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'''Maharajah's Government Sanskrit College, Vizianagaram''' shortly '''M.R.Govt.Sanskrit College''' is a unique college established with the aim of teaching Sanskrit language and Oriental studies. It is one of the oldest colleges in India with more than 150 years of history.<br />
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It was established in 1860, by the [[Pusapati]] rulers of Vizianagaram.<ref>{{cite news |last1=V. Chalapathi Rao |title=Vizianagaram’s Maharajah’s Government Sanskrit College: a college that has just one student |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vizianagarams-maharajahs-government-sanskrit-college-a-college-that-has-just-one-student/article21542957.ece |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=12 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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The Maharaja Alak Narayana Society of Arts and Science (MANSAS) Trust, which was established by [[P.V.G. Raju]] on 12 November 1958, was instrumental for the development of the college.<ref>{{cite news |last1=K. Srinivasa Rao |title=MANSAS loses people’s trust in 2020 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mansas-loses-peoples-trust-in-2020/article33427243.ece |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=27 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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During the recent years, there is declining interest in the government and public about the Sanskrit education, the college has got only single digit students. However, as a result of building public awareness and clearing some of the misconceptions, it has picked up again.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sumit Bhattacharjee |title=From the brink of closure to revival of glory |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/from-the-brink-of-closure-to-revival-of-glory/article24524166.ece |access-date=12 May 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=27 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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