Ramjas College

It was founded by Rai Kedar Nath with the aim of 'providing elite higher education to the masses to make them capable of standing on their own feet' in 1917[citation needed], and is characterised by its political volatility & has a long legacy of student struggles & frequent cases of campus violence.

[3] Ramjas is one of four founding colleges of the University of Delhi, alongside Hindu, St. Stephen's, and Zakir Husain.

According to its website, Nath, the college's founder, also played a significant role in the naming of Delhi University.

[4] Founded on 17 January 1917 by the educationist and philanthropist, Rai Kedar Nath, the college was named in memory of his father, Lala Ramjas.

[citation needed] When the University of Delhi was formed in 1922, Ramjas was upgraded to the degree level and brought under its aegis.

[citation needed] But during World War II, the college had to cede its campus at Anand Parbat to the British Wireless Experimental Centre.

[8] In the same period, at time of Quit India Movement, a group of Ramjas students went ahead and joined the freedom struggle which resulted in them being arrested and jailed.

[8] On 12 February 1959, The famous black American leader Martin Luther King Jr. visited the college and made a memorable speech to the students.

[10] In 2017 India Post issued a postage stamp to commemorate the Centenary Year of Ramjas college Delhi.

[12] Several renowned figures such as Rajyavardhan Rathore, Gen. Manoj Naravane, Bibek Debroy, and others participated in this literary exercise.

The college offers a wide range of courses, extra-curricular activities and technologically advanced facilities accessible to the faculty, the students and the support staff.

The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released the centenary postage stamp at the centenary celebrations of Ramjas College, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 13 February 2017