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| name = The Elphinstone College
| image = Elphinstone College crest.svg
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| caption = [[Crest (heraldry)|Crest]] of the Elphinstone College
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1856}}
| type = [[Public]]
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| address = 156, Mahatma Gandhi Road
| city = [[Mantralaya, Mumbai, Maharashtra]]
| postalcode = 400023
| country = India
| campus = Urban
| founder = Hon. Jagannath Shankarsheth, Mount Stuart Elphinstone
| parent = [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| academic_affiliations = [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]]
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| other_name = Elphi
| website = {{URL|http://www.elphinstone.ac.in/}}
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[[File:Elphinstone college mumbai.jpg|upright|thumb|Elphinstone College, Mumbai]]

'''Elphinstone College''' is one of the constituent colleges of [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]], a state cluster university. Established in 1823, it is one of the oldest colleges in Mumbai. It played a major role in shaping and developing the educational landscape of the city. It also played a pivotal role in the inception of the [[University of Mumbai]].

The college enjoys a sea of aotable alumnus. This includes the likes of revolutionaries such as [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], [[Virchand Gandhi]], [[Badruddin Tyabji]], [[Pherozeshah Mehta]], [[Nanabhai Haridas]], [[Kashinath Trimbak Telang]], and [[Jamsetji Tata]] and teachers including [[Dadabhai Naoroji]]. It played a key role in the spread of education in [[Mumbai]]. In 2019, it ended its affiliation with [[University of Mumbai|the University of Mumbai]].

In 2006, the college marked its sesquicentennial celebrations of inception (1856–2006). It offers undergraduate-level courses in the arts, sciences, and commerce.

== History ==
[[File:Mountstuart-Elphinstone.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Mountstuart Elphinstone]]]]
[[File:Elphinstone College and Sassoon Library.jpg|thumb|right|Elphinstone College in the late 19th century]]
By the 19th century, [[Mumbai]] was a prosperous center for maritime trade and commerce. In 1824, an English school was set up by the Bombay Native Education Society for Indian students.

In 1827, a resolution was passed that an institution for the promotion of education should be established under Bombay Native Education Society and be designated as "Elphinstone College" (distinct from High School). This was named after [[Mountstuart Elphinstone]], the departing [[Governor of Bombay Presidency|Governor of the Bombay Presidency]], who was responsible for beginning higher education in the city. An exuberant amount of Rs. 2,29,636.00 was collected by public subscription to fund teaching professorships in the English language and the Arts, Science, and Literature of Europe.

The college was formally constituted in 1835. The classes commenced in 1836, at Town Hall, with the first two professors: Arthur Bedford Orlebar ([[natural philosophy]]) - i.e. science) and John Harkness (general [[literature]] - i.e. classics). In 1840, the professors' classes were amalgamated with the Society's High School to form the Elphinstone Native Education Institution. In 1845, the name was shortened to Elphinstone Institution.

Elphinstone College became a distinct institution, separated from the high school, on 1 April 1856. This year is officially considered to be the year of the establishment of Elphinstone College.

The college was affiliated with the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1860.

In 1871, Elphinstone College got its building in [[Byculla]]. James Trubshawe, an architect who flourished in the early part of the 19th century, designed the structure, which was built by the engineer, John Adams. This older Elphinstone College building stands opposite the [[Jijamata Udyaan]] in Byculla, Mumbai. It is now a hospital, and a second Elphinstone College across the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]] was built a decade later.

===Role in inception of University Of Mumbai & Other colleges===
The Elphinstone College played a pivotal role in the inception of The [[University of Mumbai|University Of Mumbai]] which was established in 1857, the same year as [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|India's first revolt]]. The university's initial classes were held at the college's Byculla building and were subsequently moved to the present Fort campus of the same.

The college also played a major role in formalizing legal education in India. The esteemed "Perry Professorship" (A chair of [[Jurisprudence]] at [[University of Mumbai|the University Of Mumbai]]) was set up at Elphinstone in 1855. One of the best-known lawyers of the time, [[Barrister]] R. T. Reid ([[LL. B.]] Bar-at-Law) was appointed the first Perry Professor of Jurisprudence and the [[Government Law College, Mumbai|Government Law School]] was establishment. This institution later came to be known as the [[Government Law College, Mumbai]]. It is the oldest law school in Asia.

