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College in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India
Main building of Presidency College, Chennai.
Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of
Chennai in
Tamil Nadu ,
India . On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a
high school , and then a
graduate college . The Presidency College is one of the oldest government arts colleges in India. It is one of two Presidency Colleges established by the British in India, the other being the
Presidency College, Kolkata .
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History
Historical photograph of the college (from the Illustrated London News, 1870)
Sir Thomas Munro asked for a Committee of Public Instruction to form in 1826. In 1836, the committee's duties changed to the "Committee of Native Education". The plans drawn up by the committee did not commend themselves to the
Governor of Madras ,
Lord Elphinstone , who proposed nineteen resolutions that passed unanimously.
[2]
Elphinstone chose
E. B. Powell , a
University of Cambridge
Wrangler in
mathematics , to be the first principal, and Powell accepted the post. He arrived in Mumbai (Bombay) on September 20, 1840, but did not reach Chennai (Madras) until 24 November. Meanwhile, the committee had invited Cooper from Hoogly College, Kolkata, to temporarily carry out the principal duties at a salary of Rs 400 per month. Cooper accepted the invitation and came to Chennai (Madras). He and his staff opened Presidency School, a
preparatory school , in a rented building in Egmore known as Edinburgh Home, on 16 October 1840. Cooper remained in the primary school for only a few months. Soon after Powell's arrival, and before the high school department opened on 12 April 1841, he returned to Kolkata. The preparatory school shifted to Popham's Broadway in 1841.
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The schools grew into Presidency College. When the University of Madras was founded in 1857, Presidency College became affiliated with it.
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In 1870, the college moved to its present location in Kamaraj Salai, opposite
Marina Beach .
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Close up view of the main entrance to the Presidency College
The clock tower atop the building
Senior Mathematics Intermediate Group, Break-up social, 3 March 1941
Ranking
Presidency College is ranked third as per National Institutional Ranking Framework for colleges.
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Notable alumni
Alagappa Alagappan (1925–2014), Indian-born American founder of the
Hindu Temple Society of North America
[5]
Alladi Ramakrishnan , Founder of
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Vallal Dr. RM. Alagappa Chettiar , (1909–1957), Industrialist and Philanthropist
E. S. Appasamy (1878–1963), educator, social worker in Chennai.
K. Seshadri Iyer -
Dewan of Mysore
[6]
Diwan Bahadur
Siram.Venkataramadas Nayudu ,
Diwan of Pudukkottai and Former Chief secretary and Magistrate of
Madras Presidency .
T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty First Indian Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Mysore, Offg.
Dewan of Mysore .
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - Nobel laureate in
Physics
[7]
Bharat Ratna
C. V. Raman , Nobel laureate in
Physics
[8]
Bharat Ratna
C. Rajagopalachari , the last
Governor-General of India
[9]
Bharat Ratna
C. Subramaniam
[10] - Minister, Finance Government of India
G. P. Pillai ,
[11] freedom fighter, close aide to
Gandhiji during South African Indian issue
Singaravelar ,Veteran Communist leader
T. M. Nair , one of the founders of
Justice Party
K. M. Cariappa , first
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Forces of independent India
Benegal Rama Rau , Governor,
Reserve Bank of India
S. Jagannathan , Governor,
Reserve Bank of India
K. V. K. Sundaram ,
Chief Election Commissioner of India (1958–1967)
P. Chidambaram , Former
Finance Minister of India
M. P. Periasamy Thooran
P Rajagopalachari ,
Dewan of Cochi state and Travancore
V Gopalsamy (Vaiko) , Former MP, Founder of
MDMK
N. Ram , managing director and Editor-in-Chief,
The Hindu
G. N. Balasubramaniam , Carnatic vocalist
V. S. Chandralekha , politician and former IAS officer
Paravastu Chinnayya Soori , Telugu scholar
Sarvepalli Gopal , chairman, National Book Trust and historian
Nataraja Guru
[12]
C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer ,
Dewan of Travancore
P. S. Sivaswami Iyer , Law Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council
V. K. Krishna Menon (1896–1974),
Defence Minister of India (1957–1962)
C. R. Pattabhiraman , Minister, Law and Company Affairs, GOI
Palani G. Periyasamy , businessman
Ganapathi Thanikaimoni ,
Palynologist ,
Fyson Prize recipient
Uma Sambanthan ,
social activist
K. K. Srinivasan , founder of a pre-school for hearing-impaired children
R. S. Subbalakshmi , educator and
social reformer
P. Subbarayan , Chief Minister of
Madras
K. Subrahmanyam , Secretary, Defence Production,
Government of India
Srinivasa Varadhan ,
Abel Prize laureate in Mathematics
R. K. Krishna Kumar , Former director of
Tata Sons and
Padma Shri awardee
T. R. Seshadari , Chemist and
Padma Bhushan award
O. V. Vijayan ,
author and
cartoonist ,
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan , Plant pathologist and
Padma Bhushan awardee
C. V. Subramanian , Mycologist,
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Pothan Joseph ,
Journalist
Janaki Ammal ,
Botanist and
Padma Shri awardee
Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian , Geneticist and
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
T. R. Govindachari , Natural product chemist,
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
K. S. Hegde ,
Supreme court Judge and
Speaker of the
Lok Sabha
M K Stalin ,
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
M M Ismail , Former chief justice
madras high court
K R Ramanathan ,
physicist and
meteorologist .
Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid ,
Justice of the
Supreme Court of India
M.B Sreenivasan -
Music director
Edatata Narayanan ,
journalist and
freedom fighter
K.G Subramanyan , artist. He was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan
Psycho Muhammad ,
psychologist
Govindarajan Padmanaban ,
biochemist and
biotechnologist
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy , Former Chief minister Andhra Pradesh
P. V. Rajamannar , Chief Justice
Madras High Court
A. L. Abdul Majeed , Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament
Nilakanta Mahadeva Ayyar , member of the erstwhile Indian Civil Service
C. V. Runganada Sastri ,
interpreter , civil servant and
polyglot
Sarah Chakko , first woman to be elected to the presidency of the
World Council of Churches .
M. K. Chandrashekaran ,
zoologist , founder of Indian
chronobiology
P. Coomaraswamy , member of the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
V. L. Ethiraj ,
philanthropist
Salim Ghouse, actor
T. R. Govindachari ,
chemist
S. Srinivasa Iyengar ,
freedom-fighter
L. V. Ramaswami Iyer , Indian
linguist
K. Rajah Iyer , Advocate-General of Madras Presidency
Sarukkai Jagannathan , tenth Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India
Kadambur R. Janarthanan , Union minister of India
K. S. Venkataramani , lawyer and an acclaimed writer in English
V. Kanakasabhai , lawyer and historian
Sonti Kamesam , timber engineer and scientist
Kanmani , film director
Pattathuvila Karunakaran , film producer and short story writer
Gopalan Kasturi , Editor of
The Hindu
M. O. P Iyengar , prominent Indian botanist and
phycologist
Dr. V. Shanta ,
oncologist
Gana Bala , Playback Singer
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy , Folk Singer
Thol. Thirumavalavan , Indian politician
Moosa Raza
Dr. A. K. Viswanathan IPS
T. Ananda
P. S. Sivaswami Iyer , Vice chancellor
Madras University
S. Subramania Iyer , Vice chancellor
Madras University
Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam , Chief Justice of
Madras High Court
B. Jagannadha Das , Judge of the
Supreme Court of India
D. Ramanaidu ,
Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient and Former
MP
Mithavaadi Krishnan , Social reformer
Moorkoth Ramunny , First Malayalee pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force
Kezhekapt Rukmini Menon , Second woman to be a career diplomat in India
[13]
O. V. Alagesan ,
Freedom fighter and
Minister of States
K. Kunjunniraja , Writer and Scholar
Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit , Vice Chancellor of
Jawaharlal Nehru University
T. J. Gnanavel , Film Director
Notable faculty
Victoria hostel
In popular culture
Presidency College (mainly its campus) was the place where many films were shot, including:
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"Reel Life Locations In Chennai Where Some Of The Best Films Were Made | LBB" . LBB, Chennai . Retrieved 23 May 2021 .
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"From Vikram Vedha To Vijay's Theri: Seven Places You Need To Make A 'Madras Film' " . Film Companion . 17 March 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021 .
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"▓▒╚• Nanban •╝▒▓ Glorious 100 days....Great century of our 'Mass'claster! - Page 80" . www.forumkeralam.in . Retrieved 23 May 2021 .
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