Shia College, Lucknow

Shia college was established in 1919. Over a period of 100 years of its existence the college has contributed immensely to Indian society with its impressive alumni comprising academics, politicians, bureaucrats and other distinguished citizens. Although The college was established just a year before the Lucknow University came into existence, it was initially affiliated to Allahabad University.{{Cite book|last=Allahabad|first=University of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVY4AAAAMAAJ&q=%22shia+college%22|title=Calendar|date=1922|publisher=University of Allahabad|language=en}} The College consists of two teaching campuses viz, Sitapur Road Campus and Victoria Street Campus.{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=1|title=Shia College, Lucknow - Introduction|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006044353/http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=1|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}

The idea of starting a Shia College was formulated in AISC's 1910 session,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NQ_AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Grassroots|date=2000|publisher=Pakistan Studies Centre, University of Sind|language=en}} the scheme was floated in March 1914 and the decision of starting a degree college at Lucknow was taken in 1915.{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Abdul Rashid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRFuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=The All India Muslim Educational Conference: Its Contribution to the Cultural Development of Indian Muslims, 1886-1947|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-579375-8|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxVDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News|date=1920|language=en}} In 1917 Governor James Meston laid foundation stone for it,{{Cite book|last=Rieck|first=Andreas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HdeCwAAQBAJ&q=%22shia+college%22|title=The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority|date=2016-01-15|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-061348-8|language=en}} and it was completed between 1928 and 1934.{{Cite book|last=Misra|first=A. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hruOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Administrative History of Modern India: Sir Malcolm Haley's Ideas, Policies, and Activities in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 1928-34|date=1992|publisher=Print House (India)|isbn=978-81-85009-39-1|language=en}} Donations came from all members of Shia community, the major shares from, taluqedars & clergy like Nawab Kazilbash (Shia College was his brainchild{{Cite book|last=Graff|first=Violette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUlwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Lucknow: Memories of a City|date=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-564887-4|language=en}}), Nawab Rampur, Raja Mahmudabad (he was initially opposed to idea of Shia College), Najmul Hasan, etc.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJNAAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Men and Missions|date=1916|publisher=Laymen's Missionary Movement.|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PWY0AQAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=The Lutheran Companion|date=1917|publisher=Augustana Book Concern|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5V9MAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Young Lutheran's Companion|date=1917|publisher=Augustana Book Concern|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DTHlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|date=1950|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTBRAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Cambridge South Asian Studies|date=1965|isbn=978-0-521-20432-3|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOqwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Economic and Political Weekly|date=1996|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Hasan, Amir, 1929-|title=Vanishing culture of Lucknow|date=1990|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp|isbn=81-7018-573-4|location=Delhi|oclc=21297189}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JvsKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Islam and the Modern Age|date=1992|publisher=Islam and the Modern Age Society.|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Hasan|first=Amir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kytvAAAAMAAJ&q=shia+college+lucknow|title=Vanishing Culture of Lucknow|date=1990|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7018-573-4|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Salam|first1=Ziya Us|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-u9DwAAQBAJ&q=%22shia+college%22|title=Madrasas in the Age of Islamophobia|last2=Parvaiz|first2=Mohammad Aslam|date=2020-01-07|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-5328-930-0|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Hasnain|first1=Nadeem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgtuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22shia+college%22|title=Shias and Shia Islam in India: a study in society and culture|last2=Husain|first2=Sheikh Abrar|date=1988|publisher=Harnam Publications|language=en}} Shia College was established on 25 October 1917.{{Cite book|last=Butler|first=Sir Harcourt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5yGCsM4h34C&q=%22Shia+College%22&pg=PA15|title=Speeches, 15th Feb., 1918, to 2nd Jan., 1921|date=1921|publisher=Superintendent,] Government Press|language=en}}

