List of University of Allahabad alumni

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This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Allahabad and its constituent colleges. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Allahabad University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Padma Vibhushan recipient alumni[edit]

Arts[edit]

Name Class

Year

Degree College Notability References
Aditya Srivastava actor
Sudhir Dar cartoonist [1]

Humanities and Social Sciences[edit]

Name Class

Year

Degree College Notability References
Baidyanath Misra 1948 MA, University topper and Gold medallist, First Odia to top the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Economics Former Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board and Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission
Ghulam Yazdani 1905 BA Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental[note 1] archaeologist
Prabhat Nalini Das MA, English, University Topper and gold medalist University Professor and pro Vice Chancellor; first Director/Dean Humanities, IIT Kanpur
J K Mehta PhD economist [2]
Udai Prakash Arora historian

Law[edit]
Name Class Year Degree College Notability References
Mohammad Hidayatullah 11th Chief Justice of India [citation needed]
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 18th Chief Justice of India; Judge of the International Court of Justice [citation needed]
Kamal Narain Singh 22nd Chief Justice of India [citation needed]
J. S. Verma BSc; LLB Ewing Christian 27th Chief Justice of India [3]
V. N. Khare 33rd Chief Justice of India [citation needed]
Daya Saran Sinha Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court [citation needed]
Vidyadhar Govind Oak Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court [citation needed]
Prashant Bhushan Supreme Court lawyer [citation needed]
Vashishtha Bhargava Judge of the Supreme Court of India [citation needed]
Rajendra Kumar Acharya jurist of Law of tort in Nepal [citation needed]

Milon K. Banerji, attorney general for India[citation needed]

Literature and Journalism[edit]

Military[edit]

Name Class Year Notability References
Krishnaswamy Sundarji Chief of Army Staff [citation needed]

Politics[edit]

Heads of State and Government[edit]

Name Class Year Degree College Notability References
Chandra Shekhar 1951 8th Prime Minister of India [8][9]
Gulzarilal Nanda acting Prime Minister of India
Surya Bahadur Thapa 24th Prime Minister of Nepal
Zakir Husain MA Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental[note 1] 3rd President of India [10]
V. P. Singh 7th Prime Minister of India [11][12]
Shankar Dayal Sharma 9th President of India

Others[edit]

Name Class Year Degree College Notability References
Arjun Singh 12th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh [citation needed]
Feroze Gandhi Ewing Christian former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Gopal Swarup Pathak former Vice President of India [citation needed]
Govind Ballabh Pant former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Home Affairs
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 8th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh [citation needed]
Madan Lal Khurana 3rd Chief Minister of Delhi [citation needed]
Madan Mohan Malaviya former President of the Indian National Congress [13]
Motilal Nehru former President of the Indian National Congress [14]
Narayan Dutt Tiwari 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand [citation needed]
Naresh Chandra former Governor of Gujarat and Indian Ambassador to the United States [15]
Nikhil Kumar MA former Governor of Kerala
Purushottam Das Tandon former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry [16]
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Satyendra Narayan Sinha 19th Chief Minister of Bihar [17]
Shanti Bhushan former Minister of Law and Justice
Vijay Bahuguna 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand [citation needed]

Science and technology[edit]

Name Class Year Degree College Notability References
Atma Ram (scientist) Doctor of Science Chemist, Founding Director Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and Director General CSIR [21]
Anuradha Misra physicist [22]
Prem Chand Pandey Scientist, Academician and Founding Director NCAOR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Deepak Dhar theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Digvijai Singh chemical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Jamuna Sharan Singh ecologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Nibir Mandal structural geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Krityunjai Prasad Sinha theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar 1939 DPhil mathematician [23]
Onkar Singh 1991, 2000 M.E., PhD Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College mechanical engineering

Sports[edit]

Name Class Year Notability References
Manuel Aaron chess player and International Master [24]

Others[edit]

Name Class Year Notability References
Rajendra Singh Rana environmentalist, Magsaysay Award, 2001 [25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College (now known as Aligarh Muslim University) was affiliated to the University of Allahabad between 1885 and 1920.

Citations[edit]

  1. ↑ Horn, Maurice (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. Chelsea House. p. 218. ISBN 0-7910-5185-4.
  2. ↑ Allahabad ), V. S. DATTA (Editor, N. I. P. "Remembering J.K.Mehta on his 34th Death Anniversary". Active India. Retrieved 25 August 2019. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Judges Biography:Jagdish Sharan Verma". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Dharmani, Vidhi (12 January 2018). नहीं रहे वरिष्ठ कवि, कथाकार दूधनाथ सिंह. Punjab Kesari (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Sinha, Biswajit (1 January 1996). Encyclopaedia of Indian Writers. Eastern Book Linkers. p. 29. ISBN 9788189975548. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Sahoo, Dinabandhu (1 January 2002). Advances in Marine and Antarctic Science. APH Publishing. p. 449. ISBN 9788176483476. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Saran Gour, Neelum. "Allahabad University: A lore collector's recollections".
  8. ↑ Dubey, Scharada (2009). Movers and Shakers Prime Minister of India. Westland. ISBN 9788189975548. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Shri Chandra Shekhar". Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Fārūqī, Z̤iāʼulḥasan. (1999). Dr. Zakir Hussain, quest for truth. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp. ISBN 8176480568. OCLC 41326256.
  11. ↑ Hoiberg, Dale (2000). Students' Britannica India. Popular Prakashan. p. 44. ISBN 9780852297605. vishwanath pratap singh allahabad university.
  12. ↑ "Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh". Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  13. ↑ This campus had its Bharadwaj years ago, Indian Express, 17 November 1998. "Leaders of the stature of Madan Mohan Malaviya, Purshottam Das Tandon, Acharya Narendra Dev and scholars like Amar Nath Jha and M N Saha are among its alumni."
  14. ↑ "All India Congress Committee - AICC". 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Naresh Chandra". International Crisis Group. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  16. ↑ "9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Official website. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "S K Puri park to be named after ex-CM Satyendra | Patna News - Times of India".
  18. ↑ "Know Your Babu: New Chairman Railway Board, VK Yadav".
  19. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS Gradation List - 2015" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police. Department of Home, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  20. ↑ श्री जगमोहन यादव द्वारा पुलिस महानिदेशक, उत्तर प्रदेश का पद भार ग्रहण किया गया। [Mr. Jagmohan Yadav assumes the charge of Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh.] (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police (in हिन्दी). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  21. ↑ A tribute to Dr Atma Ram, former DG-CSIR
  22. ↑ "Dr. (Mrs.) Mishra Anuradha". University of Mumbai. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  23. ↑ Tikekar, V. G.; Prasad, Phoolan; Ravindran, Renu. "Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar (1912-1976)" (PDF). Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  24. ↑ 100010509524078 (13 November 2016). "Master administrator in chess". dtNext.in. Retrieved 6 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ↑ "Biography of Rajendra Singh" (PDF). Magsaysay Award website. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  26. ↑ Ruthven, Malise (6 February 2008). "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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