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The University of the Punjab
was formally established with the convening of the first
meeting of its Senate on October 14, 1882 at Simla. It
was the fourth University to be established by the
British colonial authorities on the Indian Subcontinent.
The first three universities were established by the
British rulers at their initial strongholds of Bombay,
Madras and Calcutta. The University of the Punjab came
into existence as a result of a long drawn struggle of
the people of Punjab after the war of independence in
1857. Contrary to the three previously established
universities, which were only examining institutions,
the University of the Punjab was both teaching as well
as examining body right from the beginning.
The contribution of Dr. G.
W. Leitner, an enlightened Hungarian and a naturalized
Britisher, was instrumental in the establishment of this
University. He became its first Registrar. Prof. A. C.
Woolner, who remained Vice-Chancellor of this University
during 1928-1936, played a key role in its development
during the initial decades of this century. His statue
still stands in front of the Allama Iqbal Campus of the
University. Until
independence in 1947 The University of the Punjab
fulfilled the educational needs of a vast region of the
Subcontinent. Partition of the Subcontinent somewhat
reduced the geographical limits of the jurisdiction of
the University. However, for many years after
independence it still ranged over vast areas including
Punjab, NWFP, Baluchistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
New universities were set up later in the country to
share responsibility for imparting higher education with
the University of the Punjab.
The strength of the University Faculty was
greatly reduced because of the migration of non-Muslim
teachers and scholars at the time of independence. The
University functioning was restored, mainly due to the
efforts of the eminent educationists like Dr. Umar Hayat
Malik, who became the first Vice Chancellor after the
independence. Academic programs were initiated soon
after the independence many new departments.
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