History
Then Viceroy of India Lord Northbrook laid the foundation stone for the main building of the college in 1875. Mohindra College was initially affiliated to the University of Calcutta; at the time, Calcutta was the capital of British Raj.
In 1882 the University of Punjab was established in Lahore, and Mohindra College became one of its first affiliated colleges. Following the partition of India in 1947, the college came under purview of the Punjab University, Chandigarh and, in 1962, under the Punjabi University of Patiala.
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