Hislop College

Hislop College
	Hislop College on a 2018 stamp of India
Type	Undergraduate college
Established	1883; 138 years ago
Location	Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
Website	https://www.hislopcollege.ac.in/

Hislop College, Nagpur is one of the oldest colleges in the city of Nagpur. It is affiliated to Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.^[1]

Founder[]

The college was named after Scottish missionary Stephen Hislop (1817–1863), who was a noted evangelist, educationist and geologist. He worked for 18 years in the Vidarbha Region alongside Robert Hunter, editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary.^[2]

History[]

Hislop College was established in 1883 in the Mahal area of Nagpur (But today it is in Civil Lines). Though Nagpur was Capital of Central Provinces, until 1882 it had no college.

The college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta until 1904, and later to Allahabad University. In 1923 it was one of six colleges affiliated to the University of Nagpur.^{[citation needed]}

Research[]

The faculty and Students of Hislop College has carried out 60 Research project in a field of Botany, Sociology, , Commerce, Physics, Computer Science, Literature (English, Hindi and Marathi) which has been sanctioned by the University and has been working on 15 research projects on Commerce, Botany, History and Sociology.^[1]

Notable alumni[]

Many people from the neighbouring area have completed their education at Hislop College.

They include:

M. S. Golwalkar, second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Rajkumar Hirani, film maker
Shahbaz Khan, actor
Anees Ahmed
Piyush Daruka, Businessman
Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave, Marathi writer
Hari Singh Gour, Founder Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi
Ashis Nandy, political psychologist
Nitin Raut, cabinet minister
Mukul Wasnik, Union Cabinet Minister
P. V. Narasimha Rao, 9th Prime Minister of India
Vilas Muttemwar, Member of Parliament
Pooja Banerjee, Television actress
B. D. Kulkarni, chemical reaction engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar, Chief Justice of Indian High Courts.
Dawar Khan

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hislop College. Hislop College. Retrieved on 20 December 2018.
^ "The Rev. Robert Hunter, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S". Geological Magazine. 4 (8): 382. 1897. Bibcode:1897GeoM....4..382.. doi:10.1017/S0016756800184249.

Coordinates: 21°08′54″N 79°04′17″E / 21.1483°N 79.0715°E / 21.1483; 79.0715

[r1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hislop College. Hislop College. Retrieved on 20 December 2018.

[HunterObit-2] "The Rev. Robert Hunter, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S". Geological Magazine. 4 (8): 382. 1897. Bibcode:1897GeoM....4..382.. doi:10.1017/S0016756800184249.

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