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Every year thousands of students register for the academic process of getting into the varsity and study at the premiere institute with top-class experienced faculty. It is the dream of most aspirants to study at DU and get a taste of what it feels like to be a DUite. DU too never fails to amaze the students with the amount of exposure it gives to every student.
Incorporation of Delhi University
Delhi University comes in of the oldest 15 universities in India. Being a central university, it is funded by the central government for its regulatory process. Its evolution could be traced back to 1911 when the idea was brought up. The sole reason for the establishment of DU was the shifting of the New capital from Calcutta (Now Kolkata) to Delhi. But world war 1 left the country with low funds.
Then it took almost 10-11 years for the implementation and formulation of the plan. In 1922, the Delhi University bill was presented to the legislative assembly; this was taken forward to introduce a unified system of education in the country and holistic development of the students who are willing to study. At that time, only 3 Arts colleges were there.
Hindu College, Ramjas College and St. Stephens college were the first ones to come under the head of the University of Delhi. The bill became an act on 16 January 1922. The British raj was the reason for the delay when Lord Reading approved the act on 6 April and the act was initialized on 1 May.
This act also introduced science as the major field of study with courses Physics and Chemistry and History, Economics, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit as the majors of Arts.
The first Vice Chancellor of DU was Hari Singh Gour, he added- ”The New Delhi now to be the imperial capital of a reformed and regenerated India, a new university is to be created which serves as an inspiration to its new hopes and signpost to its newborn aspirations.”
The University in its initial years introduced the Faculty of Law in 1924, Zakir Husain Delhi College, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Lady Irwin College.
The university back then did not have healthy relations between its colleges and the rift between them grew stronger, as a result, its incorporation became just evidence of its history and did not make much difference.
After the election of the new Vice Chancellor, Maurice Gawyer the situation became normal as the ideality of Gawyer was different from the Gour. He brought up the issues that were present and suggested vial solutions to them. His thoughts were to gather interactive minds and bring up their intelligence for society.
He also strived to welcome young minds all over India to be a part of this institution and fixed 3 years as the time duration of most of the undergraduate courses.
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Movements and Challenges of the Pre-revolt Period
Many of the legendary revolutionaries who played a crucial role in the support of movements and challenges were part of the university. The major crunch of protests and strikes was organized on the various campuses of the university.
The students were actively supporting the protests. At the time of the Civil disobedience movement, the national flag of India was hoisted at St. Stephen's college, the students massively supported the movement and were there for several days which showed the love and pride of students toward their nation.
The Result of Partition and Demographic Distribution
The partition had a severe effect on our demographic area, all over India. As a result, the students were more aware of the university and the crowd from the Punjab area shifted to the city. This further led to the establishment of colleges such as Hansraj, SGTB Khalsa, Deshbandhu and Kirori Mal which are the renowned colleges of the present time.
These were open in the northern area of the city and thus called north campus colleges. These are the colleges which are well-known because of their seniority among the universities. In addition to these colleges, many off-campus colleges were also built, including Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Deen Dayal Upadhyay College and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar college.
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Present Scenario of University of Delhi
At present, there are 91 colleges spread in the city with around 16 faculties. Each one of the colleges has its USP and 88 departments. The university now strives for various plans for future academic regulations such as the inclusion of social responsibility, sports activities, felicitation of sportspersons, Alumni felicitation, Outreach to international collaborations, Green Initiatives and many more plans.
The road to growth never stops when it comes to Delhi University, there are many more faculties and departments to be introduced. There are some tough phases but the growth comes from those tough phases. The promotion of various research in each of the domains will lead the university to better heights.
Written by: Khushbu Arora
Edited by: Nidhi Jha
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