What was the old name of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, can you please tell me? Also tell me when it was established, give me the complete history of it? What is the ranking of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in India?

The institution has its origins in a class started in 1845 to train local youth in engineering to assist in public works. In 1847 it was officially established.

It was renamed as the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854 in honour of its founder, James Thomason, lieutenant governor 184353.

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".



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