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'''Samaldas Arts College''' or '''Samaldas College''' is a college in [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], India. It was founded in 1885 by [[Takhtsinhji]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Bhavnagar State]] in memory of his [[Dewan|Diwan]] (minister) [[Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta]]. It is one of the oldest colleges in western India. It is affiliated to [[Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University]].

==History==
[[File:Shamaldas College old building - Bhavnagar.jpg|thumb|Majiraj Girls High School building from which Samaldas College operated from 1885 to 1893|left]]
Samaldas College was established by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Aparna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0P9ahUa7wrgC&q=samaldas+college&pg=PA29|title=G.L. Mehta, a Many Splendoured Man|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2001|isbn=978-81-7022-891-2|pages=29–30}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=The Bombay University calendar. 1928-1929, 1929-1930.|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015075088917&view=1up&seq=70&q1=Samaldas|access-date=2020-10-03|publisher=University of Bombay|page=48-51|via=HathiTrust}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yq9hAAAAIAAJ&q=samaldas+college|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Bhavnagar|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|year=1969|pages=507}}</ref> The college was affiliated to [[University of Bombay]] and the classes were opened in January 1885<ref name=":3" /> in Majiraj Girls High School building.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Plauque at Samaldas College|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shamaldas+Arts+College/@21.7568106,72.1421873,-7a,46.9y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPHdLMSuc75i_4U0H-xo_K800qBME_YOvbUU7Op!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPHdLMSuc75i_4U0H-xo_K800qBME_YOvbUU7Op%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i1080!8i1920!4m7!3m6!1s0x395f5a7637227f11:0xeb1405030c2673ee!8m2!3d21.7568106!4d72.1421873!14m1!1BCgIgAQ|language=gu|date=July 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Shamaldas College Bhavnagar.jpg|thumb|Shamaldas College building (1893-1932), now Sheth J. P. Ayurveda college]]
The foundation stone of the building opposite Peel Garden was laid on 25 November 1884 by [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet|James Furgusson]], [[Governor of Bombay]]. The building was opened on 17 December 1886 by [[Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay|Lord Reay]], Governor Bombay. The building was occupied in 1893.<ref name=":3" /> The building was constructed by R. Proctor Sims, the Public Works Councillor.<ref name=":0" /> The building is now used as the Sheth J. P. Ayurveda College.<ref name=":1" />

In 1932, [[Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji|Krishnakumarsinhji]], Maharaja of Bhavnagar, built a new building for the college on Vaghawadi Road. The building is used as the P. P. Institute of Science since June 1963.<ref name=":1" />

On 1 November 1955, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation of the present building of the college.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=About College|url=http://samaldasartscollege.org/about-college/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Samaldas Arts College}}</ref> The college is now affiliated to [[Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/mkbhavuniweb/affiliated_college.php/|website=Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University|title=Affiliated Colleges|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref>

==Principals==
The principal were as follows:<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />
* R. H. Gunion (1885―1890)
* J. N. Unwalla (1890―1905)
* K. J. Sanjana (1905―1906)
* B. A. Enti (1906)
* K. J. Sanjana (1907―1923)
* T. K. Shahani (1923―1948)
* J. B. Sendil (1952―62)
* B. C. Desai (1962―66)
* S. M. Shah (1967―70)
* A. S. Prabhudesai (1975―77)
* A. A. Shaikh (1994―)

==Notable alumni==
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (January 1888 ― June 1888), Indian independence leader
* [[Nautam Bhatt]], physicist
* [[H. J. Kania]], the first Chief Justice of India
* [[Anantrai Raval]], critic and editor
* [[Yashwant Trivedi]], poet, essayist and critic
* [[Harivallabh Bhayani]], linguist, researcher, critic and translator
* [[Kundanika Kapadia]], novelist, story writer, essayist
* [[Nanabhai Bhatt (educationist)|Nanabhai Bhatt]], educationist
* [[Amrutlal Yagnik]], critic, biographer, essayist, editor and translator
* [[Sanat Mehta]], politician and social activist
* [[Hardwar Goswami]], poet, writer, and playwright
* [[Mansukhlal Jhaveri]], poet, critic, and literary historian
* [[Harindra Dave]], poet, journalist, playwright and novelist
* [[Krishnalal Jhaveri]], writer, scholar, literary historian, translator, and judge
* [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]], poet, writer

==Notable faculty==
* [[Manilal Dwivedi]], writer
* [[Kantilal Vyas]], linguist, critic and editor

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

[[Category:Education in Bhavnagar]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Arts colleges in India]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1885]]
[[Category:1885 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:British colonial architecture in India]]

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