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	}}		Hindu College is ranked ninth among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-09-09\|title=NIRF Rankings 2021: Miranda House tops among colleges, Hindu falls to 9th place\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/competitive-exams/nirf-rankings-2021-miranda-house-tops-among-colleges-hindu-fall-to-9th-place-101631173635094.html\|access-date=2021-09-15\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref>
	Hindu College is ranked ~~third~~ among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in ~~2020~~.<ref ~~name~~=~~Rankings_NIRF_C_2019~~/>

	==Student life==		==Student life==
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	The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://heyevent.com/event/ycmpe4rmifvoga/harmony-2015-music-festival-hindu-college\|title=HARMONY 2015- Music Festival : Hindu college – Heyevent.com\|website=heyevent.com\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society in Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://m.photos.timesofindia.com/events/delhi/hindu-college-photography-festival/articleshow/34153022.cms\|title=Hindu College photography festival\|work=The Times of India\|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>		The Indian music society, Alankar, holds its annual festival Harmony every year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://heyevent.com/event/ycmpe4rmifvoga/harmony-2015-music-festival-hindu-college\|title=HARMONY 2015- Music Festival : Hindu college – Heyevent.com\|website=heyevent.com\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> The English debating society, popularly known as the Desboc, is representative of an inquiring and active intellectual life on campus. Debsoc is the only debating society in Delhi University to organise four major debates in an academic year.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://m.photos.timesofindia.com/events/delhi/hindu-college-photography-festival/articleshow/34153022.cms\|title=Hindu College photography festival\|work=The Times of India\|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>

	Other societies include Abhyas- The Internship Cell; The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Adhrita, The Indian Dance Society, that works to maintain culture and heritage and conduct the only dance fest of DU; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Quiz Society; Srijya, the Contemporary Dance Society; Scribe: The Literary Society ; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society~~.<ref>[http://www.hbhh.co.in/delhiuniversity/2013/06/hindu-college-university-of-delhi/ Hindu College~~, ~~University of Delhi]{{dead link\|date=March 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}. universityexpress.co.in. 5 June 2013~~.~~</ref>~~		Other societies include Abhyas- The Internship Cell; The Finance & Investment Cell; Abhirang, the Hindi Dramatic Society; Adhrita, The Indian Dance Society, that works to maintain culture and heritage and conduct the only dance fest of DU; Abstraction, the Fine Arts Society; Aria, the Western Music Society; Manthan, the Quiz Society; Srijya, the Contemporary Dance Society; Scribe: The Literary Society ; Masque, The English Dramatic Society; Vagmi, the Hindi Debating Society; and Vivre, The Film and Photography Society, the Entrepreneurship Cell, or more commonly just Ecell.

	===Students’ Parliament ===		===Students’ Parliament ===
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	*[[Kavita Ramdas]], President and CEO of [[Global Fund for Women]]		*[[Kavita Ramdas]], President and CEO of [[Global Fund for Women]]
	*[[Arjun Rampal]], actor		*[[Arjun Rampal]], actor


	*[[Mahesh Rangarajan]], historian		*[[Mahesh Rangarajan]], historian
	*[[Luv Ranjan]], film director		*[[Luv Ranjan]], film director
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	*[[Subramanian Swamy]], economist, politician and former [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)\|Minister of Commerce and Industry, India]]		*[[Subramanian Swamy]], economist, politician and former [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)\|Minister of Commerce and Industry, India]]
	*[[Tabu Taid\|Tabu Ram Taid]], author		*[[Tabu Taid\|Tabu Ram Taid]], author
			*[[Sandeep P Parekh]], securities and corporate lawyer
	*[[Loveleen Tandan]], film director		*[[Loveleen Tandan]], film director
	*[[Manish Tiwary]], film director		*[[Manish Tiwary]], film director

