Oxford of The East

Oxford of the East may refer to the following:

  • The city of Pune. Due to its popularity as a student destination and the number of educational institutions, the city was attributed the moniker 'Oxford of the East' by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • The term is generally used to describe two reputed universities in India, for their institutional stature, a colonial heritage which supplied the analogy and a certain record of academic excellence. These two universities are Allahabad University and Aligarh Muslim University. That having been said, the two are no longer held to be among India's top institutions according to many standards (as in magazines, journals and other published lists), and the label remains a relic of a bygone, albeit golden age, at best.
  • University of Dhaka is the largest and oldest university in Bangladesh. Initially, the university under the British administration worked hard to build up an outstanding record of academic achievement, earning for itself the reputation for being the 'Oxford of the East'.

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