Colvin Taluqdars' College
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| Colvin Taluqdars' College, Lucknow | |
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| Motto: | Noblesse Oblige |
| Established: | 1889 |
| Type: | Public, Education |
| Principal: | Dr. H. L. Dutt |
| Faculty: | 30 |
| Students: | 800 |
| Location: | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Campus: | Urban, a 60 acre campus built on the banks of the river, Gomti |
| Colors: | Blue (Tranquility) |
| Mascot: | Sickle with an ear of maize |
Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow is one of the oldest public schools in India.
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[edit] History
Sir Auckland Colvin, K.C.M.G., C.I.E. (Lieutenant Governor of the North West Provinces) while functioning as Lieutenant Governor of Avadh and Agra during the year 1889, conceived the idea of a school with the object of imparting education to the children of the British administrators and the landed aristocracy who were known as Taluqdars. The 'wards' class, founded in 1884, formed the nucleus for the establishment of the Taluqdars' College. The first Principal was Henry George Impey Siddons, the posthumous child of a Captain in the Indian Army, who graduated at Oxford and returned to India to teach. From 1875 to 1884 he had been first headmaster, then Principal, of the MAO College, Aligarh, subsequently holding other teaching posts in India. Only when the British left India in 1947 did it open its doors to the general public. By that time, it had along with Aitchison College in Lahore and Mayo College in Ajmer acquired reputation as the top school in the Indian plains. Later on under the stewardship of two innovative principals, H. N. Kashyap and H. L. Dutt,it produced academic results which are unparalleled in the history of secondary education in India.[citation needed] The Governor of the state of Uttar Pradesh is the patron of the College.
[edit] Education
The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi. Day scholars as well as boarders study at Colvin which provides liberal education and has no religious affiliations. The school has a well equipped library and an online media-access lab.
[edit] Hostels
The two boys' hostels, Avadh and Anjuman, have dormitories capable of housing around 300 students each. The erstwhile Raja of Balrampur, Maharaja Bahadur Sir Bhagwati Prasad Singh and the Raja of Shivgarh contributed to the construction of the hostels, circa 1930.
[edit] Houses and Fraternities
The College has five Houses: Ajanta (Yellow), Nalanda (Navy Blue), Sanchi (Magenta), Taxila (Sky Blue) and Ujjain (Saffron). Students are allotted one or the other of these five Houses named after the five centres of education in Ancient India.
[edit] Darbar day
The Annual Sports and Old Boy’s Day of the college is is celebrated as 'Darbar day' which take place in the month of December-January. In general chief-guest for the function is the Governor of U.P, however in the year 2007 Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit presided over the function and give away the prizes.
[edit] Distinguished Alumni
- Muzaffar Ali Indian film-maker and fashion designer
- Javed Akhtar Lyricist
- Salman Akhtar Psychoanalyst
- Rai Rajeshwar Bali Former Education Minister of United Provinces and Taluqdar Daryabad
- Chaudhary Ajit Singh Cabinet Minister Central Government
- Raghuraj Pratap Singh more commonly known as Raja Bhaiya
- Late Jitendra Prasad Lok Sabha member from Shajahanpur in Uttar Pradesh
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