Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus () is a constituent campus of

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is ...

located in Ghantaghar,

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. Found in 1918 by

Chandra Shumsher Field-Marshal Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successf ...

, it is the oldest institute of higher learning in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

Etymology

The current name ''Tri-Chandra'' is a truncated combination of two words: ''Tribhuvan'' for Mahārājādhirāja Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah and ''Chandra'' for Rana

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

. The college was originally named Tribhuvan Chandra Intermediate Campus but later renamed and shortened to its current name.

History

Nepal's first institution of higher education, Tri-Chandra College, was established in 1918 by

Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Field-Marshal Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfull ...

. The college introduced science at the Intermediate level a year later, marking the genesis of formal

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in the country. In 1924, it became a full four year institution with an enrollment of just 30. However, up until the advent of democracy in 1951, the college was not accessible to the general public, but only to a handful of "noble" members of

Rana regime Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah dynasty, Shah monarch to a figurehead and making List of Prim ...

. The main purpose of imparting science at that time was to prepare the students for further studies in technical subjects, such as

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agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...

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, etc., in

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. The science teaching at Tri-Chandra was upgraded to the Bachelor level (

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) in 1945. Tri-Chandra was originally affiliated to the

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, then to

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern er ...

before finally being constituted into

since 1959.

Notable alumni

References

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Etymology

History

Notable alumni

See also

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