Wilson College, Mumbai
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Wilson College is a degree college affiliated to the University of Mumbai in Mumbai. The college, built in 1840 overlooks the Arabian Sea, at Chowpatti Beach in South Mumbai. It is named after its founder Dr. John Wilson, (1804-1875). The college has played an important role in the foundation of the Mumbai University and the Asiatic Society.
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[edit] History
It was inaugurated as the General Assembly's Institution. It was later renamed as Wilson College.
Being the oldest college in Bombay (Mumbai), it precedes the University of Bombay. It got affiliated to the University of Bombay in 1861.
Along with Scottish Church College, Calcutta, Wilson College was the only other institution for higher education in early 19th century colonial India that was started by and initially affiliated to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
[edit] Alumni
The alumini of Wilson College include former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, poet Nissim Ezekiel, cricketer Dilip Sardesai etc.
[edit] Events
On June 30 2006, some NSUI activists (the student wing of Congress Party) forcefully manhandled and blackened the face of a senior professor in the college, and paraded him through the streets in public, and handed him over to the police for allegedly molesting a female student. The local police were mute spectators to the incident and did not think it their duty to stop NSUI's mob-behaviour. The NSUI in turn has been accused of opportunistic motivations behind their actions. The students of Wilson college all rallied in support of the professor as soon as they heard about the incident. A case was filed against the NSUI committe member responsible for the incident. [1]
