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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> | |||