Allahabad University

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Allahabad University is an institution of higher learning located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established on 23 September 1887.

Academic Departments

The following are the different academic departments offering degrees and performing research at the University.

Faculty of Arts

* 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

* Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences

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 house students for the duration of their study. The hostels not only provide accommodation but are also breeding grounds 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 Hostel (Girls)
* Diamond Jublee Hostel
* Sarojini Naidu Hostel (Girls)

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
*Ishwar Sharan Degree Collage

Alumni

Famous alumni include:
*Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Former President of India
*Chandra Shekhar, Former Prime Minister of India
*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
*Pankaj Mishra, author

External links

* Allahabad University Official Website

Please add the name of Prof.Rajendra Singh to the list of distinguished alumni69.242.60.2 20:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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