Government Zamindar College, Gujrat

Government Zamindar College, Gujrat is a government college located in the Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan.[1][2] The college also offers postgraduate courses.

Government Zamindar College
TypePublic
Established1938
Students3,500
Location
Gujrat District
,
Punjab
,
Pakistan
CampusUrban
Websitezamindarcollege.edu.pk

History

It was founded as Cold Stream Zamindar School by Nawab Sir Fazal Ali, grandfather of Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul and Nawabzada Mazhar Ali.[2][3] In 1938, it was upgraded into a college.[3]

Zamindar College's mosque

The mosque's foundation was laid by then governor of West Pakistan, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, in 1950.[2] The mosque, modeled after Lahore's historic Badshahi Masjid, features a main hall measuring 120 by 67 feet.[2]

In 2011, during renovation a dome collapsed which led the Government of Punjab to label the entire college and remaining five domes as hazardous.[2] As a result, the college administration ordered their demolition and closed the main hall, following engineering advice regarding potential structural failure.[2]

Alumni
  • Tilak Raj Puri, Indian bureaucrat and statistician
  • Anwar Masood, Pakistani poet
  • Ismat Beg, scholar, researcher and teacher
  • Manzoor Hussain Atif, Pakistani Olympian
  • Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court
  • Raja Afrasiab Khan, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Hamid Rehman, consultant in Pulmonary Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • Fakhar Zaman
  • Malik Allahyar Khan

References
  1. Butt, Waseem Ashraf (March 1, 2019). "Zamindar college principal removed over staff-admin row". DAWN.COM.
  2. Butt, Waseem Ashraf (December 24, 2015). "Zamindar College mosque's original design compromised in reconstruction". DAWN.COM.
  3. "Govt Zamindar Post Graduate College Gujrat Pakistan Documentary Produced by Tariq Majeed" – via www.youtube.com.

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