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{{Short description|University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Short description|University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{Infobox college
{{Infobox university
| name = Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
| name = Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
| native_name = Kashi Vidyapith
| native_name = Kashi Vidyapith
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| motto = [[IAST]]: ''Vidhya'mritamaśnute''
| motto = [[IAST]]: ''Vidhya'mritamaśnute''
| motto_lang =  
| motto_lang =  
| mottoeng = "Knowledge imparts immortality."
| mottoeng = Knowledge imparts immortality
| former_name = Kashi Vidyapith
| former_name = Kashi Vidyapith
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|10 February 1921}}
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|10 February 1921}}
| closed =  
| closed =  
| type = [[State university (India)|State University (Government)]]
| type = [[State University]]
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
| chancellor = {{UP governor}}
| accreditation          = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] B++
| vice_chancellor = Anand kumar Tyagi
| chancellor = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
| vice_chancellor = Anand Kumar Tyagi
| faculty =  
| faculty =  
| administrative_staff =  
| administrative_staff =  
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| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
| country = [[India]]
| campus =
| nickname = Vidyapith
| nickname = Vidyapith
| website = {{URL|http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/}}
| website = {{URL|https://mgkvpexam.in/}}
}}
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'''Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith''' is a public university located in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Established in 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest [[State university (India)|state universities]] in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands of students, both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts, science, commerce, agriculture science, law, computing and management.
'''Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith''' is a public university located in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. Established on 10 February 1921 as '''Kashi Vidyapith''' and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It got University status in 1974 as [[Deemed to be University]] and [[State University (India)|State University]] status in 2009 by The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2008 (act no. 6 of 2009). The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest [[State university (India)|state universities]] in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands of students, both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts, science, commerce, agriculture science, law, computing and management.


==Foundation==
==Foundation==
Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and [[Bhagwan Das]] established the university in Varanasi, on 10 February 1921, during the [[non-cooperation movement]] of the freedom struggle. Originally named Kashi Vidyapith, the university was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in 1995. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=:: MGKVP-Welcome to M.G.Kashi Vidyapith,Varanasi}}</ref>
Babu [[Shiv Prasad Gupta]] and [[Bhagwan Das]] established the university in Varanasi, on 10 February 1921, during the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|non-cooperation movement]] of the freedom struggle. Originally named Kashi Vidyapith, the university was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in 1995. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=MGKVP-Welcome to M.G. Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi|access-date=13 July 2011|archive-date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810213258/http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Kashi Vidyapith was the action field of the Indian National Movement & a pilgrimage for the Socialists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.|website=www.mgkvp.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
Kashi Vidyapith was the action field of the Indian National Movement & a pilgrimage for the Socialists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|title=Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.|website=www.mgkvp.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-07|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108161903/https://www.mgkvp.ac.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Inspired by Gandhi's call for self-reliance and ''[[swaraj]]'' (''self-rule''), the Kashi Vidyapith was the first modern university organised by Indians in [[British India]]. The university, along with contemporaries such as the [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] and the [[Gujarat Vidyapith]], were outside the control and support of British authorities, supported and managed entirely by [[Swaraj Party|Indian nationalists]] and educationalists. Attracting young Indians from across the country, its faculty included prominent nationalists and scholars such as [[Acharya Narendra Dev]], [[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Jivatram Kripalani]], [[Shriprakash]] and [[Sampurnanand]]. Gandhi and Indian nationalists encouraged Indians to boycott British-run institutions in favour of institutions managed entirely by Indians. Many prominent Indian industrialists and politicians provided financial and administrative support to the university.
 
[[Bhagwan Das]] was the first vice-chancellor. Others associated with the first board of management included [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Jamuna Lal Bajaj, [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]], [[Shiv Prasad Gupta]], [[Acharya Narendra Dev]], Krishna Kant Malviya, and [[Purushottam Das Tandon]]. The founding ceremony of the Vidyapith reverberated with the recital of [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[mantras]] as well as excerpts from the [[Quran]] in the presence of educationists, learned persons and nationalists such as Pandit Motilal Nehru, Maulana Mohammed Ali and Maulana [[Abul Kalam Azad]].
 
