Islamia College, Gujranwala

Government Post Graduate Islamia College previously known as Guru Nanak Khalsa College is an educational institution located in the city of Gujranwala in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

The College is one of the oldest college of the Punjab, established on 30 March 1917 by the Guru Nanak Khalsa Educational Trust. After the partition of India Anjuman-i-Islamia Gujranwala took possession of this college on 25 November 1947 and the institution was renamed as Islamia College, Gujranwala. On 1 September 1972 the College was nationalized. It was upgraded to post graduate level in 1990, when M.A. Urdu & M.A. Political Science classes were started. In 2005 M.Sc Chemistry classes were started in a separate block. M.Sc Zoology classes started in 2012 in a separate. state of the art design. block. M.A. Islamiat, M.A. English, M.A. Economics, M.A & B.Com classes started in the year of 2012. Islamia College, Gujranwala is a well known Institute, occupying a "spacious campus" in the heart of Gujranwala.[1]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ About Islamia College, Gujranwala www.gicg.base.pk, Retrieved 30 April 2014

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