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University of Lucknow
University of Lucknow
Motto	Light and Learning
Established	1921
Type	Public
Chancellor	Hon'ble B.L.Joshi
Vice-Chancellor	Prof.M.K.Mishra
Location	Lucknow, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.lkouniv.ac.in

University of Lucknow(old campus)

The University of Lucknow is a university in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[edit] History

The University of Lucknow grew out of the prestigious Canning College, Lucknow,^[1] founded in 1867 by Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee, also grew out of King George's Medical College and Isabella Thoburn College.

Lucknow University was set up as a result of the far-reaching recommendations of the Sadler Commission which had been set up originally in 1917 to just investigate the "“conditions and prospects of the University of Calcutta".^[2].

The Honorable Raja Sir Muhammad Ali Mohammad Khan of Mahmudabad made a strong plea in the Pioneer for the creation of a separate University at Lucknow which was reinforced by all the Taluqdars of Awadh. Sir Harcourt Butler, the then Lt. Governor of United Provinces also gave active support to the idea.

Lucknow University was established in law by the Governor General on November 25, 1920.^[3] Sir Harcourt Butler laid the foundation stone of the University on March 19, 1921, and Dr. Gyanendra Nath Chakravarti became its first vice-chancellor^[4]. On July 17, 1921 teaching classes commenced.^[5]

[edit] Early growth

The expansion of the University began ith generous support from the Taluqdars and the Government and within twenty five years, the University had established itself as a respected seat of learning in the country.

[edit] Notable alumni

Main article: :Category:University of Lucknow alumni

[edit] Politics

Zafar Ali Naqvi, Politician, Member of Parliament - India Govt.
Syed Sajjad Zaheer, Politician, Poet,writer .
Shankar Dayal Sharma former President of India
K.C. Pant, former Union Minister and Dy Chairman Planning Commission
Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu
Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
Vijayaraje Scindia, Late Rajmata of Gwalior
Arif Mohammad Khan, Politician, Columnist, former Union Minister
Ammar Rizvi, Politician, former Education Minister in UP Government
Chandra Shekhar Trivedi,Politician
D.P.Bora, Politician
Atul Kumar Anjan,Political leader of Leftist orientation

[edit] Education

Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Professor of History, Baruch College, New York
Jagdish Gandhi, Educationist, Founder of CMS Schools in Lucknow
Prof R.P.Rastogi, Former VC of BHU
C.M.Naim, Writer & Academic
Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Educationist, Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science,pilani
Dr. Tripta Trivedi, Educationist
Dr. Neeraj Chaubey, Astro Physicsist and Mathematician

[edit] Government

Brajendranath De, esq., ICS Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly (1905-10); also Commissioner (Offg.), Burdwan (1905) ^[6]
Isha Basant Joshi, India's first female IAS officer
Manjulika Gautam, I.A.S.
Dr. Kalpana Dube, I.R.A.S.

[edit] Literature

Ali Jawad Zaidi, noted poet, critic, writer, freedom fighter and Padmashri awardee.
Kavi Pradeep, noted poet and lyricist.
Qurratulain Hyder,noted Urdu writer
Attia Hosain, Author, Journalist first lady graduate from Taluqdar families^[7]
Anurag Kumar,author of Recalcitrance , the first English novel by a Lucknowite on events of the Great Uprising of 1857 in Lucknow

[edit] Judiciary / Law

Justice Haider Abbas Raza
Jaipat Singh Jain,Attorney New York
Saurabh Trivedi, Advocate Supreme Court of India

[edit] Corporate Sector

Nusrat Durrani, Vice President, MTV, New York

[edit] Cinematographers

Rajiv Jain

[edit] Others

Swami Chinmayananda, founder of Chinmaya Mission
Mohini Giri, Women activist
Vinod Mehta,Journalist
Pandit Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi,Lawyer and Politician
Ahmed Wasi Broadcaster and Lyricist
Ashok Bajpai, ex Minister
S.R. Hashim, economist
Vijay Upadhyay, Vienna based Opera conductor
Zafar Ali Naqvi, ex Minister
Prof Krishna Kumar, Director IIM Kozhikode
Ahmed Nazir Kidwai, ex Chief Secretary Assam
Seema Mustafa, journalist
Shyam Manohar Joshi, writer
Manoj Joshi, journalist
Kamalesh Kumar sharma Who got 10 gold medal from lucknow university and now he is doing research from IIT-roorkee.

[edit] References

^ Lucknow University site accessed July 2007
^ Encyclopedia Britannica accessed July 2007
^ Lucknow University Act No VI, November 25th 1920
^ Women Saints in Gaudiya Vaishnavism
^ Lucknow University History
^ Indiansaga Who's Who: Famous Personalities
^ Attia Hosain in the Literary Encyclopedia by Muneeza Shamsie accessed July 2007

[edit] External links

University of Lucknow official website

[oursite-0] Lucknow University site accessed July 2007

[1] Encyclopedia Britannica accessed July 2007

[2] Lucknow University Act No VI, November 25th 1920

[3] Women Saints in Gaudiya Vaishnavism

[4] Lucknow University History

[indiansaga-5] Indiansaga Who's Who: Famous Personalities

[lit-6] Attia Hosain in the Literary Encyclopedia by Muneeza Shamsie accessed July 2007

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