Allahabad University

Allahabad University is an institution of higher learning located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established on 23 September 1887 and is the fourth oldest university of India after Calcutta, Bombay and Madras University. In 2005, Allahabad University was granted the status of a Central University of India by an act of the Indian Parliament. There are 18 Central Universities in India. Allahabad University - History. Allahabad University - Departments. The following ar ...

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The following are the different academic departments offering degrees and performing research at the University. Faculty of Arts Ancient History 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 Communic ...

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Allahabad University, Allahabad University - History, Allahabad University - Departments, Allahabad University - Campus, Allahabad University - Hostels, Allahabad University - Colleges, Allahabad University - Alumni

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The abbreviation Au, au or AU may refer to: Au - Computing. the .au Internet country code top-level domain for Australia. the filename extension for the Sun audio au file format (as in c:\mysong.au). Administrative Unit in Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) networks. Apple Computer's Audio Units plug-in Application Programming Interface (API). Au - Science. the Ast ...

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Aligarh Muslim University is located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. It was the first institution of higher learning set up in British India for Muslims. Many prominent Muslim leaders, and Urdu writers and scholars of the subcontinent have attended the University. Arguably, no other educational institution in the 20th century has contributed more to the shaping of the history of the Indian sub-continent than Aligarh. The University grew out of the work of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan who in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny ...

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Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. Uttar Pradesh covers a large part of the densely populated Gangetic plain. It shares an international border with Nepal and is bounded by the Indian states of Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. The administrative and legislative capital of Uttar Pradesh is Luc ...

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• Uttar Pradesh - Education
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Mahadevi Varma (1907 - 11th September 1987) was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. She is widely regarded as the 'modern Meera. Her descriptions of pain and sadness are extremely moving. She won the Jnanpith award in 1982. Mahadevi was born in Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh in a family of lawyers. She was educated at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Mahadevi was married at an early age, as was common in India, in her time. But she was not attracted to worldly pleasures and even tried to become a Buddhist bhikshuni, though unsuccess ...

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born January 12, 1917) is the founder of the TM Movement. He brought Transcendental Meditation to the western world. Maharishi is believed to have been born near Jabalpur, India and graduated from Allahabad University with a degree in physics. He was secretary for thirteen years with Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. In 1955, after spending two years in silence in Uttar Kashi, in the Himalayan foothills, he began teaching a basic meditation technique which he later dubbed "Transcende ...

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Allahabad (Hindi: इलाहाबाद, Urdu الاهاباد ilāhābād) is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The name, meaning "City of Allah", was given to the city by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1583. In Indian alphabets it is spelt "Ilāhābād": "ilāh" is Arabic for "god", and "-ābād" is Persian for "place of". The modern city is on the site of the ancient holy city of Prayāga (Sanskrit - "Place of Sacrifice" and is the spot where Brahma offered his first sacrifice after creating the worl ...

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The Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar was established on October 20,1995 by an Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana with the objectives ‘to facilitate and promote studies and research in emerging areas of higher education with focus on new frontiers of technology, pharmacy, environmental studies, non-conventional energy sources and management studies and also to achieve excellence in these and connected fields’. It was formally inaugurated on November 1,1995. It is named after Guru Jambheshwar Ji Maharaj, a saint enviro ...

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List of universities in India, List of universities in India - Assam, List of universities in India - Andhra Pradesh, List of universities in India - Bihar, List of universities in India - Delhi, List of universities in India - Goa, List of universities in India - Gujarat, List of universities in India - Haryana, List of universities in India - Himachal Pradesh, List of universities in India - Jammu and Kashmir, List of universities in India - Jharkhand, List of universities in India - Karnataka, List of universities in India - Kerala, List of universities in India - Lakshadweep, List of universities in India - Manipur, List of universities in India - Maharashtra, List of universities in India - Madhya Pradesh, List of universities in India - Meghalaya, List of universities in India - Mizoram, List of universities in India - Nagaland, List of universities in India - Orissa, List of universities in India - Punjab, List of universities in India - Pondicherry, List of universities in India - Rajasthan, List of universities in India - Sikkim, List of universities in India - Tamil Nadu, List of universities in India - Tripura, List of universities in India - Uttar Pradesh, List of universities in India - Uttaranchal, List of universities in India - West Bengal