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	Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the [[Quit India Movement]]. It is the only college in Delhi to have a students' parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Motilal Nehru]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sarojini Naidu]], [[Annie Besant]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose\|Subhash Chandra Bose]] for motivating the youth. Responding to [[Gandhi]]'s Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played a substantial role in India's freedom struggle and some of this college's teachers and students courted arrest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160826022156/https://www.toptalent.in/college/113/hindu-college-delhi/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7019261277 Hindu College, Delhi]. toptalent.in</ref> The college also closed its gates for several months.<ref name=a>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160423125124/http://hindu-college.learnhub.com/lesson/12595-hindu-college-general-info Introduction to Hindu College, Delhi University]. ''The Hindu''-college.learnhub.com</ref>		Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the [[Quit India Movement]]. It is the only college in Delhi to have a students' parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Motilal Nehru]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sarojini Naidu]], [[Annie Besant]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose\|Subhash Chandra Bose]] for motivating the youth. Responding to [[Gandhi]]'s Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played a substantial role in India's freedom struggle and some of this college's teachers and students courted arrest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160826022156/https://www.toptalent.in/college/113/hindu-college-delhi/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7019261277 Hindu College, Delhi]. toptalent.in</ref> The college also closed its gates for several months.<ref name=a>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160423125124/http://hindu-college.learnhub.com/lesson/12595-hindu-college-general-info Introduction to Hindu College, Delhi University]. ''The Hindu''-college.learnhub.com</ref>

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	[[File:Hindu College 1999 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.1\|A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College]]		[[File:Hindu College 1999 stamp of India.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.1\|A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College]]
	Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Smith\|first=R. V.\|date=31 August 2014\|title=A legendary doc\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/dr-hem-chandra-sen-a-legendary-doc/article6365106.ece\|access-date=1 August 2020\|issn=0971-751X\|quote=committee of Hindu College, Dr. Sen played a leading role in youth education along with Lala Shri Krishna Dass Gurwala '''''(one of the founders of the college)'''''}}</ref> in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the [[British Raj]]. Some prominent citizens, including Rai bahadur [[Amba Prasad]], Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, [[Chandni Chowk]], and it was affiliated to [[University of the Punjab\|Punjab University]] as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to [[James Skinner (East India Company officer)\|Colonel James Skinner]], at [[Kashmere Gate (Delhi)\|Kashmiri Gate, Delhi]], to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eduage.org/hindu_aboutus.htm\|title=Eduage – Hindu College\|website=eduage.org\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> When the [[University of Delhi]] took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with [[Ramjas College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]] were subsequently affiliated to the [[University of Delhi]], making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=about-du-2\|title=About University of Delhi – University of Delhi\|website=du.ac.in\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>		Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Smith\|first=R. V.\|date=31 August 2014\|title=A legendary doc\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/dr-hem-chandra-sen-a-legendary-doc/article6365106.ece\|access-date=1 August 2020\|issn=0971-751X\|quote=committee of Hindu College, Dr. Sen played a leading role in youth education along with Lala Shri Krishna Dass Gurwala '''''(one of the founders of the college)'''''}}</ref> in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the [[British Raj]]. Some prominent citizens, including Rai bahadur [[Amba Prasad]], Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, [[Chandni Chowk]], and it was affiliated to [[University of the Punjab\|Punjab University]] as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to [[James Skinner (East India Company officer)\|Colonel James Skinner]], at [[Kashmere Gate (Delhi)\|Kashmiri Gate, Delhi]], to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eduage.org/hindu_aboutus.htm\|title=Eduage – Hindu College\|website=eduage.org\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> When the [[University of Delhi]] took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with [[Ramjas College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]] were subsequently affiliated to the [[University of Delhi]], making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=about-du-2\|title=About University of Delhi – University of Delhi\|website=du.ac.in\|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>

