Raja Balwant Singh College
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{{Infobox university
|name = Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra
|established = 1885
|type = Government Aided
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|affiliations = Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University & Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
|city = Agra
|state = Uttar Pradesh
|country = India
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|website =[https://rbscollegeagra.edu.in/ rbscollegeagra.edu.in] & [http://www.fetrbs.org/ fetrbs.org][https://www.rbsmtc.in/]
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Raja Balwant Singh College is located at Bichpuri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.
The college has its beginning as a small boarding house for the Rajput community in 1885, before becoming a high school in 1899, an Intermediate College in 1928, and a Degree College in 1940. It is the first college in India to award a postgraduate degree in agriculture.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
RBS College has eight faculties – Arts, Commerce, Education, Science, Agriculture, Engineering pharmacy and Technology, and Management and Computer Application, and six campuses – three in Agra itself besides Bichpuri, Mathura and Awagarh.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
History
Established in 1885, Raja Balvant Singh College owes its existence to Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh who enabled the institution to grow as one of the oldest and biggest colleges of Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/rbs-college-celebrates-166th-founders-day-650-seater-mega-auditorium-inaugurated/articleshow/65905693.cms |title=RBS college celebrates 166th founder's day, 650-seater mega auditorium inaugurated |work=The Times of India |date= 22 September 2018}}
Raja Balwant Singh College, formerly known as Balwant Rajput College, was started with the help of Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh Estate, Etah, Uttar Pradesh. It started in 1878 as Rajput Boarding House for education and upliftment of Rajputs of India. In 1885, it was upgraded as Balwant Rajput High School in 1899,{{cite web |url=https://rbscollegeagra.edu.in/about-rbs/ |title=About RBS|publisher=Raja Balwant Singh College }}{{better source needed|reason=independent source needed|date=July 2022}} with Col. Dobson and Sir E.H. Forsyth as headmasters, and Rajput community given preference.
In 1949 R.K. Singh started the Rural Engineering Institute at Bichpuri.{{cite journal |url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/nov252004/1465.pdf |title=N. K. Anant Rao (1915–2004) |journal=Current Science|volume= 87|number= 10|date= 25 November 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231520/http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/nov252004/1465.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}
A research lab for space science and seismo-electromagnetics is running on the Bichpuri campus and headed by Dr. Birbal Singh.{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726052034/http://www.fetrbs.org/ec/dr.%20birbal%20singh.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011 |title=Faculty profile |work=Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus |url=http://www.fetrbs.org/ec/dr.%20birbal%20singh.pdf}}
Notable alumni
- Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Ram Gopal Yadav
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, IAS and Ex-Governor of Rajasthan
- Raj Babbar (Actor and Politician)
- Panjab Singh, former DG-ICAR and Secretory DARE
- Mangala Rai, former DG-ICAR and Secretory DARE
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070125230034/http://www.vinimaya.org/ Vinimaya]
- [http://vinimaya.org/EVENT/abhyudaya.htm Abhudaya]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220048/http://sciencecollegepatna.batchmates.com/institution/instdetails.asp?instcode=130018 BatchMates]
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Category:Agricultural universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh
Category:Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh
Category:Science colleges in India
Category:Arts colleges in India
Category:Universities and colleges in Agra
Category:Educational institutions established in 1885