St. John's College, Agra 5.76

St. John's College, is a constituent college of the Agra University, located in agra. It is a Christian college under Church of North India and widely regarded one of the oldest, beautiful and prestigious colleges in India, producing a line of distinguished alumni. it was established by Church Mission Society to agra. The college admits both undergraduates and post - graduates and awards degree in liberal arts, Commerce, Sciences, Business Administration and education under the purview of Agra University.John the Apostle, one of the Twelve apostles of Jesus in whose honour college is built.HistorySt. John's College, Agra, was established in 1850 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of England, along with Agra C.M.S. Association, and its first principal was Rev. Thomas Valpy French (1825-1891), a fellow of University College, Oxford. In 1869-70, it had 297 students, out of which 199 were Hindus, 76 Muslims, and 22 Christians.From 1862 to 1888, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta and till 1927, to the University of Allahabad. In 1927, when Agra University (now known as Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University) came into existence, the college became affiliated to it, and its principal Dr. A.W. Davies became the first Vice-Chancellor of the newly formed University. Since 1893, the college has offered post-graduate courses.