Samaldas Arts College or Samaldas College is a college in

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, India. It was founded in 1885 by Takhtsinhji, the

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in memory of his Diwan (minister) Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. It is one of the oldest colleges in western India. It is affiliated to

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History

Shamaldas College old building - Bhavnagar

Samaldas College was established by Takhtsinhji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in memory of his Diwan Samaldas Paramananddas Mehta. The college was affiliated to

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and the classes were opened in January 1885 in Majiraj Girls High School building. Shamaldas College Bhavnagar

The foundation stone of the building opposite Peel Garden was laid on 25 November 1884 by James Furgusson,

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. The building was opened on 17 December 1886 by Lord Reay, Governor Bombay. The building was occupied in 1893. The building was constructed by R. Proctor Sims, the Public Works Councillor. The building is now used as the Sheth J. P. Ayurveda College. In 1932, Krishnakumarsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, built a new building for the college on Vaghawadi Road. The building is used as the P. P. Institute of Science since June 1963. On 1 November 1955,

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, the first Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation of the present building of the college. The college is now affiliated to

Principals

The principal were as follows: * R. H. Gunion (1885―1890) * J. N. Unwalla (1890―1905) * K. J. Sanjana (1905―1906) * B. A. Enti (1906) * K. J. Sanjana (1907―1923) * T. K. Shahani (1923―1948) * J. B. Sendil (1952―62) * B. C. Desai (1962―66) * S. M. Shah (1967―70) * A. S. Prabhudesai (1975―77) * A. A. Shaikh (1994―)

Notable alumni

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(January 1888 ― June 1888), Indian independence leader *

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, physicist * H. J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India *

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, critic and editor * Yashwant Trivedi, poet, essayist and critic *

Harivallabh Bhayani Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani (26 May 1917 – 11 November 2000) was a linguist, researcher, critic and translator from India. Biography Bhayani was born on 26 May 1917 in Mahuva to Dasa Shrimali Jain Sthanakvasi family of Chunilal. His paren ...

, linguist, researcher, critic and translator * Kundanika Kapadia, novelist, story writer, essayist *

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, educationist *

Amrutlal Yagnik Amrutlal Bhagwanji Yagnik was Gujarati critic, biographer, essayist, editor and translator. Life Amrutlal was born on 8 August 1913 at Dhrangadhra. He completed his education until matriculation from Dhrangadhra. He completed B. A. in 1936 and Mast ...

, critic, biographer, essayist, editor and translator *

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, politician and social activist *

Hardwar Goswami Hardwar Goswami ( Gujarati: હરદ્વાર ગોસ્વામી) is a Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright from Gujarat, India. He wrote the poetry collection ''Hawa Ne Kinare'' (2005), and his poems have been published in seve ...

, poet, writer, and playwright *

Mansukhlal Jhaveri Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri (1907–1981) was a Gujarati language poet, critic, and literary historian of the Gandhian era. He was deeply interested in classical Sanskrit poetry and authored ''History of Gujarati Literature'' (1978). Jhaveri had ...

, poet, critic, and literary historian * Harindra Dave, poet, journalist, playwright and novelist *

Krishnalal Jhaveri Diwan Bahadur Krishnalal Mohanlal Jhaveri (30December 186815June 1957) was an Indian people, Indian writer, scholar, literary historian, translator, and judge from Gujarat, India. His works have been published in Gujarati language, Gujarati, Engli ...

, writer, scholar, literary historian, translator, and judge * Ramnarayan V. Pathak, poet, writer

Notable faculty

* Manilal Dwivedi, writer and philosopher *

Kantilal Vyas Kantilal Baldevram Vyas (21 November 1910 – 23 March 1991) was a Gujarati linguist, critic and editor from Gujarat, India. He published several works in the field of linguistics including ''Bhasha Vijnan'', ''Bhasha, Vrutt ane Kavyalankar'', ' ...

, linguist, critic and editor

References

External links

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