But due to government restrictions it initially started functioning as a school in the premises of Bada Imambara in 1919. In 1922 it became Intermediate College, teaching started with subjects in Humanities and Social Sciences while Natural Sciences was introduced in 1932. In 1947 the college was allowed to start degree classes in science, when the University of Lucknow decided to permit the teaching of Science outside the premises of Canning College, Lucknow. Later on Bachelor in 1960, Bachelor of Laws in 1970, Bachelor of Commerce in 1972, B.Sc. Computer Science in 1989. The College attained Post-Graduate level in 1995 with M.A. in Urdu; later on M.A. in Sociology in 1996, M.Com. in Applied Economics in 2005, M.Sc. in Zoology and M.Com.in Pure Commerce in 2006, M.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication in 2007, M.Sc./M.A. in Statistics in 2008. Professional management course Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business was started in 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=38|title=Shia College, Lucknow - History|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006044451/http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=38|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}

The college administration comprises,

• Board of Trustees{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/committee.php?t=trustees|title=Shia College, Lucknow - trustees|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006044138/http://shiacollege.org/committee.php?t=trustees|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}
• Managing Committee{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/committee.php?t=managing|title=Shia College, Lucknow - managing|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006044133/http://shiacollege.org/committee.php?t=managing|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}
• College Committee{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=6|title=Shia College, Lucknow - committee|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006041916/http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=6|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}
• SHIACTA{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=2|title=Shia College, Lucknow - shiacta|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006044123/http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=2|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live}}
• Procotorial Board{{Cite web|url=http://shiacollege.org/page.php?d=40|title=Shia College, Lucknow - board|website=shiacollege.org|access-date=2020-04-23}}

Shia P.G. College has been awarded an 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).{{Cite web |author-link=National Assessment and Accreditation Council |title=SHIA POST GRADUATE COLLEGE Institutional Assessment and Accreditation |url=https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/index.php/grade_sheet_rpt/eyJpdiI6IlovSlZSbUxzd0dlUCtUVWl5OU1LWmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRWw2b0FJS1A1RWdGUnoyajBnbHRjZz09IiwibWFjIjoiNTViMjdhZTRhYzI5NGRiOTdlYTc2NmU4MWM5ODA4OTU0M2FiYjA3OGY4MmNlMWJmNWZhYjE3NzFmMTY1NDVhYyIsInRhZyI6IiJ9}}

• Syed Sibte Hasan Naqvi (d. 1935), ex-principal
• Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi (d. 11 May 2008), ex-principal

• Syed Ali Zaheer (1896-1983), president of the College Management Committee
• Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi (1932 – Dec 1987), founding member of the governing board
• Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati, ex-board member
• Syed Husain Nasir Saeed Abqati sahab ansar abqati.board member and senior member of management committee Shia PG College and allied institutions

{{reflist}}

• {{Cite book|last=Butler|first=Sir Harcourt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5yGCsM4h34C&q=%22Shia+College%22&pg=PA15|title=Speeches, 15th Feb., 1918, to 2nd Jan., 1921|date=1921|publisher=Superintendent,] Government Press|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Marris|first=Sir William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wsg9AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=The Speeches of Sir William Marris: As Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh : December 1922-January 1928|date=1928|publisher=Wesleyan Mission Press|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Abinaschandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1Q3AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=The law of endowments (Hindu & Mahomedan): with introduction, history of the origin and development of the charitable and religious institutions in India, and the laws governing them : including the procedure, and all the imperial and local acts, model forms of deeds, pleadings and rules|date=1938|publisher=Eastern Law House|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Assembly|first=Uttar Pradesh (India) Legislature Legislative|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l20lAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Proceedings. Official Report|date=1939|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Husain|first=Sheikh Abrar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=it4aAAAAYAAJ&q=%22shia+degree+college%22|title=Marriage Customs Among Muslims in India: A Sociological Study of the Shia Marriage Customs|date=1976|publisher=Sterling Publishers|isbn=978-0-8426-0926-5 |language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Hasan|first=Mushirul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wIQAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Islam, Communities and the Nation: Muslim Identities in South Asia and Beyond|date=1998|publisher=Manohar|isbn=978-81-7304-070-2|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last1=Llewellyn-Jones|first1=Rosie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnFuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Shia+College%22|title=Lucknow, Then and Now|last2=Kapoor|first2=Ravi|date=2003|publisher=Marg Publications|isbn=978-81-85026-61-9|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last1=Hasan|first1=Mushirul|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461770|title=Towards Freedom: Documents on the Movement for Independence in India 1939|last2=Bhattacharya|first2=Sabyasachi|last3=Research|first3=Indian Council of Historical|date=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-569651-6|language=en}}

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