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November 15th, 2017, 10:24 AM
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Re: IIT Roorkee Old Name

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is Earlier Known as Thomason College of Civil Engineering, is a public engineering university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Established in 1847 in British India by the then lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason, it was given university status in 1949 and was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001

About the Establishment

The institution has its origins in a class started in 1845 to train local youth in engineering to assist in public works then beginning.

In 1847 it was officially established. It was renamed as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854 in honour of its founder, Sir James Thomason, lieutenant governor 1843–53.

The first Indian to graduate from the Roorkee college was Rai Bahadur Kanhaiya Lal in 1852.

On 21 September 2001, an ordinance issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation's seventh Indian Institute of Technology, renaming it to the current name, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

The ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to make IIT Roorkee an "Institution of National Importance

For more Information you may Contact to the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee the contact details are given below

Contact details
IIT Roorkee
Address: Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667
Phone: 01332 285 311


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