poverty and other national challenges. Azad decided the name of Muslim political party Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam . He was also a friend of Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , founder of All India Majlis-e-Ahrar. When Gandhi embarked on the Dandi Salt March that inaugurated
7490-413: The end of the war, the British agreed to transfer power to Indian hands. All political prisoners were released in 1946 and Azad led the Congress in the elections for the new Constituent Assembly of India , which would draft India's constitution. He headed the delegation to negotiate with the British Cabinet Mission , in his sixth year as Congress president. While attacking Jinnah's demand for Pakistan and
7597-530: The end, Azad became convinced that decisive action in one form or another had to be taken, as the Congress had to provide leadership to India's people and would lose its standing if it did not. Supporting the call for the British to " Quit India ", Azad began exhorting thousands of people in rallies across the nation to prepare for a definitive, all-out struggle. As Congress president, Azad travelled across India and met with local and provincial Congress leaders and grass-roots activists, delivering speeches and planning
7704-531: The ending of separate electorates based on religion, and called for an independent India to be committed to secularism . At the 1928 Congress session in Guwahati , Azad endorsed Gandhi's call for dominion status for India within a year. If not granted, the Congress would adopt the goal of complete political independence for India. Despite his affinity for Gandhi, Azad also drew close to the young radical leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Bose, who had criticised
7811-545: The faculty of medical sciences. Due to lack of surety in quality of legal education, The Bar Council of India has issued a notification asking Delhi University (DU) to shut down law courses offered in evening shift at its colleges. Internationally, the University of Delhi was ranked 521–530 in the QS World University Rankings of 2023 and 85 in Asia. It was ranked 1001–1200 in the world by
7918-644: The field of business include Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja , President of the World Bank - Ajay Banga and managing director and editor-in-chief of Republic Media Network Arnab Goswami . Notable faculty members of DU include eminent historians like RS Sharma and Ramachandra Guha ; recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Amartya Sen ; former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh ; economist and
8025-618: The fifth President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ; sixth Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit ; fourth Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and India's first woman Chief Minister Sucheta Kriplani ; economist and former leader of the Janata Party Subramanian Swamy ; fourteenth Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik ; industrialist and former Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal ; diplomat and Foreign Secretary Jyotindra Nath Dixit ; former Deputy Chairman of
8132-591: The final years of his life focusing on writing his book India Wins Freedom , an exhaustive account of India's freedom struggle and its leaders. About 30 of the pages of this book were published about 30 years after Azad's death in 1988 as per his own wish. As India's first Minister of Education, he emphasised on educating the rural poor and girls. As Chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education, he gave thrust to adult literacy, universal primary education, free and compulsory for all children up to
8239-605: The golden jubilee celebrations of 1973 were attended by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi , Satyajit Ray , Amrita Pritam , and M. S. Subbulakshmi . The university has grown into one of the largest universities in India. There are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 91 colleges spread across the city, with 132,435 regular students (114,494 undergraduates and 17,941 postgraduates). There are 261,169 students in non-formal education programmes (258,831 undergraduates and 2,338 postgraduates). DU's chemistry, geology, zoology, sociology, and history departments have been awarded
8346-464: The houses vacated by Muslims who had departed for Pakistan for Muslims in India displaced by the violence. Patel argued that a secular government could not offer preferential treatment for any religious community, while Azad remained anxious to assure the rehabilitation of Muslims in India, secularism , religious freedom and equality for all Indians. He supported provisions for Muslim citizens to make avail of Muslim personal law in courts. Azad remained
8453-609: The humanities and social sciences include First Deputy Managing Director of economics at IMF Gita Gopinath ; economist and Senior Vice-president and Chief Economist of the World Bank Kaushik Basu ; historians Arundhati Virmani , Ramnarayan Rawat , Upinder Singh and Usha Sanyal ; professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University Veena Das ; Kathak dancer Uma Sharma ; Bharatnatyam dancer Geeta Chandran ; gender rights activist Meera Khanna and IPS officer and politician Kiran Bedi Notable alumni in
8560-545: The main campus of the university is named after him. Azad was one of the main organizers of the Dharasana Satyagraha in 1931, and emerged as one of the most important national leaders of the time, prominently leading the causes of Hindu–Muslim unity as well as espousing secularism and socialism. He served as Congress president from 1940 to 1945, during which the Quit India rebellion was launched. Azad
8667-443: The mission's proposal of 16 June 1946 that envisaged the partition of India, Azad became a strong proponent of the mission's earlier proposal of 16 May. The proposal advocated a federal system with a limited central government and autonomy for the provinces. The central government would have Defence, Foreign Affairs and Communication while the provinces would win all other subjects unless they voluntarily relinquished selected subjects to