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Gulzarilal Nanda was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1937 and was Parliamentary Secretary (Labour and Excise) to the Government of Bombay from 1937 to 1939. Later, as Labour Minister of the Bombay Government (1946-50), he successfully piloted the Labour Disputes Bill in the State Assembly. He served as Trustee, Kasturba Memorial Trust; Secretary, Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh; and Chairman, Bombay Housing Board. He was also a Member of the National Planning Committee. He was largely instrumental in organising the Indian National ...

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Gulzarilal Nanda, Gulzarilal Nanda - Early Life and Freedom Struggle, Gulzarilal Nanda - Political Career, Gulzarilal Nanda - Acting Prime Minister, Gulzarilal Nanda - After Pundit Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda - After Lalbahadur Shashtri, Gulzarilal Nanda - Retirement

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Born Harivanshrai Srivastav, to a Kayasth family in a small town near Allahabad in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh); He was called "bachchan" (meaning 'child')at home. He received his formal schooling in a municipal school and followed the family tradition of attending Kayasth Paathshaalas to learn Urdu as the first step to a career in law. He later studied at the Allahabad University and Banaras Hindu University. In this period, he came under the influence of the independence move ...

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Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan', Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Life, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Work, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Honors, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Trivia, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Sources

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From a young soldier he had now grown, into a matured Colonel, who played a very important role in shaping the strategies of the Indian army. But life would never again be the same for the Colonel. It was about this time when India had tested its own Nuclear bomb. A move, which would change the thinking of both, Indian and Pakistan army. In 1984,he lead Operation Bluestar. The operation was intended to flush out Sikh militants from the Golden temple in Amritsar. The Indian army marched into the gurudawara with their boots on. T ...

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Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Early Life, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Life as a Soldier, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The senior general, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The Bofors Scandal, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Sundarji as a writer, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The charming man leaves the World

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In the second half of the 18th century, a series of battles gave the British East India Company (HEIC) mastery over the area that is now Uttaranchal and western UP. The HEIC established an administration controlled by its senior officer in the region, the “Resident” of Delhi, to administer a political entity whose sovereignty was as ill-defined as its borders. For several reasons, the seat of administration was moved to Agra in 1834 and a “president” was appointed to govern the area. In 1836, the “North-western Provinces” was cre ...

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Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh - Creation, Uttar Pradesh - Population, Uttar Pradesh - History, Uttar Pradesh - Constituent regions, Uttar Pradesh - Divisions and districts, Uttar Pradesh - Languages, Uttar Pradesh - Politics, Uttar Pradesh - Education, Uttar Pradesh - Tourism, Uttar Pradesh - Arts and crafts, Uttar Pradesh - See Also

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When the Aryans first settled into what they termed the Aryavarta, or Madhydesha, their territory extended till Prayag. The Vatsa (a branch of the early Indo-Aryans) were rulers of Hastinapur, and they established the town of Kaushambi near present day Allahabad. In the times of the Ramayana, the site of Allahabad was made up of a few Rishi's huts at the confluence of the three rivers. Lord Rama, the main protagonist in the Ramayana, spent some time here, at the Ashram of Sage Bharadwaj, be ...

