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At
a time when the spell of the Western system of education was
at its strongest in India and the educated people were discarding
the ideals and value of their own ancient heritage, Mahatma
Munshi Ram, who later achieved immortality as Swami Shraddhanand,
decided to receive and reintroduce the Vedic Gurukul system
of education into the country. Being a man of courage and
conviction, Mahatmaji established his Gurukula in 1901. Appreciating
the zeal with which this institution had preserved Vedic culture
and values, the Govt. of India endowed it with the status of
a deemed to be university in 1962.
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Immediately
after the inception of this institution 1901, one of the earliest
subjects which were taught there, was English. Similarly after
having the status of a deemed to be university in1963, one of
the departments that came into existence, was English Department |
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The
then Vice-Chancellor initially conceived it as a Department
of English having Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. However,
by 1983, with the encouragement of the then Vice-Chancellor
Late Shri G B K Hooja, (I.A.S.) Research Programme was started
in the Department. Initially the Department was looked after
by Dr Ganga Ram Garg before Shri S. S. Bhagat was appointed
as Reader and the Head of the Department in 1963. Very soon
another vetron Dr Narayan Sharma also joined the Department.
Without much time lag Dr. R L Varshney and Dr A N Dwivedi also
joined the Department. Relatively young talented teachers Dr
Ajai Sharma, Dr Shrawan K Sharma and Dr.Ambuj Kumar Sharma strengthened
the Department in due course. Later Dr Krishnavatar Agrawal
and Dr Mukesh Ranjan Verma also joined the Department. The Department
also had the services of Prof. Naresh Chandra, Dr Pabhu Narayan,
Dr S K Banerjee, Dr. Suman Kumar and Dr Pramathesh Bhattacharya. |
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Prof
Naresh Chandra opted for Lucknow University, Dr Prabhu Narayan
opted for Gorakhpur, Dr Banerjee for Indian Police Services,
Prof. Suman Kumar Kashi vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Prof. A N Dwivedi
for Allahabad University, and Dr Ajai Sharma for C C S University,
Meerut. Prof. R L Varshney, Dr Ganga Ram Garg and Prof. S S
Bhagat live only in our memory |
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In
these efforts apart from the resourcefulness and services of
the regular faculty, the Department has been ably served and
tangibly assisted by eminent and gifted veteran guest faculty
like the Late Prof. T R Sharma, Late Prof. R S Singh, Late Prof.
Thakur Prasad, Dr M G Vassanjee, Prof. John Kerscell, Dr Chandra
Mohan, Dr M N Sharma and Prof A P Trivedi and a host of others. |
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The
Department could also be proud of having edited The Vedic
Path , a Quarterly English Journal of Gurukul Kangri
University. |
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