Hitkarini Sabha
| Established | 1868[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Educational organization (non-profit) |
| Legal status | Active |
| Focus | Education |
| Headquarters | Jabalpur, India |
Area served | Madhya Pradesh, India |
Key people | N.P. Dubey (President) Chandra Mohan (Vice President) Y.C. Uprit (Vice President) M. K. Bhandari (Secretary) |
| Subsidiaries | Hitkarini College of Engineering & Technology |
Employees | more than 1,000[2] |
| Website | www |
Hitkarini Sabha (Hindi: हितकारिणी सभा) is a historic, educational, non-profit organization located in the city of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is runs some of the oldest academic institutions in the region. It was founded in 1868 by Raj Balwant Rao Kher, Diwan Biharilal Khajanchi and Shri Ambika Charan Banerjee.[3][4]
Hitkarini Sabha was persuaded by Seth Govind Das to take a nationalist view.[5] The students at Hitkarini Sabha institutions participated in the swaraj movement. Hitkarini Sabha has played a significant role in development of Hindi language. In a meeting in 1871, the Hitkarini Sabha met to discuss the question of court language. It was decided by an 8 to 2 margin that Hindi is more suitable than Urdu.[6] It published a literary magazine for a while and organized meetings of leading Hindi authors. Seth Govind Das was associated with Hitkarini Sabha as a trustee and members of his family continue to serve the organization.
Many distinguished scholars, authors and politicians, such as Ravishankar Shukla, Osho Rajnish, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh have emerged from institutions run by the Hitkarini Sabha.
Its earliest institutions were started in buildings donated by Bholanath Singhai in the memory of his son Kasturchand,[7] who also helped build the Hanumantal Bada Jain Mandir:
- Kasturchand Hitkarini Sanskrit Pathshala, Jabalpur 1870
- Kasturchand Hitkarini Higher Secondary School, Jonesganj, Jabalpur 1871
In the 1930s and 40s it added:
- Hitkarini City College (now Hitkarini Mahila Mahavidyalaya) 1933
- Hitkarini Law College 1933. It is the oldest Law College of Madhya Pradesh.
- Babu Manmohandas Hitkarini Girls Higher Secondary School, Dixitpura, Jabalpur 1938
- Hitkarini Higher Secondary School, Garha, Jabalpur 1944
- Hitkarini Higher Secondary School, Govind Ganj, Jabalpur 1948
It has expanded significantly with a number of institutions added since the 1980s. In the recent decades it has focused on professional institutions.
- Hitkarini Science Commerce & Arts College, Jabalpur 1993
- Hitkarini College of Engineering & Technology, Jabalpur 1997
- Hitkarini College of Computer Applications, Jabalpur 2000
- Hitkarini Institute of Nursing Science & Research,2002
- Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur. 2004
- Hitkarini College of Architecture & Town Planning, Jabalpur. 2009
Hitkarini Sabha is now runs 8 colleges, 18 schools, and a computer center, with more than 13000 students, employing more than 1000 teachers and staff. It owns several properties in Jabalpur.[8]
See also
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References
- ^ "Possible year of formation". http://www.hitkarini.com. Hitkarini Sabha. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Approximate number of employees". http://www.hitkarini.com. Hitkarini Sabha. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages edited by Shiri Ram Bakshi, S.R. Bakshi And O.P. Ralhan p. 20
- ^ Hitkarini Sabha,Jubbulpore http://www.hitkarini.com/?l=aboutus-sabha
- ^ Changing political leadership in an Indian province: the Central Provinces and Berar, 1919-1939, David E. U. Baker, Oxford University Press, 1979 p. 130
- ^ One language, two scripts: the Hindi movement in nineteenth century north India, Christopher Rolland King, Oxford University Press, 1994 p. 69
- ^ Madhya Pradesh, District Gazetteers: Jabalpur, V. S. Krishnan, Government Central Press, p. 356
- ^ दवा बाजार खाली कराने अल्टीमेटम Bhaskar News, Mar 18, 2012, http://bollywood.bhaskar.com/article/MP-OTH-drug-market-evacuate-2989767.html