			Hindu College was a centre for intellectual and political debate during India's freedom struggle, especially during the [[Quit India Movement]]. It is the only college in Delhi to have a students' parliament since 1935, which provided a platform to many national leaders including [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Motilal Nehru]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sarojini Naidu]], [[Annie Besant]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose\|Subhash Chandra Bose]] for motivating the youth. Responding to [[Gandhi]]'s Quit India Movement in 1942, the college played a substantial role in India's freedom struggle and some of this college's teachers and students courted arrest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160826022156/https://www.toptalent.in/college/113/hindu-college-delhi/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7019261277 Hindu College, Delhi]. toptalent.in</ref> The college also closed its gates for several months.<ref name=a>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160423125124/http://hindu-college.learnhub.com/lesson/12595-hindu-college-general-info Introduction to Hindu College, Delhi University]. ''The Hindu''-college.learnhub.com</ref>

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{{short description|College in University of Delhi, New Delhi, India}}
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{{Infobox college
| name = Hindu College
| image = Hindu College, Delhi shield.svg
| image_size = 150
| motto = Music of Truth
| principal = Dr. Anju Srivastava
| established = {{start date and age|1899}}
| campus = North Campus, University of Delhi
| affiliations = [[University of Delhi]]
| website = {{url|hinducollege.ac.in/}}
| academic_staff = 120
| type = Public
| logo = Hindu College (Front).jpg
| coor =
| students = 2500
| city = Delhi
| state = [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]]
| country = India
}}
'''Hindu College''' is a constituent college of the [[University of Delhi]] in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest for arts and sciences in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=list-of-colleges|title=List of Colleges}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Admissions/Cut-off/2018/ArtsCommerce_1.pdf|title=Cut-off List}}</ref> It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, [[humanities]], [[social sciences]] and commerce.
In 2020, it is ranked 3rd nationally by National Institute Ranking Framework ([[NIRF]]) under Ministry of Human Resource Development (Government of India).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/hrd-rankings-6-du-colleges-191039190.html|title=HRD Rankings}}</ref> It has been awarded 'Star College' status for its Department of Biotechnology by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Government of India).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaleducates.com/colleges/about/hindu-college-delhi|title=Hindu College Delhi|website=globaleducates.com|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> The college has produced many notable alumni in the fields of Law, Economics, Science, Psychology, Business, Philosophy, Literature, Media, Cinema, Military, Sports and Politics. Notwithstanding its name, students from all religions are admitted to Hindu College.

==History==
[[File:Hindu College 1999 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A 1999 stamp dedicated to Hindu College]]
Hindu College was founded in 1899 by Krishan Dassji Gurwale<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=R. V.|date=31 August 2014|title=A legendary doc|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/dr-hem-chandra-sen-a-legendary-doc/article6365106.ece|access-date=1 August 2020|issn=0971-751X|quote=committee of Hindu College, Dr. Sen played a leading role in youth education along with Lala Shri Krishna Dass Gurwala '''''(one of the founders of the college)'''''}}</ref> in the backdrop of the nationalist struggle against the [[British Raj]]. Some prominent citizens, including Rai bahadur [[Amba Prasad]], Gurwale Ji, decided to start a college that would provide nationalist education to the youth, while being non-elitist and non-sectarian. Originally, the college was housed in a humble building in Kinari Bazar, [[Chandni Chowk]], and it was affiliated to [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] as there was no university in Delhi at that time. As the college grew, it faced a major crisis in 1902. The Punjab University warned the college that the university would disaffiliate the college if the college failed to get a proper building of its own. Rai Bahadur Lala Sultan Singh came to rescue the college from this crisis. He donated a part of his historic property, which originally belonged to [[James Skinner (East India Company officer)|Colonel James Skinner]], at [[Kashmere Gate (Delhi)|Kashmiri Gate, Delhi]], to the college. The college functioned from there till 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eduage.org/hindu_aboutus.htm|title=Eduage – Hindu College|website=eduage.org|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref> When the [[University of Delhi]] took birth in 1922, Hindu College along with [[Ramjas College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] were subsequently affiliated to the [[University of Delhi]], making them the first three institutions to be affiliated with the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=about-du-2|title=About University of Delhi – University of Delhi|website=du.ac.in|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>