8774-606: The movement drew out millions of people in peaceful processions, strikes and protests. This period marked a transformation in Azad's own life. Along with fellow Khilafat leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari , Hakim Ajmal Khan and others, Azad grew personally close to Gandhi and his philosophy. The three men founded the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi as an institution of higher education managed entirely by Indians without any British support or control. Both Azad and Gandhi shared
8881-485: The newly created Pakistan for India, and millions of Muslims fled for West Pakistan and East Pakistan , created out of East Bengal . Violence claimed the lives of an estimated one million people, almost entirely in Punjab. Azad took up responsibility for the safety of Muslims in India, touring affected areas in Bengal, Bihar, Assam and the Punjab, guiding the organisation of refugee camps, supplies and security. Azad gave speeches to large crowds encouraging peace and calm in
8988-460: The pain of their imprisonment. However, each year on 26 January , which was then considered Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) Day, the leaders would gather to remember their cause and pray together. Azad, Nehru and Patel would briefly speak about the nation and the future. Azad and Nehru proposed an initiative to forge an agreement with the British in 1943. Arguing that the rebellion had been mistimed, Azad attempted to convince his colleagues that
9095-518: The passage of the Rowlatt Acts in 1919, which severely restricted civil liberties and individual rights. Consequently, thousands of political activists had been arrested and many publications banned. The killing of unarmed civilians at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13 April 1919 had provoked intense outrage all over India, alienating most Indians, including long-time British supporters, from
9202-512: The position of the Sultan of Ottoman Turkey , who was considered the Caliph or Khalifa for Muslims worldwide. The Sultan had sided against the British in the war and the continuity of his rule came under serious threat, causing distress amongst Muslim conservatives. Azad saw an opportunity to energise Indian Muslims and achieve major political and social reform through the struggle. Azad started
9309-517: The rebellion. Despite their previous differences, Azad worked closely with Patel and Dr. Rajendra Prasad to make the rebellion as effective as possible. On 7 August 1942 at the Gowalia Tank in Mumbai, Congress president Azad inaugurated the struggle with a vociferous speech exhorting Indians into action. Just two days later, the British arrested Azad and the entire Congress leadership. While Gandhi
9416-503: The resolution, remaining silent and not speaking throughout the AICC session, which ultimately approved the plan. Azad, committed to a united India until his last attempt, was condemned by the advocates of Pakistan, especially the Muslim League. India's partition and independence on 15 August 1947 brought with it a scourge of violence that swept the Punjab, Bihar, Bengal, Delhi and many other parts of India. Millions of Hindus and Sikhs fled
9523-583: The sciences include physicist Archana Bhattacharyya , theoretical physicist Pran Nath , SLAC physicist Jogesh Pati particle physicist Amitava Raychaudhuri , astrophysicist Vinod Krishan , chemists Charusita Chakravarty and Anil Kumar Tyagi , engineer and "father of the pentium processor " Vinod Dham , mathematician Eknath Prabhakar Ghate , astrophysicist Sangeeta Malhotra , engineer Yogi Goswami , neurosurgeon B. K. Misra (1st Vice-President of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) , and biomaterials researcher Sanjukta Deb . Notable alumni in
9630-517: The status of Centres of Advanced Studies. In addition, a number of the university's departments receive grants under the Special Assistance Programme of the University Grants Commission in recognition of their outstanding academic work. From the year 2022, DU changed its admission pattern from the 12th percentage mark based to CUET (Common University Entrance Test). Now it will admit students based on their CUET scores. And
9737-528: The three faculties of the central university, including arts, commerce and science. The university offers 70 post-graduate degrees. DU also offers MPhil in about 28 subjects. In addition to these, it offers 90+ Certificate courses and 28 Diplomas. There are 15 Advanced Diplomas offered in various languages. The university offers PhD courses, which may be awarded by any faculty of the university under ordinance VI-B. But, speciality and super speciality medical degrees like DM , DCh etc., could only be awarded by
9844-717: The time and became a full-fledged Indian nationalist. In his writing, Azad proved to be a fierce critic of both the British government and Muslim politicians; the former for its racial discrimination and refusal to provide for the needs of the Indian public, and the later for focusing on communal issues before matter of common-self interest (Azad pointedly rejected the All-India Muslim League 's communal separatism). However, his views changed considerably when he met ethnically oriented Sunni revolutionary activists in Iraq and
9951-557: The time, which were affiliated to University of the Punjab at that time: All of the above colleges were subsequently affiliated to the university. The university initially had two faculties (Arts and Science) and approximately 750 students. The seat of power in British India had been transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911. The Viceregal Lodge Estate became the residence of the Viceroy of India until October 1933, when it
10058-529: The university by Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, there after in 2011, the university initiated an upgrade plan, to create a multi-purpose arena with both outdoor and indoor facilities. The university opened access to these facilities in late 2011. Notable alumni in Indian politics include: lawyer and former Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley ; Foreign Secretary of India Vijay Keshav Gokhale ; Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar ; former diplomat, writer and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor ;
