Government Gordon College

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Government Gordon College
Gordon College Logo.jpg
MottoSeek And We Shall Find
Established1893
PrincipalProf. Altaf Hussain
Location
Rawalpindi
,
Punjab, Pakistan

Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi[1] is a government college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that was established as a church school in 1893.[2] The college is named after Dr Andrew Gordon.[3]

The college year is made up of an annual system: examination are held once every year. Enrollment at Gordon College is in thousands of students, with around hundreds living on campus. The campus has many buildings, which includes a large stadium (used for hockey, football and cricket), basketball court, tennis courts, and badminton court. The college has a large and historic auditorium. The college include a great library with thousands of new and old books, which also includes a shelf where all books are gifted from American Embassy, beside this it also have old museum prototype. Now with new reforms college develops its BS education level and make it co-education which serve for both male and female.

History[]

The history of Gordon College can be traced to 1856 when Christian Grammar High School was established in Raja Bazar near the present campus.[3] The college chapter of the school was opened in 1893 with 14 students as class I. There were six subjects offered at intermediate college: History, Philosophy, Mathematics, English, Persian, and Sanskrit.

In 1893, it was converted into a college and was named after the American Presbyterian Mission head, Dr Andrew Gordon.[3]

At the time it was built after partition, it was outside the city area; with increasing population, the college is now surrounded by commercial and official buildings. It is a mix of old and new style buildings and has lost some of its academic acclaims in the years since it became a . Originally, it was founded as a private, Christian-affiliated institution.

It has a long history and one professor and principal who best represents that history: Dr Ralph Randles Stewart joined the Gordon College, Rawalpindi in 1911 to teach elementary Botany and Zoology to pre-medical students. He served as a professor in Botany (1917–1960) and principal of the college from 1934 to 1954.

In 1972, the college was nationalized by the government and administration was taken from the church and subsequently was converted into a government college.[3]

Courses[]

Gordon College is one of the oldest academic institutions in Pakistan. It offers education services starting from initial college level studies (11th grade in Pakistan) to the master's degree level.

Degrees are offered in the Sciences and Humanities. Three level of degrees are offered:

  • Intermediate (11th and 12th grades, leading to F.Sc, F.A, ICS and also offers other courses with different combinations)
  • Bachelor (Gordon College has the honor that it is the only public sector or government college in the upper Punjab Potohar region to offer a four-year BS program. The college offers BS in Botany, Mathematics, Information Technology, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Political Science, Psychology, Statistics and English.)
  • Master's (Currently, Masters in English, Psychology and Political Science is offered.)

Computer Science Education and diploma courses are also offered.

Notable alumni[]

  • Dr Arshad Nawaz Chaudhry, Professor at Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University.
  • Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, former President and Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
  • Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Federal Minister, Politician
  • Syed Sajjad Bokhari, Member of Senate, Pakistan
  • , President Lahore High Court Bar
  • Zorawar Chand Bakhshi, retired soldier of the Indian Army, has the distinction of being "India's most decorated General"
  • Rahat Kazmi, Actor, intellectual, compere.
  • Pervez Khattak, Chief Minister of KPK
  • Commandant 16 Punjab Regiment, ISI Lahore & Peshawar
  • Pervez Rashid, Information Minister of Pakistan and Senior Leader of PML-N
  • Jehangir Karamat, General Jehangir Karamat Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
  • Tariq Mehmood, Brigadier Tariq Mehmood SJ and Bar, Brig TM, Tiger of SSG
  • Qamar Javed Bajwa, General, COAS
  • , Missing since 27 June 1970 while flying L-19 Bird Dog on a search mission over river Indus at Attock
  • Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Honourable Justice
  • Fateh Muhammad Malik, literary critic, linguist and a scholar
  • Jamshed Gulzar Kiani, Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission
  • Raja Saroop Khan, Lieutenant General, Governor of Punjab from 1995 to 1996
  • Azhar Lodhi, newscaster and commentator at the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)
  • Ismail Gulgee, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (twice), Hilal-e-Imtiaz
  • , Founder VideoShack NA., CCDW Jilani Motoronics LC Arizona USA, manufacturer of light electric vehicles
  • Shyam (actor), Indian Hindi film actor
  • Balraj Sahni, Indian film and stage actor
  • Azra Quraishi Botanist
  • Javed Nazir M.Eng.Sc(UNSW) Australia,Former Senior Executive Director(OGRA) Cabinet Division Government of Pakistan

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Govt. Gordon College, Rawalpindi". Affiliated Colleges. University of the Punjab. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Battle for control of Gordon College". The Express Tribune. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Yasin, Aamir (23 July 2017). "Gordon College — legacy of the colonial era". DAWN.COM.

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