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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = Hislop College<br />
|image=Hislop College 2018 stamp of India.jpg<br />
|caption=Hislop College on a 2018 stamp of India<br />
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1883}}<br />
| type = Undergraduate college<br />
| city = [[Nagpur]]<br />
| state = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| campus = Urban<br />
| affiliations = [[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University]]<br />
| website = https://www.hislopcollege.ac.in/|<br />
}}<br />
'''Hislop College, Nagpur''' is one of the oldest colleges in the city of [[Nagpur]]. It is affiliated to [[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University]].<ref name=r1>[https://www.hislopcollege.ac.in/ Hislop College]. Hislop College. Retrieved on 20 December 2018.</ref><br />
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==Founder==<br />
The college was named after Scottish missionary [[Stephen Hislop]] (1817–1863), who was a noted evangelist, educationist and geologist. He worked for 18 years in the [[Vidarbha]] Region alongside [[Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist)|Robert Hunter]], editor of the ''[[Encyclopædic dictionary|Encyclopædic Dictionary]]''.<ref name=HunterObit>{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0016756800184249 |title=The Rev. Robert Hunter, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=4 |issue=8 |pages=382 |year=1897 |bibcode=1897GeoM....4..382. |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Hislop College was established in 1883 in the Mahal area of Nagpur (But today it is in Civil Lines). Though Nagpur was Capital of [[Central Provinces]], until 1882 it had no college.<br />
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The college was affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]] until 1904, and later to [[Allahabad University]]. In 1923 it was one of six colleges affiliated to the [[University of Nagpur]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}<br />
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== Research ==<br />
The faculty and Students of Hislop College has carried out 60 Research project in a field of [[Botany]], [[Sociology]], [[Bio Chemistry]], [[Commerce]], [[Physics]], [[Computer Science]], [[Literature]] (English, Hindi and Marathi) which has been sanctioned by the University and has been working on 15 research projects on Commerce, Botany, [[History]] and Sociology.<ref name=r1/><br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
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Many people from the neighbouring area have completed their education at Hislop College.<br />
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They include:<br />
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* [[M. S. Golwalkar]], second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.<br />
* [[Rajkumar Hirani]], film maker<br />
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]], actor<br />
* [[Anees Ahmed]]<br />
* Piyush Daruka<br />
* [[Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave]], Marathi writer<br />
* [[Hari Singh Gour]], Founder Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi<br />
* [[Ashis Nandy]], political psychologist<br />
* [[Nitin Raut]], cabinet minister<br />
* [[Mukul Wasnik]], Union Cabinet Minister<br />
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], 9th Prime Minister of India<br />
* [[Vilas Muttemwar]], Member of Parliament<br />
* [[Pooja Banerjee]], Television actress<br />
* [[B. D. Kulkarni]], chemical reaction engineer, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<br />
* [[Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar]], Chief Justice of Indian High Courts.<br />
* Dawar Khan<br />
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