Who Started Banaras Hindu University

hii sir, I am a student of the History and I am studying on the Ancient Universities will you please tell me who Started Banaras Hindu University ?

[Pathak]

The Banras Hindu University was started by the Madan Mohan Malviya in 1916. It is one of the largest residential universities in Asia, with over 20,000 studentsThe university comprises all castes, creeds, religions and genders, and is on the list of Institutes of National Importance

History Of The Banras Hindu University :
At the 21st Conference of the Indian National Congress in Benares in December 1905, Malviya publicly announced his intent to establish a university in Varanasi.

On the request of the Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Sant Baba Attar Singh ji Mastuana (Punjab) laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi in 1914.

Malviya continued to develop his vision for the university with inputs from other Indian nationalists and educationists. He published his plan in 1911.

The focus of his arguments was on the prevailing poverty in India and the decline in income of Indians compared to Europeans. The plan called for focus on technology and science, besides the study of India's religion and culture:

Departments :
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Ayurveda
Faculty of Commerce
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Management Studies
Faculty of Performing Arts
Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan Sankaya
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Visual Arts

Institutes :
School of Biotechnology
School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University
DBT-BHU Interdisciplinary School of Life Sciences
DST Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences
Centre of Food Science & Technology


for more details you may contact to the Banras hindu university the contact details are as follow :

Contact details :
the Banras hindu university
Address: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005
Phone: 0542 236 8558