Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar is slated to be the chief guest at the centenary celebrations of the Delhi University’s historic Indraprastha College for Women, which was founded in 1924. Sources said the function to mark the eventful 100 years of the institution will be held on the charming college campus on February 7.
This day holds significance in the journey of the institution whose history is intertwined with the movement for women’s education and the Independence movement of India. The current iconic premises of the college in Civil Lines was inaugurated on February 7, 1939 by then Vicereine Lady Linlithgow.
Currently called the Indraprastha College for Women or more popularly ’IP college’, the institution, the oldest women’s college of Delhi University, was started two years after the creation of the varsity, which itself marked its centenary in 2022, sources told.
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