| Wheeler Senate Hall | |
|---|---|
 The Senate Hall of the University of Patna | |
| General information | |
| Address | Patna University, Ashok Rajpath, Patna- 800 004 |
| Country | India |
| Construction started | 1925 |
| Completed | 1926 |
| Client | University of Patna |
The Wheeler Senate Hall is a convention centre of the Patna University situated in the heart of Ashok Rajpath, Patna. [1]
The structure was built to host Patna university meetings, convocations and other functions. Raja Devaki Nandan Prasad Singh of Munger had offered to meet the entire cost of building the senate hall in 1925 and had spent nearly ₹1.75 lakh on the hall. It got ready in 1926 and was inaugurated the same year by the then Governor of Bihar and Orissa province and Chancellor of the University Sir Henry Wheeler. [2]
Before the construction of the senate hall, meetings, conferences and convocations of the Patna University were held at different places in the city. During the first five years of PU's existence from 1917 to 1922, it was allowed to use a wing of the Patna High Court as its temporary office. Meetings of the faculties were held in the hall located at the new college, now known as Patna College, while senate meetings were held in the conference room of the Patna Secretariat. [3]
University convocations were held in the Durbar hall of the Governor House, present day Raj Bhavan building prior to wheeler Senate hall. [3]
The aesthetically designed spacious structure with magnificent pillars and high ceiling hall has witnessed such eminent personalities as Lord Mountbatten, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, C. D. Deshmukh, V. K. R. V. Rao, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Jayaprakash Narayan, who addressed university convocations here. Scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, Sir C. V. Raman, Meghnad Saha, Satyendra Nath Bose and Sisir Kumar Mitra once addressed university students and faculty members. [3]
It is in this hall that poet Rabindranath Tagore was felicitated on 17 March 1936 [1] soon after he won th Nobel prize. [4]
Besides, many historic public meeting held here in 1946 in which Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime-minister of India, had to face embarrassment owing to then communal disturbances in the state. [3] [5]
The Wheeler senate hall located at Ashok Rajpath in the state capital is engaged these days mostly for university examinations. Some senate meetings or exhibitions are also held. [2] With a seating capacity of 1,000, [3] the senate hall has undergone numerous renovations. [6]
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