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Presidency College is in Chennai, India and is considered to be the precursor of the University of Madras. It was founded in 1840 by Thiru Eyre Burton Powell. When the University of Madras was founded in 1857, Presidency College got affiliated to it. The college moved to its present location in Kamaraj Salai in 1870. It is just opposite to one of the famous landmark Marina, which is the second longest beach in the world. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... , Madras redirects here. ... The University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with University of Mumbai and University of Calcutta). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Marina Beach is a beach situated along a 12 km shoreline in the city of Chennai, India. ...

It was ranked the no. 1 science college in India in 2001 and no. 1 arts college in India in 2002 by India Today. This college also serves the society by educating the economically poor and socially under-privileged communities with an affordable fee structure. The Origin and Growth Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... 30th Anniversary issue of India Today India Today is an Indian weekly newsmagazine, in publication since 1975. ...

It had taken, decades for the College to take shape. At the behest of Sir Thomas Munro a Committee of public instruction was formed in 1826. In 1836 the duties of the Committee of public instruction was taken over by "The Committee of Native Education." The plan drawn up by the Committee did not commend themselves to Lord Elphinstone who in turn proposed nineteen resolutions which were passed unanimously. The gist of the resolutions was as follows:

The First Principal The choice of Thiru. Mount Stuart Elphinstone fell on Mr. Eyre Burton Powell, a Cambridge Wrangler in Mathematics, who accepted the post. Mr. Powell reached Mumbai on the 20th Sept. 1840 and could reach Chennai only on 24th November 1840, the journey from Mumbai to Chennai occupying about four weeks. In the meantime, the University Board had invited Mr. Cooper, from the Hoogly College, Calcutta to carry on the duties of the Headmaster temporarily, on a salary of Rs. 400/­a month.

The Emergence of Presidency College

The Preparatory School Thiru. Cooper accepted the invitation and came to Chennai. He and his Staff opened the preparatory School in a rented building in Egmore known as Edinburgh Home on 15th October 1840 which eventually grew into Presidency College. Thiru. Cooper remained in the Preparatory School for only a few months and soon after Thiru. Powell's arrival and before the opening of the High School department in April 1841, he returned to Calcutta. The preparatory School was shifted to Popham's Broadway in 1841.

Alumni

• Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman - Nobel laureate
• Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - Nobel laureate
• Srinivasa Varadhan - Abel Prize laureate
• C.Subramaniam - Freedom fighter,Former union Agriculture minister (Father of Green revolution)
• P.Chidambaram - Union Finance Minister
• Narasimhan Ram - The Hindu Chief editor
• Uma Sambanthan - social activist and wife of V. T. Sambanthan, one of the founding fathers of modern day Malaysia
• Dr. Sarvepalli Gopal - Eminent Historian

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன்) (November 7, 1888 – November 21, 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ... Chandrasekhar redirects here. ... Sathamangalam R. Srinivasa Varadhan is an Indian-American probabilist. ... The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to outstanding mathematicians. ... Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) he belonged to agricultural community. ... P. Chidambaram is the finance minister of India in the Congress-led UPA government (2004-2009). ... Narasimhan Ram (born May 4, 1945), is an Indian journalist, who is Editor-in-chief of The Hindu since June 27, 2003. ... For followers of Hinduism, see Hindu. ... Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan is the wife of the late Tun Dr V.T. Sambanthan, former Malayan Labour Minister. ... Tun V.T. Sambanthan was the fifth President of Malaysian Indian Congress and one of the Founding Fathers of Malaysia. ... Sarvepalli Gopal (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well known Indian historian. ...

External links

• Official website
• University of Madras Students Helpline
• Information about establishment of Bioinformatics centres
• Article on Bioinformatics Centre at Presidency
• About Dr. S. Rajarajan