Elphinstone College
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Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest colleges in the University of Mumbai system, and indeed in all of India. It was established in 1824 and formally constituted in 1835. Elphinstone College was recognised by the Bombay University in 1860, now known as the University of Mumbai. It was named after Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay from 1819 to 1827.
The college is located in the Kala Ghoda area of downtown Mumbai.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar - An Indian jurist, scholar, Bahujan political leader, a Buddhist revivalist, and the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
- Kishori Amonkar - noted Hindustani music performer.
- Madhav Apte - Cricketer
- Homi J. Bhabha - A nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage who had a major role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program.
- R.G.Bhandarkar - Scholar and social reformer.
- Bhulabhai Desai - An acclaimed lawyer involved in the Indian independence movement.
- C. D. Deshmukh - Economist and former Finance Minister of India
- P. L. Deshpande - Well-known Marathi author, playwright, performing artist, director and music director.
- Sanjay Dutt - National Award-winning Bollywood actor.
- Virachand Gandhi - Represented Jainism at the first ever World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893.
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Founding member of the Indian independence movement, social reformer.
- Mukesh Khanna - Television actor.
- Pherozeshah Mehta - A political leader, activist, and leading lawyer, who was knighted by the British Government for his service to the law.
- Vijay Merchant - Cricketer
- Dadabhai Naoroji - Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader, being the first Asian to sit in the British House of Commons.
- Dattu Phadkar - Cricketer.
- Mahadev Govind Ranade - Judge, author, and social reformer.
- Swaroop Sampat - Former Miss India and Bollywood actress.
- Jamsedji Tata - Entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of the Tata group.
- Kashinath Trimbak Telang - Judge and oriental scholar.
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter, who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
- Ajit Wadekar - International cricketer, later served as both captain and manager of the Indian cricket team.
