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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>
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>
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