About Gour Peeth

About the University :-

Formerly University of Saugor, was established on 18th July 1946 by Dr. Sir Hari Singh Gour (Nov. 26, 1870 – Dec. 25, 1949) by his lifetime savings.
This 18^th University of India and the oldest and the biggest University of Madhya Pradesh has perhaps the singular distinction of being founded by the munificence of a single person's hard-earned money of about two crores of rupees.
The University was rechristened as Doctor Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in February 1983 by the State Legislature.
The University is situated 5 Km east of Sagar city and its campus covers an area of 1312.89 acres over Pathariya hills connected to the Vindhya Range, surrounded by lush green forest (about 100 acres) within its campus and has effectively contributed to the maintenance and preservation of ecosystem and its biodiversity.
It is one of the finest picturesque campuses in India.

Vision – (of the University)

To attain peaks of Excellence in the dissemination of knowledge and learning with a view to develop global competencies and contribute to national development by generating trained manpower
Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) envisions to be a global center of excellence for the advancement of all good literature, arts, sciences, and technologies; the education, upliftment, and advancement of youth in all manner that may conduce them to be globally competitive, skilled and an asset to the mankind and humanity.
It aspires to be a global leader for innovation and quality in teaching and learning, international standing in traditional and strategic research areas, and commitments to outreach, and service to the nation and mankind. It welcomes to serve persons of all racial, ethnic, geographic groups, women and men alike, and is committed to maintain the freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the knowledge, human mind, and spirit.

Mission - (of the University)

To Achieve overall Educational, Social, Economic and Cultural upliftment of underprivileged people of Rural and Backward Area.
To Promote value based and Job oriented Education together with the Highest quality of learning and research.
To be developed as the model conceived by the founder Dr Harisingh Gour as a world-class University and to meet all the academic needs of the learners.
The University is committed to the discovery, development, dissemination, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs is integrated with new understandings and creativity. This University strives, prepares, and contributes to the development of students by providing a diverse and dynamic learning environment characterized by excellence in teaching. It addresses the emerging requirements and expectations of an increasingly diverse population and the global scenario.

