Sri Pratap College, Srinagar

Buildings India Institute

June 15, 2006

A commemorative postage stamp on the Centenary of the SP College, Srinagar, the oldest institute of higher education in Kashmir :

Issued by India

Issued on Jun 15, 2006

Issued for : The Department of Posts is pleased to issue a postage stamp to commemorate 100 years of Sri Pratap College, Srinagar.

Credits :
Stamp & FDC : Kamleshwar Singh
Cancellation : Alka Sharma

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

Colour : Multicolor

Denomination : 500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 0.8 Million

Printing Process : Photogravure

Printer : India Security Press, Nashik

About :

Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, is one of the most prestigious and oldest educational institutions of higher learning in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
The college came into being in 1905, when the famous Hindu High School, Srinagar was upgraded by the Central Hindu College Trust, Benaras (to which it was affiliated). It was largely due to the efforts of Dr. Anne Besant, and Raja Daya Krishan Kaul, the Private Secretary of Maharaja Pratap Singh. The first Principal, Mr M.U. Moore, who was an Irish scholar of repute, took the institution to new heights of excellence.
In 1911 the college was taken over by the State Government and was renamed as Sri Pratap College after the name of the ruler of the state, Maharaja Pratap Singh. The College also got upgraded to the degree level in the same year, and was affiliated to the erstwhile Punjab University, Lahore, in 1912.
The institution had the distinction of being the only institution for imparting higher education in arts and science disciplines in the valley. After de-linking of the arts faculty in the year 1975, the College is now an exclusive Science College where Botany, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Zoology, Environment, Water Management, Physics, Mathematics, Information Technology, Geology and Geography are taught.
The College takes pride in having produced alumni of repute who became leading figures in their respective fields.
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