Allahabad University

Allahabad University is an institution of higher learning located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established on 23 September 1887 and is the fourth oldest university of India after Calcutta, Bombay and Madras University. In 2005, Allahabad University was granted the status of a Central University of India by an act of the Indian Parliament. There are 18 Central Universities in India.

Alumni

Famous alumni include:

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• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Former President of India
• Chandra Shekhar, Former Prime Minister of India
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
• Surya Bahadur Thapa
• Prof. Vijai K Tripathi
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
• Motilal Nehru
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan
• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Acharya Narendra Deb
• Ranganath Mishra, former Chief Justice of India
• K.N. Singh, former Chief Justice of India
• Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice President of India
• Gulzari Lal Nanda, former Prime Minister of India
• Prof. Daulat Singh Kothari, Physicist
• Prof. Kundan Singh Singwi, Physicist
• Prof. Harish Chandra, Mathematician
• Prof. Govind Swarup, Physicist
• H.N. Bahuguna, former Deputy Prime Minister of India
• Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, former Union Minister, Human Resource & Development