CITY COLLEGE

The objectives of the City College were to open “a high class English Institution”, to spread among the “younger generation of that time” the moral and highly liberal religious principles of mankind. The Institution was opened with the objective of educating Indian students of all races and creeds on an improved and comprehensive plan. Apart from the university syllabi, students were given training in various other subjects including music, science, gymnastics and moral science for building their character. Special care was taken for the moral education of the students.
In 1883 after two years a Law Department teaching up to the B.L. standard was added to it.; and in 1884 it was elevated to a first grade college. By the year 1920, the college was preparing students for the B.A. examination in English, Sanskrit, Political Economy and Political Philosophy, History and Persian and also for the B.Sc. examination in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. In 1939 a Commerce Department was opened and attained the position of the biggest college in Asia. This was followed by the inauguration of the Women’s Department in 1943.