Ewing Christian College

Ewing Christian College (ECC) was established in 1902, as Allahabad Christian College by the American Presbyterian Mission,

ECC is one of the oldest colleges established in India. However, this claim is doubtful because the British East India Company was long gone at the time of the college's founding, as the British had taken over the control of India after the first war of Independence in 1857. At the beginning, the college was named Vernacular school. Later, its governance was shifted to the Presbyterian Church. In 1910, it was called Allahabad Christian College.

The campus is located on the northern bank of Jamuna river near Sangam on the southern part of Allahabad City. Spread on a sprawling green campus of 42 acres (170,000 m²), the college opened its Agriculture Economics Extension Department on the other side of the river, which soon developed into Allahabad Agriculture Institute (now a deemed university). The college took giant strides in the field of higher education, with Dr. Dudgeon opening a first laboratory course in botany, laying a very strong base for research in the college.

In 1903, many undergraduate offerings were initiated. However, in 1922, on the account of a new university act, the school lost its college status. In 1935, it started offering classes in a coeducational setup. In 1950, after the permission of Allahabad University, classes for degree students began and once again it acquired college status. More recently, in 1995, it achieved its autonomous status as institution in India which could offer its own examinations under the affiliation with Allahabad University.

The principals

• Dr. Arthur H. Ewing (1902-1912)
• Dr. C A R Xavier (1913-1928)
• Dr. W Dudgen (1928-1930)
• Dr. C S Rice (1930-1938)
• Dr. C H Hazlett (1938-1942)
• Dr. B B Malvia (1942-1950)
• Dr. S S Gideon (1950-1953)
• Dr. C M Chatterji (1953-1965)
• Dr. P S Job (1965-1977)
• Dr R W Nathan (1977-1978)
• Dr. S D Chand (1978-1999)
• Dr. (Mrs.) G S Zaman (1999-2001)
• Dr. M Massey (2001-)

Notable alumni

• Dr. Panchanan Maheswari, FRS, eminent plant embryologist
• Feroze Gandhi, politician and journalist
• Ravindra Khattree, 1977, Academic and Statistician
• Madan Lal Khurana, politician
• Justice Jagdish Saran Varma
• Shanti Bhushan, former Law Minister of India, and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
• Maqbool Ahmed Ansari, Royal Indian Navy Officer opted to Royal Pakistan Navy after an Independence
• Mohammad Tahir, MD; Class of 1999, Current Affiliation: Chief Resident, Catholic Health System Internal Medicine Training Program, Buffalo, NY, USA.

References

• Home Page of Ewing Christian College Allahabad