Ramjas College

Ramjas College is one of the oldest constituent colleges of the University of Delhi, located in North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India.The college admits both undergraduate and post-graduate students, and awards degrees under the purview of the University of Delhi. Ramjas College is one of the best colleges in India for arts and commerce courses. Ramjas college was started by its founder Rai Kedar Nath with the noble aim of providing elite higher education to the masses to make them capable of standing on their own feet, an idea that was unheard of and oftentimes ignored at that time. Ramjas has since then been providing elite-level education to the masses, rather than elite education to the already elites, which most colleges practiced at that time. Standing apart from the usual Western education style, characterized by its strictness and focus on syllabus, Ramjas has been very liberal in its attitude towards its students, allowing them to chart their course and thoughts. Ramjas is also famous for its engaging political scene, with elections being seen as a celebration and everyone participating in them.

It is one of the founding colleges of University of Delhi, along with Hindu College and St. Stephen's College, Zakir Husain Delhi College. The founder of Ramjas college, Rai Kedar Nath had a huge role in the naming of Delhi University also. It was the year of 1921. As the entire country was burning in the angst of the Non-Cooperation Movement, the proposal by the education minister to name the university in Delhi after the Prince of Wales, George VI further fuelled the rage. The country was beginning to question foreign dominance, and this name for an upcoming Indian university was unacceptable. A huge protest rattled Delhi. However, upon meeting the education minister, Alexander Sharp, an alternate strategy was adopted. Rai Sahab explained to Sharp that naming the university so might have catastrophic effects. There was no guarantee of the university would succeed in the future, and failure would certainly antagonize the prince. What would have been a move just to please the royalty might easily have ricocheted back at him. By no means could the wrath of the prince be called upon himself for the same. And thus, Rai Sahab’s trick worked. The University, established in 1922, was now officially called the University Of Delhi. Had it not been for the agitation and the endeavors of a great many people, the name of the country’s most acclaimed university would have been a real conundrum for many today. Provided by Wikipedia