Oriental College
Appearance
Type | Oriental studies |
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Established | 1870 |
Principal | Aurel Stein (1888-1899) |
Location | Lahore |
The Oriental College is an institution of oriental studies in Lahore.[1][failed verification] It is located next to Government College University, Lahore.
It was founded by Adi Brahmo Samaj preacher Pundit Navin Chandra Rai in 1876.[citation needed] He served as its vice principal from 1861.[2] Aurel Stein, the noted Hungarian-British archaeologist, was principal from 1888 to 1899.[3]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Anwar Masood (born 1935), poet and educationist
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984), poet and revolutionary
- Jawayd Anwar (1959–2011), poet and writer
- Khurshid Rizvi (born 1940), poet
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), philosopher and poet
- Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), lawyer
- Rafiuddin Hashmi (1940–2024), researcher and writer
- Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985), Islamic scholar
- Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988), Islamic scholar and politician.
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021), Kashmiri separatist leader
References
[edit]- ^ "Teaching Modern Science in the Oldest of Oriental Languages". New York Times. 10 May 1896. ProQuest 964549161.
- ^ Burra, Neera (2018). A Memoir of Pre-Partition Punjab: Ruchi Ram Sahni, 1863–1948. Oxford University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-19-909130-0.
- ^ "STEIN, Sir Aurel (26/11/1862-26/10/1943)". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- Government MAO College, Lahore at Pakistan National Digital Library.