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100 years of DU news

Delhi: After Covid halt, will University Special buses hit streets again?

This 1974 photo shows DU students protesting ‘inadequate public transport’ in the city, and stop a U-Special bus from plying inside the university’s North Campus. (Getty Images)
Updated on May 12, 2022 01:55 am IST

Fill unreserved seats solely on basis of CUET: Delhi University to Stephen’s

Students at Delhi University's north campus.
Published on May 10, 2022 02:25 am IST

DU at 100: The nursery of political luminaries

Former Union finance minister Arun Jaitley was elected DUSU president in 1974. (HT Archive)
Updated on May 05, 2022 01:00 am IST

DU at 100: Schools of excellence made a varsity shine brighter

The convocation of the Delhi School of Economics in 1950-51. (DU Archives)
Updated on May 03, 2022 12:15 pm IST

DU at 100: The chamber where Bhagat Singh was confined

It is believed that Bhagat Singh was kept in a dungeon-like basement of the Viceregal lodge before being transferred to a jail in Mianwali in Punjab in Delhi assembly bomb case. (Amal KS/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:22 pm IST

DU at 100: Ramjas College took a university from the middle-class to the masses

The Anand Parbat campus is intrinsically linked with Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom struggle. It is believed that soon after the college was established there, Mahatma Gandhi was invited by Rai Kedar Nath to see the efforts being made at the college to educate the people of Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:21 pm IST

DU at 100: The registrar’s office, where Mountbatten proposed to Edwina

The plaque inside the Registrar’s office. (Amal KS/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:21 pm IST

DU at 100: Delhi College a silent witness to the Capital’s rich history

Delhi College began as a madrasa established by Ghaziu’d-Din Khan, a commander under the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in either the late 17th or early 18th century. (Ravi Choudhary/HT Archive)
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:20 pm IST

DU at 100: How St Stephen’s College grew with Delhi

A rather nondescript lane called Katra Kushal Rai lane in Chandni Chowk leads to the Sheesh Mahal building that housed St. Stephen’s School in 1853-54, followed by St. Stephen’s College, which started there in 1881. (Amal KS/HT Photo)
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:42 pm IST

DU at 100: The judge who envisioned DU as a miniature Oxbridge

Sir Maurice Gwyer, a former chief justice, who served as DU vice-chancellor between 1938 and 1950. (Amal KS/HT/Courtesy: DU archives)
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:39 pm IST

DU at 100: Delhi and its university: How an institution helped shape a city

Delhi University was established as a unitary, teaching and residential university with three constituent colleges -- St Stephen’s, Hindu, and Ramjas -- on May 1, 1992. (Amal KS/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2022 05:35 pm IST

DU at 100: The four colleges that started it all

The old St Stephen’s building in Kashmere Gate. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on May 02, 2022 06:19 pm IST

DU @100: East or West, Delhi University is the best!

Students of Delhi University say studying in the varsity gives an experience of a lifetime. (Photo: Manoj Verma/HT)
Updated on May 02, 2022 03:54 pm IST