Bahawalpur S.E Collage ~ History & Facts

S.E Collage Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur once a princely state, governed by the Abbasi’s Legacy of Nawab’s has been gifted by the different Educational Institutions and different state Departments. Sadiq Egerton Collage Bahawalpur also Known as S.E Collage Bahawalpur is one of the educational institution that has been gifted by Nawab of Bahawalpur to educate the citizens of Bahawalpur and generations to come

Brief History

It was started as a middle school established in the year 1882 and was upgraded into high School in the same year and named with Upper Egerton School, after the name of then Punjab governor Lt Sir Robert Egerton (1877-1882). Bahawalpur state's education committee recommended it to become collage for the state of Bahawalpur and on April 25, 1886, it was upgraded as college. Later, in 1895, the college was jointly named after Bahawalpur Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi IV and Sir Robert Egerton.

At that time there were only two collages that were Government Collage Lahore and other was FC collage Lahore and both were part of undivided India . Nawab of Bahawalpur announced the free education to the citizens of Bahawalpur and even scholarships were provided by the state. The boarding, lodging and even all the educational expenses were the responsibility of State Government for the deserving students.

Building

In 1886, when intermediate classes were introduced, the college was shifted to the building of the existing government Jubilee Zanana Hospital, Mohallah Chah Fateh Khan. Later, when the number of students grew, the college was shifted to a newly-constructed (1890-95) building in Mohallah Kajalpura, adjacent to Griganj Bazaar in the heart of the old city, where the college functioned till 1911. The degree classes were introduced in 1892, but were suspended due to unknown reasons in 1900.

In 1905, after the coronation, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V began the construction of a building (outside Farid Gate) meant for this college and its attached hostel, which were completed in 1911 and 1906, respectively. The college was shifted from Mohallah Kajalpura to the new building, where now is housed the well-known Sadiq Dane (SD) High School.

The foundation stone (which is affixed at the entrance) of the present building of the SE College was laid by prime minister (working under the direct control of the United Kingdom) of defunct state Col A.J. Dring in 1950. Shifting to the present building from SD High School building took place in 1951. During that period a double-storey hostel called Qasim Hostel was raised for 150 boarders.

Upgradation

In 1957, the college building was extended and new classrooms, science laboratories and auditorium were added. College's centenary celebrations were held in 1986. A few years back, the college building was renovated with huge funds. Presently, the post-graduate block is nearing completion.

The degree classes again began in 1926 along with intermediate science classes. The BSc classes started in March 1952. The college for the first time was given the status of a post-graduate institution in 1970.

At the time of college's establishment in 1886, Babu Parson Kumar Bos, principal of Jagan Nath College, Dhaka, was appointed its first principal. Late Maulvi Din Muhammad, Maulana Jamiat Ali, Maulana Khalil Ahmed and Lala Ram Ratan had the honour of being the pioneer teachers of the college. Only seven students were admitted to the first year of its establishment while now the students' strength is over 4,000 with 150 teachers. As the college provided free education, boarding and lodging plus scholarships, it attracted students from across the country. Noted poet and writer Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi also studied here. Besides, the college has a long list of students who worked at important positions in military, judiciary and bureaucracy. In its early days, it was visited on different occasions by the personalities like Indian viceroys Lord Daffron and Reading, Maulana Syed Suleman Nadvi, Maulana Shabeer Ahmed Usmani, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Sir Fazal Husain, Sir Muhammad Shafi, Dr Syed Zakir Husain (Indian president), Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq, Nawab Sadiq, Nawab Bahawal Khan V, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi IV and V, Sir Abdul Qadir and Dr Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi.

Currently S.E Collage Bahawalpur has now extended and started the classes of Graduate and Post Graduate Classes as well.

Official Website of SE Collage
https://www.secollege.edu.pk/