Established with the resolution to keep the institution away from government recognition and grants, the Vidyapith was accorded the status of "Deemed University" by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] in 1963. This epoch-making event started a new chapter for the institution. Babu Sampurnanand was appointed as the chancellor and Acharya [[Birbal Singh]] as vice-chancellor. As the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, [[Pandit|Pt.]] [[Kamlapati Tripathi]] initiated a state government resolution to have his ''alma mater'' acknowledged as a statutory university; this would occur on 15 January 1974. At this point, Professor [[Raghukul Tilak]] was vice-chancellor and the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and would become the chancellor in accordance with the U.P. University Act. At present, the M.G. Kashi Vidyapith is flourishing under the able leadership of its current vice-chancellor, Prof. T.K Tyagi
 
===Cultural and political background===
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith owes its birth to the educational, cultural and political aspirations of [[British Raj|pre-independence India]]. The early period of this institution pulsated with the [[Indian Freedom Struggle|national freedom struggle]]. The teaching provided original dimensions to the concept and movement of [[socialism in India|Indian socialism]]. After seeing an educational institution in [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] during a visit in 1913–14, Prasad Gupt was inspired to establish an institution in India, free from government aid or interference. The [[Satyagraha|boycott]] of government-aided educational institutions during the [[Non-Cooperation Movement]] coupled with Mahatma Gandhi's programme of National Education exerted a great deal of influence on Prasad Gupt. As a consequence, the Vidyapith came into being. Students joining Mahatma Gandhi's boycott call took admission in the Vidyapith.[[Shiv Prasad Gupta]] established the Har Prasad Smarak Nidhi in memory of his deceased brother, for the operation of the Vidyapith, which subsequently proved to be a fertile nursery for national freedom movement activities.
 
==Administration==
The chancellor, the vice chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university, constitute a body corporate: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith Varanasi. The university has a perpetual succession and a common seal. It can sue and be sued by its name.
 
The university is open to all persons irrespective of class or creed, but nothing may require the university to admit, to any course of study, a larger number of students than determined by the ordinances. Similarly nothing can prevent the university from meeting special provisions for admission of students belonging to Scheduled castes or Scheduled Tribes.
 
The vice-chancellor is a full-time salaried officer who is appointed by the chancellor (the governor of U.P.) from the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of the U.P. State Universities Act 1973.
 
The departments are under the direct supervision of their appointed directors; each sub-department has a head.
 
The incumbent head of the Department of Commerce, Sudhir Kumar Shukla, is a recipient of the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Award. He was co-author of a book  written by Anurag Chaube, deputy librarian. The award was presented by the Hon'ble President of India for ''Computer Evam Suchna Prabandh''. Prof. Shukla has been felicitated by the Uttar Pradesh Government on account of Hindi Diwas with a university-level prize for his contribution towards the promotion of Hindi as a primary language.
 
The college declare the result of all courses like BA BSC BCOM MA B.Mus, Bed, LL.B./B.B.A./B.C.A. B.P.Ed./M.P.Ed. M.B.A. M.Lib. MSc every year on its official website.
 
==Dr. Bhagwandas Central Library==
Formerly known as Bhagwandas Swadhyaypith, the library was established in 1921 and later renamed the Dr. Bhagwandas Central Library. He was a renowned philosopher and the first vice chancellor of the university. Many stalwarts of the national movement, including [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Jamunalal Bajaj, Acharya J.B. Kripalani, Puroshottamdas Tandon, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Sampurnanand, [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], and Pandit Kamalapati Tripathi were closely associated with this library. It has a total collection of 2,34,701 volumes of books in humanities, social sciences, and science, and is developing as a centre of modern learning.
 
==Hostels==
* Dr. Sampurnanand Research Hostel
* Acharya Narendradev Hostel
* Lal Bahadur Shastri Hostel
* J.K. Women's Hostel
 
==Bharat Mata Mandir==
[[File:Varanasi 256 - Bharat Mata temple (33982674090).jpg|thumb|right|Bharat Mata Mandir]]
It is a temple situated in university campus, of Bharat Mata. It is heritage place of Kashi. It is attraction of tourists. Temple is made up of marble.
 
==Other campuses==
* Dr [[Vibhuti Narayan Singh]] Rural Medical Institute, Gangapur Campus, Varanasi
* Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, NTPC Campus, Shaktinagar Sonebhadra
* Bhairav Talab Campus, Birhanpur, Rajatalab, Mgkvp, Birhanpur, Varanasi.


