The Hindu college was established in 1791 at _______.

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This question was previously asked in

SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 01 Dec 2022 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Banaras.

Key Points

The Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts.
Sri Jonathan Duncan and Governor General Lord Cornwallis established the Sanskrit college.
Jonathan Duncan suggested establishing a Sanskrit college to develop and preserve Sanskrit Vangmaya to demonstrate British support for Indian education.
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is the chancellor of the College.
- Chancellor - Anandiben Patel
- Vice Chairman - Hare Ram Tripathi

Confusion Points

Hindu college, now called Presidency University, is a public state university in Calcutta.
It was established in the year 1817.

Additional Information

In 1958 The Sanskrit college became a university and in 1974 the name was changed to Sampumanand Sanskrit University.
It became a university on 22 March 1958 by the then Chief Minister Dr Sampurnanand and Education Minister Pt. Kamlapati Tripathi at Varanasi.
A.N. Jha was the First Vice-Chancellor. It Was Renamed Sampurnanand Sanskrit University under the U.P. State University Act, of 1973.
Introduction of Civil service by Lord Cornwallis.
Permanent Settlement 1793 by Lord Cornwallis.
Kumar Gupta I of the Gupta dynasty founded Nalanda University in the 5th century CE.
Dharmapala founded Vikramshila University.