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| Established | 1883 |
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| Founder | Shibli Nomani |
| Principal | Dr. Asfar Ali |
| Location | 26°04′29″N 83°11′04″E / 26.0748512°N 83.1844133°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Maharaja Suhel Dev State University, Azamgarh |
| Website | www |
Shibli National College is an educational institution in Azamgarh of Uttar Pradesh state in India.
It was originally established by historian, educationist and social reformer Allama Shibli Nomani in 1883 as National School. Shibli was a great educationist and for a long time a companion and adviser to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the well known scholar and founder of Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India.Shibli Nomani[citation needed] This national school was promoted to Middle school in 1887 and further to High School in 1895, and again an intermediate college in 1942.[citation needed] This College was granted the status of degree College in 1946. In the beginning the college was affiliated with Agra University and in 1956 when Gorakhpur University was established its affiliation linked to that university.[citation needed] Its first principal Mr Basheer Ahmad Siddiqui promoted its image of education leader, however its real development as a center of higher learning was started when Shaukat Sultan became the principal in 1948. Many gold medalists of Gorakhpur university used to be from Shibli College.[citation needed] The Post graduate classes in the college started in 1970 in various disciplines of science and arts. Since 1988 the college is affiliated with VBS purvanchal University jaunpur and is known for its discipline, high standards and highly qualified teachers.[citation needed] The strength of the college is about ten thousand with almost equal number of male and female students.[citation needed]