The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is documenting historic city buildings.
Beginning as Madrassa-e-Tibia in 1883, it was later re-established on its present campus. “The main building was inaugurated in 1921.
“Though the college shifted to its present campus on JLN Marg in 1986, the historic building at Ajmeri Gate continues to house the Anglo-Arabic Senior Secondary School, a co-educational govt-aided institution,” said the official. Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College in Karol Bagh is another historic medical institution, founded by renowned physician and freedom fighter Hakim Ajmal Khan. It is the only known institution in India that offers education and clinical training in both Ayurvedic (BAMS) and Unani (BUMS) medical systems under a single roof and is affiliated with DU,” the official added.
Zakir Husain Delhi College traces its history to 1792. Known as Delhi College, it was earlier located on a campus in Ajmeri Gate, along with a school, on a site housing a madrassa founded in 1696. It shut in 1790 but reopened in 1792 and was later reorganised by East India Company in 1828. The institution was reconstituted as Anglo-Arabic Intermediate College in 1924 and affiliated with University of Delhi in 1925.