Colvin Taluqdars; College Campus (Lucknow)

India / Uttar Pradesh / Lakhnau / Lucknow
Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow is one of the oldest public schools in India.
(Anand Tewari studied in this College
Sir Auckland Colvin, K.C.M.G., C.I.E. (Lieutenant Governor of the N. W. Provinces) while functioning as Lieutenant Governor of Avadh and Agra during the year 1889, conceived the idea of a school with the object of imparting education to the children of the British administrators and the landed aristocracy who were known as Taluqdars. The 'wards' class, founded in 1884, formed the nucleus for the establishment of the Taluqdars' College. First Principal was Henry George Impey Siddons, the posthumous child of a Captain in the Indian Army, who graduated at Oxford and returned to India to teach. From 1875 to 1884 he had been first headmaster, then Principal, of the MAO College, Aligarh, subsequently holding other teaching posts in India. His successor at the Colvin School was HHD.The Governor of the state of Uttar Pradesh is the patron of the College.. It was known for its aristocratic traditions, for several decades.

Only when the British left India in 1947 did it open its doors to the general public. By that time, it had along with Aitchison College in Lahore and Mayo College in Ajmer acquired reputation as the top school in the Indian plains. Later on under the stewardship of two innovative principals,H. N. Kashyap and H. L. Dutt,it produced academic results which are unparalleled in the history of secondary education in India.

Further information For a history of the Colvin Taluqdars School (now Colvin Taluqdars' College) see: Metcalf, Thomas R. (1979), 'Land, landlords, and the British Raj', Berkeley: University of California Press, pp.322-40.
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Coordinates:   26°51'52"N   80°56'30"E

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  • Language Hindi was first made optional while English was compulsory, only in the year 1968, while Mr. Kashyap was the Principal.
  • I passed out in 1979 from this college.
  • I passed out in 1980, hi to all my freinds anilesh@mail.com
  • Hi, i am a pass out colvian (2003-2005),now i am in JSSengineering college,Noida
  • I miss the cricket grounds...passed out in 1984..
  • I miss my friend Abhishek p.singh & rathod sir
  • hii'm student of this institution
  • this college is famous because of the ground that is biggestv in Asia
  • earlier it was the part of the lucknow university,in this college you 'll get horse riding,old tank(you can see) and different types of flowers and biggest ground(inter college level in asia)other than good study ..........i was the student of lko university so i went there it's just infront of lko university
  • i passed out class XII in 1981 that time college was good since then i have not visited colvin, if there is any old boys meet we can get together again
  • Well I joined the school in 1962 in class VII when Mr. Ansari was the Principal and I would think the school was in its prime then. Passed out in 1968 and during that period saw a gradual decline in discipline largely because of the squable between the Principal, Mr. Kashyap, and a few senior teachers, who were not prepared to accept his leadership and his new fangled ideas, one of which came in for a lot of snide remarks - a public address system in each classroom, thought to be more of a listening device for the Principal. Be that as it may, the college continued to lead others in academic excellence and providing all round development to the students. There was excellent infrastructure for sports - a covered swimming pool. squash court, 3 lawn tennis courts, a football field, a cricket ground and 2 other grounds for athletics events, not to mention badminton court and indoor sports hall. And then there were the farms - a big one and a smaller one, where you would learn how to turn the earth and take out weeds. What values the college instilled in the students is for others to judge and I am sure the verdict would be a huge thumbs-up. Ashok Pande
  • hi i would like to know who become the principal in 1977. Thank You!
  • Mr.S.B Singh Actually he was vice principal acted as principal for 2-3 years
  • Does anyone know when Henry George Impey Siddons retired as Principal?
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