History Of University Of Punjab Pakistan

The University of the Punjab was formally settled with the assembling of the initially meeting of its Senate on October 14, 1882 at Simla.

The University of the Punjab was formally settled with the gathering of the initially meeting of its Senate on October 14, 1882 at Simla. It was the fourth University to be built up by the British pilgrim experts on the Indian Subcontinent. The initial three colleges were built up by the British rulers at their underlying fortifications of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. The University of the Punjab appeared because of a long drawn battle of the general population of Punjab after the war of freedom in 1857. In spite of the three already settled colleges, which were just looking at foundations, the University of the Punjab was both instructing and also inspecting body ideal from the earliest starting point.


The commitment of Dr. G. W. Leitner, an edified Hungarian and a naturalized Britisher, was instrumental in the foundation of this University. He turned into its first Registrar. Prof. A. C. Woolner, who remained Vice-Chancellor of this University amid 1928-1936, assumed a key part in its improvement amid the underlying many years of this century. His statue still stands before the Allama Iqbal Campus of the University.

Until autonomy in 1947 The University of the Punjab satisfied the instructive needs of a tremendous area of the Subcontinent. Segment of the Subcontinent fairly lessened the land furthest reaches of the purview of the University. Notwithstanding, for a long time after autonomy regardless it extended over tremendous ranges including Punjab, NWFP, Baluchistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. New colleges were set up later in the nation to impart duty regarding giving advanced education to the University of the Punjab.

The quality of the University Faculty was incredibly lessened in view of the relocation of non-Muslim instructors and researchers at the season of freedom. The University working was reestablished, predominantly because of the endeavors of the prominent educationists like Dr. Umar Hayat Malik, who turned into the primary Vice Chancellor after the freedom. Scholastic projects were started not long after the autonomy numerous new offices.