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The
University
of
Delhi,
informally
known
as
Delhi
University
(DU),
is
a
collegiate,
public,
central
university
located
in
New
Delhi,
India.
It
was
founded
in
1922
by
an
Act
of
the
Central
Legislative
Assembly
and
is
recognized
as
an
Institute
of
Eminence
(IoE)
by
the
University
Grants
Commission
(UGC).
As
a
collegiate
university,
its
main
functions
are
divided
between
the
academic
departments
of
the
university
and
constituent
colleges.
Consisting
of
three
colleges,
two
faculties,
and
750
students
at
its
founding,
the
University
of
Delhi
has
since
become
India's
largest
institution
of
higher
learning
and
among
the
largest
in
the
world.
The
university
has
16
faculties
and
86
departments
distributed
across
its
North
and
South
campuses.
It
has
77
constituent
colleges
and
five
other
institutes.
The
Vice
President
of
India
serves
as
the
university
chancellor.
The
University
of
Delhi
was
established
in
1922
as
a
unitary,
teaching
and
residential
university
by
an
Act
of
the
then
Central
Legislative
Assembly
of
the
British
India.
Hari
Singh
Gour
served
as
the
university's
first
Vice-Chancellor
from
1922
to
1926.
Only
four
colleges
existed
in
Delhi
at
the
time:
St.
Stephen's
College
founded
in
1881,
Hindu
College
founded
in
1899,
Zakir
Husain
Delhi
College
(then
known
as
The
Delhi
College),
founded
in
1792
and
Ramjas
College
founded
in
1917,
which
were
subsequently
affiliated
to
the
university.
The
university
initially
had
two
faculties
(Arts
and
Science)
and
approximately
750
students.
The
seat
of
power
in
British
India
had
been
transferred
from
Calcutta
to
Delhi
in
1911.
The
Viceregal
Lodge
Estate
became
the
residence
of
the
Viceroy
of
India
until
October
1933,
when
it
was
given
to
the
University
of
Delhi.
Since
then,
it
has
housed
the
office
of
the
vice-chancellor
and
other
offices.
When
Sir
Maurice
Gwyer
came
to
India
in
1937
to
serve
as
Chief
Justice
of
British
India,
he
became
the
Vice-Chancellor
of
the
University
of
Delhi.
During
his
time,
postgraduate
teaching
courses
were
introduced
and
laboratories
were
established
at
the
university.
Members
of
the
faculty
included
Daulat
Singh
Kothari
in
Physics
and
Panchanan
Maheshwari
in
Botany.
Gwyer
has
been
called
the
"maker
of
university".
He
served
as
Vice-Chancellor
until
1950.
The
silver
jubilee
year
of
the
university
in
1947
coincided
with
India's
independence,
and
the
national
flag
was
hoisted
in
the
main
building
for
the
first
time
by
Vijayendra
Kasturi
Ranga
Varadaraja
Rao.
In
that
year
there
was
no
convocation
ceremony
due
to
the
partition
of
India.
Instead,
a
special
ceremony
was
held
in
1948,
attended
by
then
Prime
Minister
of
India
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
as
well
as
by
Lord
Mountbatten,
Lady
Mountbatten,
Abul
Kalam
Azad,
Zakir
Husain
and
Shanti
Swaroop
Bhatnagar.
Twenty-five
years
later
the
golden
jubilee
celebrations
of
1973
were
attended
by
then
Prime
Minister
of
India
Indira
Gandhi,
Satyajit
Ray,
Amrita
Pritam
and
M.
S.
Subbulakshmi.
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