Oriental College Explained

Punjab University Oriental College
Established:	1870
Type:	Oriental studies
Principal:	Aurel Stein (1888-1899)
Head:	Pundit Navin Chandra Rai (Vice Principal, 1861)
City:	Lahore

Punjab University Oriental College, commonly known as Oriental College, is an institution of oriental studies in Lahore.^[1] It is located next to Government College University, Lahore.

It was founded by Adi Brahmo Samaj preacher Pundit Navin Chandra Rai in 1876. He served as its vice principal from 1861.^[2] Aurel Stein, the noted Hungarian-British archaeologist, was principal from 1888 to 1899.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Muhammad Iqbal, Poet
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Poet
• Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Politician
• Khurshid Rizvi, Poet
• Anwar Masood, Poet
• Naeem Bokhari, Lawyer
• Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi,
• Shamsul Huda Panchbagi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.
• Rafiuddin Hashmi, writer

External links

• Government MAO College, Lahore at Pakistan National Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. News: Teaching Modern Science in the Oldest of Oriental Languages . . 10 May 1896 . .
2. Book: A Memoir of Pre-Partition Punjab: Ruchi Ram Sahni, 1863–1948 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-909130-0. Burra. Neera. 2018 . 229.
3. Web site: STEIN, Sir Aurel (26/11/1862-26/10/1943). British Academy Fellows. British Academy. 26 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701193505/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/dec.cfm?member=3808. 1 July 2015.