One of the most prestigious universities across India, Delhi University began in 1922 with merely three colleges and 750 students. Little did these students know that they were studying at what was about to become a behemoth in the Indian educational sector in a few decades.
On January 16, 1922, the Delhi University Bill was introduced in the Imperial Legislative Assembly. The DU Act came into force on May 1, 1922, and had Viceroy Lord Reading and Hari Singh Gour as its first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor respectively.