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Allahabad, Allahabad - History, Allahabad - Geography, Allahabad - Demography, Allahabad - Climate, Allahabad - Kumbha and Magh Mela, Allahabad - Places of interest, Allahabad - Colleges and Universities, Allahabad - Hospitals, Allahabad - Sports and Recreation, Allahabad - Passenger transportation, Allahabad - Famous personalities

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In the early 90s the Bofors controversy had shaken India. It probably changed the way Indians viewed the Nehru dynasty. When the Rajiv Gandhi Government struck the $1.3 billion defence deal with A B Bofors of Sweden in 1986, it was General Sundarji who, as he said, "gave professional advice to go in for a gun with an edge." But his recommendation to buy the Bofors howitzers quickly became the most controversial that any Indian army chief took when allegations of huge kickbacks began pouring in 1987. "I had nothing to do with the deal. I tried my best to scrap the deal when bribery charges c ...

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Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Early Life, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Life as a Soldier, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The senior general, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The Bofors Scandal, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Sundarji as a writer, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The charming man leaves the World

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His least claim to fame is that he is the father of the great movie star (and talented actor) Amitabh Bachchan. This may be Bachchan's greatest claim to success. Creator of the great collection Madhushala is often thought to be a great admirer of wonder solutions himself. To the surprise of many, he never drank as much as a single drop of liquor. He, however, belongs to the clan of kayashtha whi ...

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Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan', Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Life, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Work, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Honors, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Trivia, Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan' - Sources

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Gulzarilal Nanda - After Pundit Nehru. Following the death of Pundit Nehru, Cabinet Ministers agreed to have Gulzarilal Nanda as the acting Prime Minister, until the party chose a new leader. Gulzarilal Nanda - After Lalbahadur Shashtri. The process was undertaken again when Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent in 1966. Nanda's role, though uneventful, was critical in importance owing to the proximity of grave national dangers (Nehru's death had come just after a war with China in ...

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Gulzarilal Nanda, Gulzarilal Nanda - Early Life and Freedom Struggle, Gulzarilal Nanda - Political Career, Gulzarilal Nanda - Acting Prime Minister, Gulzarilal Nanda - After Pundit Nehru, Gulzarilal Nanda - After Lalbahadur Shashtri, Gulzarilal Nanda - Retirement

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Even as a young soldier he proved himself to be a leader, a man full of foresight and wisdom. He was Commissioned initially into the Mahar regiment. He had to work in two of the most troublesome areas of South Asia-North west frontier province and then in Jammu and Kashmir. In Kargil, Kashmir he had to fight against the Pakistan supported raiders. In 1963 he served in the UN mission in the Congo, where he was chief of staff of the Kat ...

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Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Early Life, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Life as a Soldier, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The senior general, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The Bofors Scandal, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Sundarji as a writer, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The charming man leaves the World

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He was born on 28 April 1930 at Chengelpet in Tamil Nadu, in a Brahmin family with a very modern outlook. He grew up to be a handsome man, who had imbibed in himself the "universally appreciated" qualities of Tamil Brahmins, but was not held back by the narrow minded outlook that was typical of his community. He joined the Madras Christian College only to leave it before receiving a degree. Dr A.J. Boyd, who was then the highly distinguished principal of the college, was sorry to see him leave. He was looking forward to Sundarji later becoming a doctor though ...

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Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Early Life, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Life as a Soldier, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The senior general, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The Bofors Scandal, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - Sundarji as a writer, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan - The charming man leaves the World

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See also: List of political parties in the state The current chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is Mulayam Singh Yadav, one of the leaders of the Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party). The former Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, represents the constituency of Lucknow. Unfortunately, the state has been marred by a lot of caste based politics, which has been hindering a sound economic development of the state. The state has a large number of village councils known as Panchayats just like the other states of India. One of the Most Develop Panchayat during 2001-2005 is Shahabad ...

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Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh - Creation, Uttar Pradesh - Population, Uttar Pradesh - History, Uttar Pradesh - Constituent regions, Uttar Pradesh - Divisions and districts, Uttar Pradesh - Languages, Uttar Pradesh - Politics, Uttar Pradesh - Education, Uttar Pradesh - Tourism, Uttar Pradesh - Arts and crafts, Uttar Pradesh - See Also

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