Oriental College, Lahore

The Oriental College is an institution of oriental studies in Lahore. It is located next to Government College University, Lahore.

It was founded by Adi Brahmo Samaj preacher Pundit Navin Chandra Rai in 1876. He served as its vice principal from 1861. Aurel Stein, the noted Hungarian-British archaeologist, was principal from 1888 to 1899.

Notable alumni

• Anwar Masood (born 1935), poet and educationist
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984), poet and revolutionary
• Jawayd Anwar (1959–2011), poet and writer
• Khurshid Rizvi (born 1940), poet
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), philosopher and poet
• Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), lawyer
• Rafiuddin Hashmi (1940–2024), researcher and writer
• Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985), Islamic scholar
• Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988), Islamic scholar and politician.
• Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021), Kashmiri separatist leader

References

External links

• Government MAO College, Lahore at Pakistan National Digital Library.