Oriental College
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The Oriental College is an institution of oriental studies in Lahore.[1]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is located next to Government College University, Lahore.
It was founded by Adi Brahmo Samaj preacher Pundit Navin Chandra Rai in 1876.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He served as its vice principal from 1861.[2] Aurel Stein, the noted Hungarian-British archaeologist, was principal from 1888 to 1899.[3]
Notable alumni
- Anwar Masood (born 1935), poet and educationist
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984), poet and revolutionary
- Jawayd Anwar (1959–2011), poet and writer
- Khurshid Rizvi (born 1940), poet
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), philosopher and poet
- Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), lawyer
- Rafiuddin Hashmi (1940–2024), researcher and writer
- Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985), Islamic scholar
- Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988), Islamic scholar and politician.
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021), Kashmiri separatist leader
References
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External links
- Government MAO College, Lahore at Pakistan National Digital Library.
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