In 1948, It was suggested that Elphinstone College's premises were to be used (during morning hours) for initial classes of [[Jai Hind College]]. The proposal was accepted and admission started for the Arts Faculty in June of the same year. A formal inauguration took place in September 1948 at the Elphinstone College Library Hall.

The [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Arts]] was founded in 1857 and was instituted to offer drawing classes. Its Initial classes were also held at Elphinstone.

== Academics ==
[[File:Elphinstone college mumbai.jpg|thumb|Elphinstone college]]
[[File:Elphinstone College Mumbai.jpg|thumb|Elphinstone College Mumbai]]
[[File:Elphinstone College 1905.jpeg|thumb|Elphinstone College, c. 1905]]
The Elphinstone College consists of two academic entities: Junior and Degree colleges.

Degree or "senior" college was affiliated to University of Mumbai till 2019. And, it was later made a constituent college of [[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]]. This was a newly formed state owned cluster university.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-16|title=Dr Homi Bhabha University: Admissions to first cluster university in state from this year|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/dr-homi-bhabha-university-admissions-to-first-cluster-university-in-state-from-this-year-5730057/|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Karangutkar|first=Suyash|date=2019-05-16|title=Maharashtra’s first cluster university to focus on skill development|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/states-first-cluster-university-to-focus-on-skill-development/article27142250.ece|access-date=2021-02-04|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It was the first of its kind. After mere months, another state cluster university was formed in Mumbai called the [[HSNC University]], which included institutes like [[Kishinchand Chellaram College|KC College]] and [[HR College]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2020|first=Yogita|last=Rao|title=Second cluster university in south Mumbai gets govt nod |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/second-cluster-university-in-south-mumbai-gets-govt-nod/articleshow/73367145.cms|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Governor Koshyari, CM Uddhav Thackeray inaugurate HSNC cluster university|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/hsnc-cluster-university-inaugurated|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref>

The Junior college of the institution is affiliated to the [[Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education|Maharashtra State Board]] (or commonly known as HSC Board). It provides education at a [[Higher secondary school|higher secondary]] or [[high school]] level.

=== Courses offered ===

====Senior college====
*[[B.Sc]] in [[Physics]], [[Chemistry]], [[Computer Science]], [[Life Sciences]]
*[[B.A]] in [[Economics]], [[English language|English]], [[Geography]], [[Hindi]], [[History]], [[Mathematics]], [[Statistics]], [[Marathi Language|Marathi]], [[Sociology]]

====Junior college====
*[[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] in [[Arts]], [[Commerce]] and [[Science]]

==Facilities==
*Hostels: [[Government Colleges Hostel, Mumbai]] for boys; Telang Memorial Hostel and Savitridevi Phule Hostel for girls.
* [[Gymkhana]]
* Computer facilities
* Library (with more than 90,000 books)

==Noteworthy features==

=== Heritage College building ===
The college building, with its Gothic architecture, has been classified as a grade 1 heritage structure. It is one of the most identified buildings of [[South Mumbai]] as a symbol of heritage.

Locally, the college is famous for its [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] Transitional style building that has been categorised as [[Heritage structures in Mumbai|Grade I Heritage structure]]. The iconic building was designed by [[Trubshaw]]. And, it was made under the supervision of [[Khan Bahadur]] Muncherjee Murzban, and completed in 1888.<ref>{{cite news | author = Linah Baliga | title =Heritage buildings to be restored to former glory| quote =Elphinstone College A Romanesque transition style, it was designed by Trubshaw, supervised by Khan Bahadur Muncherjee Murzban, and completed in 1888. The building is a Grade I listed structure.Established in 1824, Elphinstone is one of the oldest colleges in Bombay. Its alumni are among the greatest names of the Indian Nationalist Movement, strongly establishing the institution’s contribution towards shaping the history of India. The structure will receive anti-termite treatment, new flooring, new Gothic revival details to the parapets, new paving in the courtyard and around the building, renovated toilets, re-plastering where essential and RCC repairs.Repairs to existing windows and doors, new weather sheds on the rear and in the courtyard and weld mesh shutters will also be carried out.Stone facades will be cleaned, paint scraped off from stone, wooden surfaces painted and polished. Defective pipes will also be changed. | newspaper = Daily News and Analysis| date =2 January 2009 | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-heritage-buildings-to-be-restored-to-former-glory-1218138|access-date= 27 January 2017}}</ref>

In 2004, The college was awarded the Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservation by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramakrishnan|first=Priya|date=2007-12-06|title=Welcome to the heritage capital|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-welcome-to-the-heritage-capital-1137726|access-date=2021-02-04|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Elphinstone College, Mumbai|url=https://careerworldedu.org/elphinstone-college-mumbai/2407|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Career World|language=en}}</ref>

== Festivals ==
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===Maharashtrotsav===
Maharashtrotsav is a National Level Inter-College Cultural Festival organized by all the students and faculties of Elphinstone College. In 2011–2012, it gathered a crowd of more than 75 colleges with nearly 2500 students, which was then a State Level Event. In 2012–2013, marked huge progress in its type making it National Level Festival with nearly 5000 students from more than 130 colleges across India.

