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| Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, GJ /upload.wikimedia.org ,mage: Mahargh Shah |
Founded in 1845 and recognized as one of India’s oldest educational institutions, Gujarat Arts & Science College—formerly known as Gujarat College—is a historic and popular education institution. Close to the colonial Ellis Bridge in Ahmedabad, initially it was . founded as a government-run institute and later established as a regular college in 1850, it is now under the direct management of the Education Department of the Government of Gujarat.
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| Gujarat College, Ahmedabad, Collegedunia.com |
Above Images; The college buildings were built in European as well as in local style. some buildings have sloping tiled roof on the top floor with Gables. The curved large arches depict european look and the top floor in the top image displays Tudor style design in the facade with slanting tiled roof Tudor design is part of British architecture, mainly domestic, that grafted Renaissance decorative elements onto the Perpendicular Gothic style between 1485 and 1558. The Tudor style in architecture coincides with the first part of the reign of the Tudor monarchs. A secular architecture that uses half-timber work; large groups of rectangular windows; rich oriel, or bay, windows; complex roofs with many gables............Tudor Home electahouseplan.com
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The institution’s long journey began way back in 1860 just at a time when the Crown Administration under Queen Victoria took over the control of the subcontinent after dissolving the corrupt East India Company rule.
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| Rai Bahadur Sheth Ranchhodlal Chotalal. |
Above image: Rai Bahadur Ranchhodlal Chhotalal (April 29, 1823– October 1898)[ was a pioneer of the textile industry in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.[3] He is considered as founder of modern Ahmedabad and was also a social activist..........
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| Sardar Sir Chinubhai Madhavalal .gujarat.gov.in |
It was launched as Gujarat Providential College through the charitable efforts of Theodore Cracraft Hope. Although this early venture ceased operations in 1872, the college was revived in 1879 under the stewardship of the Gujarat College Committee led by the noted textile magnate Rai Bahadur Sheth Ranchhodlal Chotalal. Being a person of charitable disposition, in 1897, philanthropist Sardar Sir Chinubhai Madhavalal Bert, ICE, made transformative contributions by donating 33 acres of land along with substantial funds more than Rs. 25 lakhs, a whooping sum in those days.. His generous endowments facilitated the construction of significant buildings including the Sydenham Library (in honor of Gov. of Bombay), George V Hall, and the Madhavlal Ranchodlal Science Institute, which were inaugurated between 1912 and 1917.
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| Gov.Lord George Sydenham Clarke en.wikipedia.org |
Above image: Lord George Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe GBE (4 July 1848- 7 February 1933). Educated at Haileybury, Wimbledon and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Lord Clarke was an army officer and a colonial administrator. He served in India as the 16th Governor of Bombay Presidency between 1907 and 1913. Earlier for two years he served as the Governor of Victoria, Australia.
The college’s architecture uniquely blends colonial neoclassical elements with traditional Indian motifs. Grand arches, symmetrical facades, and intricate detailing define its design. After Independence, the institution expanded with new science, tutorial, and workshop buildings, and it established a dedicated department of dramatics, reinforcing its legacy as a premier center for education.
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