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Bengaluru City University

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • 17 Employees
Higher Education

Bengaluru City University inherits the legacy of the 160 year old of the central college campus. It all started in the year 1858 when the British started a modest school called the ‘Bangalore High School' with five students after some leading citizens of the city petitioned the British. It formed the nucleus of what would evolve into an important component of one of India's leading universities before it would become an independent university in post-independent India.In 1875, perhaps as a sign of its growing influence as an institution of higher education, (it had 43 students at this point!) the ‘High School' changed its name to ‘Central College' when it became a First-Grade College, one of the oldest in India. Some of the early names associated with Central College include Charles Walters, H. J. Bhabha, John Cook, R. H. Piggot, M. T. Narayana Iyengar, John Guthrie Tait, F. R. Sell, Dr. E. P. Metcalfe and Prof. C. R. Narayana Rao among other. All these people were responsible for the College to acquire great reputation as a leading institute of higher education in India.In 1916, the desire of many of the citizens of Mysore was sated when the University of Mysore was established with Maharajah's College in Mysuru (formerly Mysore) and Central College in Bengaluru forming the two main colleges under its aegis. Right from its early days, Central College was essentially a science campus. Around the time when the college became part of the University of Mysore, it acquired its imposing look with two big laboratories on either side of the main central block with its tall clock tower.Central College soon became the most important institution for college education in Bengaluru as well as in Mysore State. Apart from the B. A. and B. A. (Hons.) degrees, the college also offered a well-regarded B.Sc. Degree. A variety of literary societies were also formed around this time.English and Kannada departments were established early on at the Central College. Mathematics b