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3 unusual facts about Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences


Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences

Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (VNGIASS), in Nagpur, India, established in 1885 as Morris College, is one of the oldest colleges in the country.

It takes its name from the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the late Vasantrao Naik, who was an alumnus of the college.

Although Nagpur was capital of Central Provinces, there was no college there in 1882, when, under the leadership of Sir Bipin Krishna Bose, Mukund Balkrishna Buti, Madhao Rao Gangadhar Chitanavis and others, the Committee of the Neill City High School of Nagpur took the initiative, and collected the sum of Rs 19,000 and started a college at Nagpur in memory of Sir John Morris.


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After that, he graduated from the Morris College as a graduating student of Nagpur University in 1949.


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