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<div>Raja '''Jwala Prasad''' (1872 – 16 September 1944) was an Indian civil engineer, and Pro Vice Chancellor (1936-1940) of [[Banaras Hindu University]]. He was the father of Indian bureaucrat [[Dharma Vira]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Jawala Prasad was born in Mandawar town of [[Bijnor district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He studied engineering from Tomson Civil Engineering College, Roorkee (now [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|IIT Roorkee]]), graduating in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|url=w.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Heritage+Luminaries.html|title=Luminaries: Raja Jwala Prasad|website=Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> He joined the Irrigation Department and retired as Chief Engineer in Uttar Pradesh. He was responsible for the Ganga Canal Grid Scheme constructed in 1924. The British government honored him with the title of '''Raja'''. After retiring from government service in 1930, he became the Vice Chancellor of [[Banaras Hindu University]]. In 1937, he was chairman of a committee to reorganize Thomason College of Engineering Roorkee, though this reorganization was not carried out until after Independence.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrx3wLz4itkC&q=Raja+Jwala+Prasad&pg=PA468|title=Science and Modern India: an Institutional History c.1784–1947|last=Das Gupta|first=Uma|publisher=Pearson Education India|year=1999|isbn=9788131728185|series=History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization vol XV pt. 1|location=|pages=468|chapter=Thomson College of Engineering, Roorkee, 1847-1947}}</ref> He died on September 16, 1944.<br />
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He planned the campus of BHU and its construction was also done under his supervision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rurkiu.tripod.com/uor/wtandm.html|title=Water Resources Development: The Role of Roorkee|last=Singh|first=Bharat|website=University of Roorkee|access-date=September 3, 2019}}</ref> He helped a lot of Madan Mohan Malaviya in collecting donations .<br />
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