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{{Infobox college<br />
| name = Harish Chandra Postgraduate College<br />
| address = Maidagin Crossing<br />
| region = <br />
| city = [[Varanasi]]<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| province = <br />
| country = India<br />
| postcode = 221001<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|25.319826|83.012362|type:edu|display=inline,title}}<br />
| established = {{Start date|1860}}<br />
| founder = [[Bharatendu Harishchandra]]<br />
| president = <br />
| principal = Rajneesh Kunwar<br />
| language = [[English language|English]] & [[Hindi]]<br />
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] Government college<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.hcpgcollege.edu.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Harish Chandra Postgraduate College''' is a government college and one of the oldest colleges in Maidagin, [[Varanasi]], [[India]]. A government college that offers [[Undergraduate education#Indian system|undergraduate]] and postgraduate. The Ph.D. degree programs are running in most of the departments. It was founded in 1860 by [[Bharatendu Harishchandra]] and opened in 1866 with five students. Admission is done through entrance exams conducted by the college every year<ref name="About">{{cite news|title=About|publisher=Official website|access-date=1 May 2015|url=http://www.hcpgcollege.edu.in/master.php?msg=college}}</ref><ref name="Location">{{cite news|title=Location|publisher=Latlong.net|access-date=1 May 2015|url=http://www.latlong.net/}}</ref> The college campus is now fully circulated by wifi since October 2018.<br />
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==History==<br />
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In 1860, the Harish Chandra Vidyalaya Samiti (a non-profit charitable institution registered under Indian Society Act 1860) was incorporated and the same year Harish Chandra Postgraduate College was founded by [[Bharatendu Harishchandra]]. The college opened in 1866 with five students. In 1910, the institution started [[High school#India|high school]], and in 1939 [[Intermediate school|intermediate classes]] were started.<br />
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In October 1951, the college began [[Undergraduate education#Indian system|undergraduate]] courses in arts and commerce.<ref name="History">{{cite news|title=History|publisher=Official website|access-date=1 May 2015|url=http://www.hcpgcollege.edu.in/master.php?msg=college}}</ref><br />
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===Timeline===<br />
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*1860: Harish Chandra Vidyalaya Samiti registered.<br />
*1860: Harish Chandra Postgraduate College founded.<br />
*1866: College opened with five students.<br />
*1910: [[High school#India|High school]] classes started.<br />
*1939: [[Intermediate school|Intermediate classes]] started.<br />
*1951: Affiliation with [[Banaras Hindu University]].<br />
*1958: [[Legal education|Law classes]] recognised.<br />
*1960: College shifted its affiliation to the [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University|Gorakhpur University]].<br />
*1960: Commenced [[B.Ed.]] course.<br />
*1963: Commenced [[B.Sc.]] (Mathematics) course.<br />
*1974: Commenced [[B.Sc.]] (Biology) course.<br />
*1987: College shifted its affiliation to the [[Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University|Purvanchal University]].<br />
*2009: College shifted its affiliation to the [[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith]].<br />
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==Organisation==<br />
Harish Chandra Postgraduate College's management is headed by a team of 16 members. The team consists of a president, one secretary, seven members, the college [[Principal (academia)|principal]], four teacher representatives and a non-teaching staff representative.<br />
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The [[Principal (academia)|principal]] is responsible for all aspects of college's operations, administration, planning, support services, faculty appointments, curricula and student affairs. The principal is appointed by and reports to the management committee of the college.<ref name="Management">{{cite news|title=Management|publisher=Official website|access-date=1 May 2015|url=http://www.hcpgcollege.edu.in/master.php?msg=managment}}</ref><br />
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==Faculty==<br />
Harish Chandra Postgraduate College runs five [[Faculty (division)|faculties]] for [[Undergraduate education#Indian system|undergraduate]] and [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] education.<br />
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*Faculty of Arts<br />
*Faculty of Commerce<br />
*Faculty of Science<br />
*Faculty of Education<br />
*Faculty of Law<br />
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==Noted alumni==<br />
*[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]: Second [[Prime Minister of India]].<br />
*[[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]: [[List of Prime Ministers of Nepal|23rd Prime Minister of Nepal]]<br />
*[[Sampurnanand]]: Second [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
*[[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]]: Sixth [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Governor of West Bengal]]<br />
*[[Mohammad Usman]]: Highest-ranking officer of [[Indian Army]] killed in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]].<ref name="History"/><br />
*[[Ramesh Jaiswal]], Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2022-27<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of educational institutions in Varanasi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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