[[File:Techtsar Original Logo.svg|thumb|TechTsar Logo]]

===TechTsar===
TechTsar started back in 2009, with a budget of INR 75,000, which was contributed by advertisements in the TechTsar brochure and banners. Amongst the notable past corporate sponsors such as [[Bank of Maharashtra]], [[Dena Bank]], [[Airtel]], and many more.

The name of the festival was inspired by two words: Technology [tech] and King [Tsar] and was proposed by Elphinstone College alumni Rohan Bhambhani. The motto is "Merging Talent with Technology." The festival consists of many events such [[C (programming language)|as C]] and [[JavaScript|Java]] debugging, [[LAN gaming center|LAN gaming]], quiz, debate, photography, logo designing, grand Prix, treasure hunt, etc. Students from many colleges across Mumbai, [[Thane]], and [[Navi Mumbai]] participate. The festival usually takes place in the final week of November. Currently, it is known as one of the fastest-growing college festivals in Mumbai.

===Primers===
The Biotechnology Department of the college organizes the festival known as Primers. It started in 2009. The festival consists of seminars by well-known speakers and continued by events in which the students of colleges of Mumbai and Thane participate. In 2010, the students organized a job fair for all the college students with free entry and are concluding the event with a fashion show.

== Location ==
The college is located in the [[Kala Ghoda]] area of [[South Mumbai]]. Several landmarks, business districts and waters of [[Arabian Sea]] are close by.

The college is easily accessible by train (from [[Churchgate railway station|Churchgate]] and [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|CSMT]]) and bus.

