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Established in 1856, it is one of the oldest colleges in Mumbai. It played a major role in shaping and developing the educational landscape of the city. It also played a pivotal role in the inception of the University of Mumbai.
The Elphinstone Institution was formally constituted in 1835. The classes commenced in 1836 with the two Professors, Arthur Bedford Orlebar, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Harkness, Professor of General Literature.
Elphinstone College was established in honourof Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay (1819 – 1827) who is credited with initiating higher education in the city. The College began with the establishment of the Elphinstone Professorships.
In 1871, Elphinstone College got its building in Byculla. James Trubshawe, an architect who flourished in the early part of the 19th century, designed the structure, which was built by the engineer, John Adams. This older Elphinstone College building stands opposite the Jijamata Udyaan in Byculla, Mumbai.
Thesis. A history of Elphinstone College, 1827-1890 : a case study in the early formation of an English-educated intelligentsia in Bombay. Abstract: The founding of English schools and universities in an Indian social setting was by any standard a fantastic experiment whose reverberations continue to the present day.
It was completed by the Public Works Department's engineer and architect John Adams (1845-1920), and opened in 1871. The building stands opposite the Victoria Memorial Gardens in Byculla, Mumbai. The college was planned in the 1860s as one of the first great institutions of the Victorian age in Mumbai.
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As for the college itself, this was one of the first great institutions of the Victorian age in Mumbai. It still bears the time-honoured name of Lord Elphinstone (1779-1859), Governor of Bombay from 1819 to 1827, even though the building itself is called after the college's original Parsi benefactor. Bibliography. Chopra, Preeti.
