Hislop College

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Hislop College
Hislop College 2018 stamp of India.jpg
2018 postage stamp issued by the India Post commemorating Hislop College
Type Private
Established1883(141 years ago) (1883)
Accreditation NAAC Re-Accredited 'A' Grade, CGPA 3.20
Principal Dr. Prashant Shelke
Academic staff
82
Students4272 [1]
Address
Civil lines
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440001
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CampusUrban, 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Affiliations Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
Website 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. [2]

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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 . [3]

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 ]

The American pastor, James M. Lawson, Jr., worked as a missionary there in the campus ministry office from 1953 to 1956, studying Gandhian nonviolence and satyagraha , which influenced his movement-building skills. Thereafter he returned to the United States to become a leading intellectual force in the Civil Rights movement. [4]

Research

The faculty and Students of Hislop College has carried out 60 Research project in a field of Botany, Sociology, Bio Chemistry, 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. [2]

Notable alumni

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

They include:

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References

  1. "Hislop College, Nagpur: Admission, Fees, Courses, Placements, Cutoff, Ranking". Careers360. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 Hislop College. Hislop College. Retrieved on 20 December 2018.
  3. "The Rev. Robert Hunter, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S". Geological Magazine. 4 (8): 382–384. 1897. Bibcode:1897GeoM....4..382.. doi: 10.1017/S0016756800184249 .
  4. King, Mary Elizabeth. "What Makes Lawson's Role Unique?". www.jameslawsoninstitute.org. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. Nayudu, Chandra (1995). C.K. Nayudu, a Daughter Remembers. Rupa. pp. 16, 60. ISBN   978-81-7167-283-7.

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