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TheĀ University
of
AllahabadĀ is
aĀ collegiateĀ central
universityĀ located
inĀ Allahabad,Ā Uttar
Pradesh,
India.
It
was
established
on
23
September
1887
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
and
is
recognised
as
anĀ Institute
of
EminenceĀ (IoE)
.
It
is
one
of
the
oldest
modern
universities
in
India.[3]Ā Its
origins
lie
in
the
Muir
Central
College,
named
afterĀ Lt.
Governor
of
North-Western
Provinces,Ā Sir
William
MuirĀ in
1876,
who
suggested
the
idea
of
a
Central
University
at
Allahabad,
which
later
evolved
to
the
present
university.[4][5]Ā At
one
point,
it
was
known
as
the
"Oxford
of
the
East".[6]Ā ItsĀ Central
UniversityĀ status
was
re-established
through
the
University
of
Allahabad
Act
2005
by
theĀ Parliament
of
India.
The
foundation
stone
of
theĀ Muir
Central
CollegeĀ was
laid
byĀ Governor-General
of
India,Ā Lord
NorthbrookĀ on
9
December
1873.
The
college
was
named
afterĀ Sir
William
Muir,
Lt.
Governor
ofĀ United
Province,
who
was
the
key
person
in
its
foundation.
The
building
was
designed
byĀ William
Emerson,
who
also
designedĀ Victoria
MemorialĀ in
Kolkata
andĀ Crawford
MarketĀ in
Mumbai
in
a
combination
ofĀ Indo-Saracenic,
Egyptian
and
Gothic
styles.[7]
Initially,
it
functioned
under
theĀ University
of
CalcuttaĀ and
later,
on
23
September
1887,
the
University
of
Allahabad
was
established,
making
it
the
fifth
university
established
in
colonial
India
after
Calcutta
university,
Bombay
university,
Madras
university,
and
Lahore's
Punjab
university.
It
began
as
an
affiliating
and
examining
body
for
graduate
and
postgraduate
degrees
with
a
classical
orientation
and
the
responsibility
for
secondary
education
as
well.
Between
1891
and
1922,Ā Government
Science
College,
Jabalpur,
the
oldest
science
college
of
India
was
affiliated
to
the
university.
By
1904
the
university
established
its
own
teaching
departments
and
instituted
doctoral
research
programs.
The
University
Senate
hall
was
opened
by
the
Lieutenant-Governor,
Sir
John
Hewett,
in
1912.
In
1921,
with
the
announcement
of
the
'Allahabad
University
Act
of
1921',
the
Muir
Central
College
merged
with
the
university,
which
was
reorganized
as
a
unitary
teaching
and
residential
university.
Over
the
next
few
years
its
affiliated
colleges
were
transferred
to
Agra
University
and
the
task
of
conducting
secondary-level
examinations
was
relocated.
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