10165-796: The university. It now has the School of Open Learning , the Faculty of Arts , the Faculty of Law , the Faculty of Management Studies and 16 colleges including Kirori Mal College , Lady Irwin College , Daulat Ram College , Hansraj College , Hindu College , Indraprastha College for Women , Mata Sundri College for Women , Lakshmibai College , Miranda House , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College , Ramjas College , St. Stephen's College , Swami Shraddhanand College, Shri Ram College of Commerce , Satyawati College , Shyam Lal College . The campus also houses centres for graduate study and research, which include
10272-730: Was a Muslim scholar who lived in Delhi with his maternal grandfather, as his father had died at a very young age. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , he left India and settled in Mecca. His father Muhammad Khairuddin bin Ahmed Al Hussaini wrote twelve books, had thousands of disciples, and claimed noble ancestry, while his mother was Sheikha Alia bint Mohammad, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad bin Zaher AlWatri, himself
10379-789: Was also enrolled in Motilal Nehru College Notable DU alumni in poetry and literature include the Sahitya Akademi Award winning dramatist and playwright Harcharan Singh , the Urdu poet Akhtar ul Iman , and the writers Vikram Seth , Anita Desai (Shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times), Amitav Ghosh , Kunzang Choden , Upamanyu Chatterjee , Ali Sardar Jafri , and the Padma Vibhushan recipient Khushwant Singh . Notable alumni in
10486-519: Was amongst millions of political prisoners released. When elections were called under the Government of India Act 1935 , Azad was appointed to organise the Congress election campaign, raising funds, selecting candidates and organising volunteers and rallies across India. Azad had criticised the Act for including a high proportion of un-elected members in the central legislature, and did not himself contest
10593-559: Was an Indian independence activist , writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress . Following India's independence, he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad ; the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad ( Free ) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India
10700-684: Was given to the University of Delhi. Since then, it has housed the office of the vice-chancellor and other offices. When Sir Maurice Gwyer came to India in 1937 to serve as Chief Justice of British India, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi. During his time, postgraduate teaching courses were introduced and laboratories were established at the university. Members of the faculty included Daulat Singh Kothari in Physics and Panchanan Maheshwari in Botany. Gwyer has been called
10807-575: Was hotly debated in the All India Congress Committee , with Muslim leaders Saifuddin Kitchlew and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan expressing fierce opposition. Azad privately discussed the proposal with Gandhi, Patel and Nehru, but despite his opposition was unable to deny the popularity of the League and the unworkability of any coalition with the League. Faced with the serious possibility of a civil war, Azad abstained from voting on
10914-695: Was imprisoned, together with the entire Congress leadership. He also worked for Hindu–Muslim unity through the Al-Hilal newspaper. Azad was born on 11 November 1888 in Mecca , then a part of the Ottoman Empire , now a part of Saudi Arabia . His real name was Sayyid Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al Hussaini, but he eventually became known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Azad's forefathers had come to India from Herat . His father
11021-657: Was incarcerated at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune , Azad and the Congress Working Committee were imprisoned at a fort in Ahmednagar , where they would remain under isolation and intense security for nearly four years. Outside news and communication had been largely prohibited and completely censored. Although frustrated at their incarceration and isolation, Azad and his companions attested to feeling
11128-761: Was influenced by their fervent anti-imperialism and Arab nationalism . Against common Muslim opinion of the time, Azad opposed the partition of Bengal in 1905 and became increasingly active in revolutionary activities , to which he was introduced by the prominent Hindu revolutionaries Aurobindo Ghosh and Shyam Sundar Chakravarty . Azad initially evoked surprise from other revolutionaries, but Azad won their praise and confidence by working secretly to organise revolutionaries activities and meetings in Bengal , Bihar and Bombay (now called Mumbai). He established an Urdu weekly newspaper in 1912 called Al-Hilal from Calcutta, and openly attacked British policies while exploring
11235-452: Was no permission for that during the imprisonment and after the release in 1946, he gave all these letters to his friend Ajmal Khan who let it published for the first time in 1946. Although the book is a collection of letters but except one or two letters, all other letters are unique and most of the letters deal with complex issues such as existence of God, the origin of religions, the origin of music and its place in religion, etc. The book
11342-550: Was transformed into the Netaji Subhas University of Technology . It was again established in 2023. The University of Delhi has two affiliated faculties: There are about 28 centres and institutes at DU. These are divided into four categories: There are 240 courses available at the university for undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG). There are a total 201 courses offered by Delhi University like MBBS , B.Tech. etc. Courses are mainly classified under
11449-492: Was wary and sceptical of the idea, aware that India's Muslims were increasingly looking to Jinnah and had supported the war. Feeling that a struggle would not force a British exit, Azad and Nehru warned that such a campaign would divide India and make the war situation even more precarious. Intensive and emotional debates took place between Azad, Nehru, Gandhi and Patel in the Congress Working Committee's meetings in May and June 1942. In
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