History Of IIT Roorkee In Hindi

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (commonly known as IIT Roorkee or IITR), formerly the University of Roorkee is a public university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

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Humanities

History of IIT Roorkee

Earlier the IIT Roorkee was Known by the name Thomas College of Engineering Established by the Honourable James Thomason, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces, about 1846,

Initially, the college had engineers' class only for Europeans, upper subordinate class for Europeans and Indians and lower subordinate class for Indians only. Such was the reputation of the college, that the recruitment of the Engineering students was directly controlled by the Public Works Departments (PWD).

University of Roorkee (IITR) along with Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur
(IIEST) had contributed significantly for the development of IIT system in the
country.

On 21 September 2001, an ordinance issued by the Government of India
declared it as the nation's seventh Indian Institute of Technology, renaming
it to the current name, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The ordinance
was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an
"Institution of National Importance

for more details you may contact to the IIT Roorkee the contact details are as follow :

Contact details :
IIT Roorkee
Address: Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667
Phone: 01332 285 311