Islamia College, Gujranwala

Government Post Graduate Islamia College previously known as Guru Nanak Khalsa College is an educational institution in the city of Gujranwala in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Islamia College, Gujranwala is a well-known institute, occupying a "spacious campus" in the heart of Gujranwala.[1]

History

It is one of the oldest colleges of the Punjab, established on 30 March 1917 by the Guru Nanak Khalsa Educational Trust. After the partition of India Anjuman-i-Islamia Gujranwala took possession of this college on 25 November 1947 and the institution was renamed as Islamia College, Gujranwala. In 1947, Malik Ahmed Husain became the first principal of the college.

On 1 September 1972 the college was nationalized. It was upgraded to post-graduate level in 1990, when M.A. Urdu and M.A. Political Science classes were started. In 2005 M.Sc Chemistry classes were started in a separate block. M.Sc Zoology classes started in 2012 in a separate state-of-the-art block. M.A. Islamiat, M.A. English, M.A. Economics, M.A. and B.Com classes started in 2012.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ About Islamia College, Gujranwala www.gicg.base.pk, Retrieved 30 April 2014

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