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Agra (/ ˈɑːɡrə / AH-grə; Hindi: [ˈaːɡɾaː] ⓘ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar ...
St. John's College, Agra, was established in 1850 [1] by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of England, along with Agra C.M.S. Association, and its first principal was Rev. Thomas Valpy French (1825–1891), a fellow of University College, Oxford. [3] [4] In 1869–70, it had 297 students, out of which 199 were Hindus, 76 Muslims, and 22 ...
Education in the Indian subcontinent began with the teaching of traditional subjects, including Indian religions, mathematics, and logic.Early Hindu and Buddhist centers of learning, such as the ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan), Nalanda (in India), Mithila (in India and Nepal), Vikramshila, Telhara, and Shaunaka Mahashala in the Naimisharanya forest, served as key sites for education.
Founded in the year 1846, St. Peter's College, Agra is one of the oldest convent schools in India. The students are commonly referred to as Peterians.It is a Roman Catholic Institution granted Minority Rights under Article 30 of the Indian Constitution.
Dr. Om Kumar Harsh - Former pro-chancellor (addl), vice-chancellor of Glocal University, and former Vice-Chancellor of Tantia University is an alumnus of Agra University [18] (now Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University) Agra. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics in 1979. He was awarded distinguished alumni at the University of New England in 2018. [19]
Website. agracollegeagra.org.in. Agra College is an government aided college, which is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in India. Pandit Gangadhar Shastri, a noted Sanskrit scholar, founded the college in 1823, long before the first university in India was established in 1857. The institute was a government college until 1883 ...
In October, 1941, the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade was formed at Delhi. At the same time, the Air Landing School, the predecessor to PTS, was established at Willingdon Airport in New Delhi. Lt AG Rangaraj, IMS and Havaldar Major Mathura Singh of 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion became the first Indians to be trained and jump.
They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regional and class imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the Indian Military, and to prepare students mentally and physically for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune and Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, Kerala.