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Lucknow University sprawling over a huge area of 90 acres
made a modest beginning in 1864 as Canning High School, at the behest of
the elite class of Lucknow
. It was started in one of the palaces of Kaiserbagh Complex.
In 1905, Canning College acquired land in Badshah Bagh, in which the
grand university building was completed in 1911. The University was
earlier affiliated to
Calcutta and
Allahabad Universities. It was finally accorded independent status in
1922.
There is evident in the buildings of the campus, a unique amalgam of
traditional style and the modern style of architecture. There are typical
multiple domes, arched doorways, high ceilings and wooden staircase in the
original halls on one hand, while on the other, one can see the modern
multi-storeyed buildings.
The campus is dotted with tall, green ashoka trees to such an extent that
the entire clearing in the centre of the campus is known as Ashok Vatika.
The new campus is an impressive concrete and glass structure.