== Notable alumni ==
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[[File:JNTata.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jamsetji Tata]], an alumnus of Elphinstone College]]
*[[B. R. Ambedkar]], an Indian jurist, [[Bharat Ratna]], economist, scholar, political leader, a [[Buddhist]] revivalist, and the chief architect of the [[Constitution of India]].
*[[Kishori Amonkar]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[Hindustani classical music]] performer.
*[[Dhiruben Patel]], a [[Novelist]], [[Playwright]] and [[Translator]]. [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak Award Winner.
*[[Arjun Appadurai]], postcolonial scholar of global media and culture.
*[[Dilip Abreu]], economics professor, game theorist, [[Princeton University]].
*[[Madhav Apte]], cricketer.
*[[Mirza Kalich Beg]], writer, poet, scholar from Sindh. Given the title of 'Shams Ul Ulama' by the British government.
*[[Homi J. Bhabha]], [[nuclear physicist]] who had a major role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program.
*[[Homi K. Bhabha]], Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language and Director of the Humanities Center, [[Harvard University]]
* [[P. N. Bhagwati]], [[Chief Justice of India]] (1985-1986).<ref name=sup>[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/pnbhagwati.htm Judges Biography: P. N. Bhagwati] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510210527/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/pnbhagwati.htm |date=10 May 2012 }} [[Supreme Court of India]]</ref>
*[[R. G. Bhandarkar]], scholar and social reformer.
*[[Devdatta Dabholkar]], educationist, [[Gandhi]]an and [[socialist]].
*[[Amit Chaudhuri]], Indian English writer, [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi]] award winner
*[[Bhulabhai Desai]], lawyer involved in the [[Indian independence movement]].
*[[Mahadev Desai]], independence activist and writer best remembered as [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s personal secretary.
*[[Xerxes Desai]], first managing director of Titan Watches ([[Titan Company]])
*[[C. D. Deshmukh]], economist and former [[Finance Minister of India]].
*[[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] author, playwright, performing artist, director and music director.
*[[Sanjay Dutt]], Filmfare winning [[Bollywood]] actor.
*[[Shapurji Edalji]], thought to be the first South Asian to become a [[vicar]] in England.<ref>Roger Oldfield - Outrage: The Edalji Five and the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes, Vanguard Press</ref>
* Rena Fonseca, Director of Executive Education and International Programs, [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alumni.harvard.edu/travel/leaders/rena-fonseca |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821085330/http://alumni.harvard.edu/travel/leaders/rena-fonseca |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Virchand Gandhi]], represented [[Jainism]] at the first [[World Parliament of Religions]] held in [[Chicago]] in 1893.
* [[Kunal Ganjawala]], singer.
*[[Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar]], famous physicist
*[[G. S. Ghurye]], founder of [[Indian Sociological Society|Indian sociology]]; President of [[Indian Sociological Society]]; Professor & Head (Dept. of Sociology) at [[University of Mumbai]] (Erstwhile, [[University of bombay|University of Bombay]])
* [[M. N. Srinivas]], pioneering sociologist & social anthropologist; Professor at [[Delhi School of Economics]]; Fellow at [[All Souls College, Oxford]] ([[University of Oxford]])
*[[Anuradha Ghandy]], political leader and member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]
*[[Sanjay Ghose]], rural management, community health, development media.
*[[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], founding member of the [[Indian independence movement]], social reformer.
*[[Ranjit Hoskote]], [[poet]], [[art critic]], cultural theorist and [[curator]].
*[[Syeda Bilgrami Imam]], writer, activist and a member of the [[National Commission for Minorities]] (NCM)
*[[Raghavan N. Iyer]], philosopher and academic.
*[[Suresh Joshi]], major Gujarati writer, critic and editor who established modernism in Gujarati.
*[[Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi]], Gujarati writer, poet and editor
*[[Mukesh Khanna]], television actor.
*[[Manish Malhotra]], fashion designer.
*[[Mahesh Manjrekar]], actor, director, producer
*[[Sujata Manohar]], former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].
*[[Sonal Mansingh]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[Odissi]] dancer.
*[[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.
*[[Iskander Mirza]], last Governor-General of the [[Dominion of Pakistan]] and the first [[President of Pakistan]].
*[[Venkanna H. Naik]], a [[barrister]] from [[Lincoln's Inn]] and a graduate from Cambridge.
*[[Dadabhai Naoroji]], intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader, being the first Asian to sit in the [[British House of Commons]].
*[[Shernaz Patel]], theatre and film actor.<ref name="th">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/artists/shernaz-patel/85/|title=Artise Profile :Shernaz Patel|publisher=mumbaitheatreguide}}</ref>
*[[Smita Patil]], National Film Award for Best Actress, 1977 and 1980.
*[[Dattu Phadkar]], cricketer.
*[[M.V. Rajadhyaksha]], Marathi writer and critic.
*[[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], judge, author, and social reformer.
*[[Soni Razdan]] [[Bollywood]] actress and film director
*[[Swaroop Sampat]], former Miss India and [[Bollywood]] actress.
*[[Arshia Sattar]], Translation of classical [[Sanskrit]] texts, author, documentary film maker, director of courses on Indian culture
*[[Hormasji Maneckji Seervai]], former Advocate General of Maharashtra.
*[[Teesta Setalvad]], Civil rights activist and journalist
*[[Jamsetji Tata]], entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of the [[Tata Group]].
*[[Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata]], Parsi businessman.
*[[Nanabhai Haridas]], first Indian judge at the [[Bombay High Court]].
*[[Kashinath Trimbak Telang]], judge and oriental scholar.
*Nakul Chopra, CEO of [[Broadcast Audience Research Council|BARC India]] & Former CEO of [[Publicis Sapient|Publicis]] South Asia
*[[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], Nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter, who was the first popular leader of the [[Indian independence movement|Indian Independence Movement]].
*[[Ajit Wadekar]], international cricketer, later served as both captain and manager of the Indian cricket team.
*[[Saryu Doshi]], art historian and Padma Shri awardee
*[[Salman Khan]], Bollywood actor and promoter of [[Being Human Foundation|Being Human trust]].
*[[Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola]], political activist
*[[Premchand Roychand]], businessman
*[[Kavasji Naegamvala]], Astronomer
*[[Karanvir Bohra]], Indian television actor
*[[Shoma Sen]], women's rights activist

== See also ==
* [[List of colleges in Mumbai]]
*[[Dr. Homi Bhabha State University]]
*[[HSNC University|HSNC University, Mumbai]]
*[[University of Mumbai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.elphinstone.ac.in/}}
* [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/e/019pho000000937u00027000.html Early photograph, in the British Library collection, of Elphinstone College]

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