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[[File:Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC)'s Civil Engineering Department.jpg|thumb|The former building of Robertson College now houses the Civil engineering department of the [[Jabalpur Engineering College]]]]<br />
'''Robertson College, [[Jabalpur]]''', (now divided into [[Government Science College, Jabalpur]] and [[Mahakoshal]] Arts & Commerce College) is considered to be the oldest such institution in Madhya Pradesh.<ref>Robertson College (JUBBULPORE). Central Centenary Committee, J. N. W. PAUL 1937</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
It was established in 1836 as Sagar Govt. School in [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]], and was upgraded to Sagar Collegiate School in 1860 by starting F.A. (Fine Art, a degree equivalent to 12th grade) classes.<ref>Govt.Autonom. Mahakaushal Arts & Commerce College http://www.gyapti.com/academics/college_detail/296/Govt.Autonom.%20Mahakaushal%20Arts%20&%20Commerce%20College-Jabalpur-Madhya%20Pradesh-India.html</ref> The institution was moved to Jabalpur in 1873. It was renamed Robertson College in honor of the then commissioner Mr. Benjamin Robertson<ref>District Census Handbook, Madhya Pradesh: Shivpure, India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Madhya Pradesh<br />
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, 1964, p. iii</ref> in 1916.<ref>Robertson College, About Jubbulpore, http://www.gokuldas.com/jabal/index.php?jabal=4</ref> Many of the students at Robertson College joined [[Hitkarini Sabha]] institutions during time of Indian independence struggle, where could they participate in the [[swaraj]] movement.<ref>Changing political leadership in an Indian province: the Central Provinces and Berar, 1919-1939, David E. U. Baker, Oxford University Press, 1979 p. 130</ref> It was renamed Mahakoshal Mahavidyalaya in 1947 after independence. The college moved to its present and permanent campus in 1947. The former building of Robertson College now houses the [[Civil engineering]] department of the [[Jabalpur Engineering College]]<br />
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Many distinguished scholars have emerged from the Robertson College and its descendant institutions.<ref>Meteoric Life of a Mathematician: A Tribute to Dr. N.G. Shabde, By Sunil N. Shabde, p. 172</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* http://www.sciencecollegejbp.org/college.htm (Official website)]<br />
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