Hislop College, Nagpur is one of the first college in the city of Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

. It is currently affiliated to Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University

Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University , formerly known as Nagpur University, was established on August 4, 1923 in the city of Nagpur in the Maharashtra state of central India. Named after Tukdoji Maharaj, its focus was in teaching languages of India, including Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi and...

. It was named after Rev. Stephen Hislop (8th Sept. 1817 to 4th Sept 1863.), who was an Evangelist, Educationist and Geologist. He worked for 18 years in the Vidarbha Region.

It was established in 1883 in Mahal area of Nagpur. Though Nagpur was Capital of Central Provinces

Central Provinces

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, but in 1882 there was no college.

It was affiliated to the University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta

The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...

 till 1904 and later to Allahabad University

Allahabad University

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. In 1923 it was one of six college affiliated to University of Nagpur

Alumni

Many persons from the neighbouring area had completted their education at Hislop College.

Few of them are

• Hari Singh Gour
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  , Founder Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi
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• Ashis Nandy
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  , political psychologist
• Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave, Marathi Writer
• Dr P L Bhandarkar
• Balwant Dullat, National Film Award Winner
• Nitin Raut
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• Anees Ahmed
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• Mukul Wasnik
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  , Union Cabinet Minister