Allahabad University
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Image:Au-logo.jpg Allahabad University is an institution of higher learning located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established on 23 September 1887 and is the fourth oldest university of India after Calcutta, Bombay and Madras University. In 2005, Allahabad University was granted the status of a Central University of India by an act of the Indian Parliament. There are 18 Central Universities in India.
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History
Departments
The following are the different acedemic departments offering degrees and performing research at the University.
Faculty of Arts
- Ancient History
- Anthropology
- Arabic and Persian
- Education
- English & Modern European Languages
- Geography
- Hindi
- Medieval & Modern History
- Music & Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sanskrit
- Urdu
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- U G C - Academic Staff College
Faculty of Commerce
- Commerce
- Economics
- Motilal Nehru Institute of Research & Business Administration (MONIRBA)
Faculty of Law
- Law
Faculty of Science
- Bio-Chemistry & Home Science
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Defence and Strategic Studies
- Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Electronics & Communication
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Photography
- Physics
- Zoology
Institute of Inter Disciplinary Studies
Institute of Professional Studies
Campus
The campus of the University is spread over in the sprawling city of Allahabad.
Hostels
Allahabad University has a number of famous residential hostels that houses students for the duration of their study. The hostels provide not just accommodation but are also breeding ground for the leaders of modern India as a number of past and present politicians, administrators, academicians and literary figures stayed at these hostels. Some of the hostels are:
- Tarachand Hostel
- Holland Hall
- Ganganath Jha Hostel
- Priyadarshani (Girls) Hostel
Colleges
The following colleges are affiliated to Allahabad University:
- Allahabad Degree College
- C.M.P Degree College
- Arya Kanya Degree College
- Jagat Taran Girls Degree College
Alumni
Famous alumni include:
- Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Former President of India
- Chandra Shekhar, Former Prime Minister of India
- Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
- Surya Bahadur Thapa
- Prof. Vijai K Tripathi
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Motilal Nehru
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan
- Govind Ballabh Pant
- Acharya Narendra Deb
- Ranganath Mishra, former Chief Justice of India
- K.N. Singh, former Chief Justice of India
- Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice President of India
- Gulzari Lal Nanda, former Prime Minister of India
- Prof. Daulat Singh Kothari, Physicist
- Prof. Kundan Singh Singwi, Physicist
- Prof. Harish Chandra, Mathematician
- Prof. Govind Swarup, Physicist
- H.N. Bahuguna, former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, former Union Minister, Human Resource & Development
