Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science & Commerce

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| name = Guru Nanak Khalsa College
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| established = {{start date and age|1937}}
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| type = [[Private university|Private]] – [[Research]]
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| students = 6000
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| staff = 150
| faculty = 200
| city = [[Matunga]], [[Mumbai]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| country = India
| campus = 27,642 sq. yds.
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| website = {{URL|www.gnkhalsa.edu.in/|gnkhalsa.edu.in}}
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'''Guru Nanak Khalsa College''' is a higher education college located in [[Matunga]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].

The college was established in 1937 by the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Mumbai City|url=http://mycollege.in/Guru-Nanak-Khalsa-College-of-Arts/5332.php|publisher=My College|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref> It is located in the immediate vicinity of three other institutions of learning, namely [[Don Bosco High School (Matunga)]], [[Institute of Chemical Technology|Institute of Chemical Technology (UDCT)]], and the [[Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute]]. Its alumni include [[Indian Olympic Games|Indian Olympians]] and the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Hockey team]] members, some of whom are recipients of the [[Arjuna Award|Arjuna award]] and [[Padma Shri]], and Hindi film personalities like Late Dilip Kumar
.<ref>{{cite web|title=Management Colleges(MBA) In Maharashtra|url=http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/management_colleges_mba_in_maharashtra.html|publisher=www.scholarshipsinindia.com|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra|url=http://www.punjabcolleges.com/14191-indiacolleges-Guru-Nanak-Khalsa-College-Mumbai-(Bombay)/|publisher=Punjab Colleges|accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref>

==History==

Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee's Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce is among the earliest institutions of higher learning that emerged on the educational landscape of the erstwhile city of Bombay. It is one of the few colleges in Mumbai to have its own sports ground. The college is one of Mumbai's older colleges; it is permanently affiliated to the [[University of Mumbai]] and was accorded the UGC recognition under 2f in 1974. Its financial status is grant-in-aid.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History of GN Khalsa College|url=http://www.gnkhalsa.edu.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=71|website=gnkhalsa.edu.in|publisher=GN Khalsa College|accessdate=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218013846/http://www.gnkhalsa.edu.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=71|archive-date=18 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

G. N. Khalsa was the brainchild of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]], who wanted to set up a centre or an institute in Bombay for higher education. In 1935 he put forth this proposal of establishing an educational institution for higher education in Bombay to the Sikh religious leaders at Amritsar. The Sikh leaders agreed upon this idea with their main objective of providing good quality of higher education and also to popularize Sikh culture in a non-Sikh State. Thus in 1937, G. N. Khalsa College was born in a plot where the college stands today, with the total area of 27, 642 sq. yards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shilpa Shetty, Jeetendra attend Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Matunga's Baisakhi function in Mumbai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Shilpa-Shetty-Jeetendra-attend-Guru-Nanak-Khalsa-College-Matungas-Baisakhi-function-in-Mumbai/articleshow/46944153.cms|accessdate=16 August 2015|agency=TNN|work=The Times of India|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

== Notable alumni==
G. N. Khalsa College has produced famous personalities in various fields including academicians like the former Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University Shri Ram Joshi. The college has also produced many famous Sports personalities, Olympians, [[Arjuna award]] winners and [[Padmashri]]s. The following ''Khalsities'' have represented India in Olympics: S.S. Narayan (Football), [[Mary Leela Rao]] (Athletics), Balbir Singh (Hockey), Silma D’Silva (Hockey), [[Lorraine Fernandes]] (Hockey), [[Joaquim Carvalho (field hockey)|Joaquim Carvalho]] (Hockey), Marcelus Gomes (Hockey), [[Mark Patterson (field hockey)|Mark Patterson]] (Hockey), [[Jude Menezes]] (Hockey), Adrian D’Souza, [[Gavin Fereira]] and many more. Lorraine Fernandes and Joaquim Carvalho are also [[Arjuna Award]] recipients; where as Silma D’Silva is also a recipient of the prestigious [[Padmashri]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shah|first1=Hemali|title=Mumbai's Khalsa college principal not new to controversy|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbais-Khalsa-college-principal-not-new-to-controversy/articleshow/34850282.cms|accessdate=16 August 2015|work=The Times of India|date=9 May 2014}}</ref>

Cinema entities who studied at Khalsa college include [[Ramesh Talwar]] (Director), [[Kuldeep Singh (music director)|Kuldeep Singh]] (composer), [[Salim Khan]] (screenwriter) and [[Akshay Kumar]] ([[Bollywood]] actor), [[Mandar Chandwadkar]] (popular TV Serial actor).<ref>{{cite news|title=Mumbai's Khalsa college alumni meet on platinum jubilee|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbais-khalsa-college-alumni-meet-on-platinum-jubilee-1642894|accessdate=16 August 2015|publisher=DNA News|date=28 January 2012}}</ref>

The college also conducts classes on Punjabi, Divinity and carries out `Akhand Path’ followed by `[[Langar (Sikhism)|Langar]]’. The colleges also houses a [[gurudwara]] within its campus.

[[Ishrat Jahan case|Ishrat Jahan]], a 19-year-old woman was allegedly killed in an encounter was a second year student of Bachelor of Science (circa 2004) of the college.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Many Deaths of Ishrat Jahan |url=https://thewire.in/rights/the-many-deaths-of-ishrat-jahan}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of places named after Guru Nanak Dev]]

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