==Alumni==
==Alumni==
{{alumni|date=September 2017}}
{{alumni|date=September 2017}}
Alumni of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith include  
Alumni of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith include:
* [[Naheed Abidi]],<ref name="Elets Online">{{cite web | url=http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2014/09/eminent-sanskrit-scholar-calls-on-pm/ | title=Elets Online | publisher=Elets Online | date=2014 | access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> scholar and writer
* [[Naheed Abidi]],<ref name="Elets Online">{{cite web | url=http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2014/09/eminent-sanskrit-scholar-calls-on-pm/ | title=Elets Online | publisher=Elets Online | date=2014 | access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> scholar and writer
* [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], Indian freedom fighter
* [[Ramakrishna Hegde]], former [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
* [[Ramakrishna Hegde]], former chief minister of Karnataka
* [[B. V. Keskar]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Lok Sabha – Members' Bioprofile: BV Keskar|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/790.htm|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> former Union Minister of India
* [[B. V. Keskar]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Second Lok Sabha – Members' Bioprofile: BV Keskar|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/790.htm|access-date=30 October 2014}}</ref> former Union Minister of India
* [[Kalraj Mishra]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Kalraj Mishra|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16|website=164.100.47.194|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]}}</ref> former governor of Rajasthan
* [[G. Sanjeeva Reddy]], Ex. MP, President [[Indian National Trade Union Congress]]
* [[Kalraj Mishra]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Kalraj Mishra|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4721&lastls=16|website=164.100.47.194|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]}}</ref> former [[Governor of Rajasthan]]
* [[Rajaram (politician)|Rajaram]], former national vice-president of BSP
* [[Rajaram (politician)|Rajaram]], former national vice-president of BSP
* [[Anant Maral Shastri]], freedom fighter, writer and scholar
* [[Anant Maral Shastri]], freedom fighter, writer and scholar
* [[Bhola Paswan Shastri]], former chief minister of Bihar
* [[Bhola Paswan Shastri]], former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], former prime minister of India
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], former [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]], former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Kamlapati Tripathi]], former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Kamlapati Tripathi]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Nivaan Sen]], Indian Actor
* [[Nivaan Sen]], Indian Actor And Producer
* [[Gopi Sonkar]], Indian field hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|title=वाराणसीः लॉकडाउन में फल और सब्‍जी बेच रहे हैं राष्‍ट्रीय स्तर के खिलाड़ी|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/national-level-players-selling-fruits-and-vegetables-in-varanasi-amid-lockdown/articleshow/75915303.cms|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Benaras Hindu University]]
*[[Banaras Hindu University]]
*[[Gujarat Vidyapith]]
*[[Gujarat Vidyapith]]
*[[Rajasthan Vidyapeeth]]
*[[Rajasthan Vidyapeeth]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.mgkvp.ac.in/}}
*{{Official website|https://mgkvponline.org.in/}}


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Latest revision as of 04:06, 7 March 2026


Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
Kashi Vidyapith
Former name
Kashi Vidyapith
MottoIAST: Vidhya'mritamaśnute
Motto in English
Knowledge imparts immortality
TypeState University
Established10 February 1921 (105 years ago) (10 February 1921)
ChancellorGovernor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-ChancellorAnand Kumar Tyagi
Location
Varanasi
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
NicknameVidyapith
AffiliationsUGC
Websitemgkvpexam.in

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a public university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established on 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It got University status in 1974 as Deemed to be University and State University status in 2009 by The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2008 (act no. 6 of 2009). The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest state universities in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands of students, both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts, science, commerce, agriculture science, law, computing and management.

Foundation[edit | edit source]

Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and Bhagwan Das established the university in Varanasi, on 10 February 1921, during the non-cooperation movement of the freedom struggle. Originally named Kashi Vidyapith, the university was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in 1995. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.[1]

Kashi Vidyapith was the action field of the Indian National Movement & a pilgrimage for the Socialists.[2]

Alumni[edit | edit source]

Alumni of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith include:

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "MGKVP-Welcome to M.G. Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi". Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi". www.mgkvp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Elets Online". Elets Online. 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Second Lok Sabha – Members' Bioprofile: BV Keskar". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile: Kalraj Mishra". 164.100.47.194. Lok Sabha.
  6. ↑ "वाराणसीः लॉकडाउन में फल और सब्‍जी बेच रहे हैं राष्‍ट्रीय स्तर के खिलाड़ी". Navbharat Times (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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