About Dr. Sir Harisingh Gour :-

Dr. Hari Singh Gour was one of the H’ble Members of the Constitution Committee of India. (He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly that framed India's Constitution.)
Dr. Hari Singh Gour was the first Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi (1922 to 1926) and first Dean (1924) of The Faculty of Law in the University of Delhi.
Dr. Hari Singh Gour also held the position of Vice-Chancellor of the Nagpur University, (two times in 1928 and 1936).
Dr. Gour was the founder Vice–Chancellor of the Sagar University (1946).
Apart from being a great jurist and legal luminary par excellence, he was a great Patriot, Philanthropist, Educationist and Social Reformer.
The Govt. of India honored his memory by issuing a commemorative postage stamp in 1976.
Deputy President of the Central Legislative Assembly of British India.
an Indian Delegate to the Joint Parliamentary Committee,
a Member of the Indian Central Committee associated with the Royal Commission on the Indian Constitution (popularly known as the Simon Commission)
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
When he was 18 years old, Hari Singh Gour went to the University of Cambridge in England where he studied Moral Sciences Tripos and Law Tripos. Unfortunately, the young Hari Singh experienced a great deal of racism: as a student; and throughout his life.
He participated in a mathematics competition, for which the results were not declared. Some years after obtaining his D. he learned that the scholarship which the competition awarded was not given to foreigners, especially "blacks," as Indians were referred to by the British. Since Hari Singh came first in the competition, the scholarship ended up not being awarded to anyone.
He faced similar treatment in other situations and academic competitions, however he never let this unfair treatment by the British discourage him. Instead, he began to write poetry. In fact, while in England he came to be known in literary circles as a promising poet, becoming acquainted with the likes of George Bernard Shaw.
He wrote a book of poetry entitled Stepping Westward and Other Poems due to which he became somewhat of a celebrity and was thereby selected a Member of the Royal Society of Literature.
He was admitted as a pensioner at Downing College, Cambridge on 5 June 1889. Dr. Gour received his BA in 1892; the MA in 1896; M. in 1902; and finally the LL.D. in 1908.^[3] After his time at Cambridge, he read for the D.Litt. and LL.D. at Trinity College, Dublin.
He received an honorary Litt. from the University of Delhi, where he served as the institution's first Vice-Chancellor.
On his return to India he became a successful lawyer in Raipur.
He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple on 26 November 1872. Dr. Gour practised in the High Courts of India, including the Central Provinces, Calcutta, and Allahabad.
He wrote two monumental works, The Law of Transfer in British India and The Penal Law of India. Another book entitled Hindu Law Code published later added to his reputation as a great jurist.
In the Central Legislative Assembly in 1921, Gour denounced the sequestration and suppression of women. He was also a great social reformer and was successful in getting an act passed to enable women to be enrolled as lawyers, while his Civil Marriage Bill of 1923 showed him to be a reformer thinking ahead of his time.
Dr. Gour was not only a progressive scholar; he demonstrated such forward thinking in his personal life as well. He married Olivia D/o Balwant Singh of Bhandara.
Dr. Hari Singh Gour was knighted in 1925. The first bill for the abolition of untouchability was introduced in 1921 by Hari Singh Gour.
By his determination and industry combined with a gift of oratory, Sir Hari Singh Gour rose to an eminent position in the political scene.
He became a Leader of the Opposition and of the Nationalist Party in the Indian Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1934.
Dr. Gour was also President of the High Court Bar Association in Nagpur and President of the Hindu Association. He was an Indian Delegate to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Government of India Bill in 1933.
He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly that framed India's Constitution.
The 1891 Age of Consent Act had established that the minimum age of consent within marriage for girls should be 12 years. In 1922, Rai Bahadur Bakshi Sohan Lal proposed that the age of consent should be raised from 12 to 14. This motion was defeated. Then in 1924 Sir Hari Singh Gour brought the age of consent issue back into the Legislature with a similar proposal to raise the minimum age from 12 to 14 years for girls. After amendments and the appointment of a select committee, Gour's Bill was passed to raise the age of consent within marriage to 13 for girls in 1925.
In March 1928, Dr. Gour, who had always been a steadfast proponent of age of consent bills, appealed to the importance of realising standards of modern clinical psychology and pointed out the emotional problems of early marriage, such as the incidence of polygamy as grooms grew up and decided they desired more compatible partners, possible occurrence of suicide and early death, and generally marital unhappiness for both partners.
In 1929 his book titled "Sprit of Buddhism" published and had a great impact on several buddhist countries such as Japan and Sri Lanka. Dr. Gour honoured as Dharm Guru in Japan. It is also been talked that Dr. Ambedkar also got inspired by this book.
Besides being a great lawyer and jurist, Dr. Gour was also a great educationist. He organised the University of Delhi as its first Vice-Chancellor and was Vice-Chancellor of Nagpur University for two successive terms. Of his most important contributions was the founding of the University of Sagar, now officially known as Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, the oldest university in the state of Madhya Pradesh, in 1946 for which he made a munificent donation.
He started the University of Sagar with 2 million and gave about two crores in property as a donation to the University.
He became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar and occupied this position until he died on 25 December 1949. He bequeathed the greater part of his life's savings, a large fortune, to the University of Sagar.
The new campus of this university, laid out on the summit of the Patharia Hills with a panoramic view of the town and lake, has been built largely through the benefaction of Hari Singh Gour.
He accomplished much, overcoming initial poverty and lasting discrimination. For example, in 1941 Gour was turned away by a hotel in England on account of his race.
The Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department issued a commemorative stamp of Dr. Hari Singh Gour on 26 November 1976.
Madhya Pradesh Council of science and technology provide Dr. Hari Singh Gour state award in the field of social science.

Books and Creations :-

Transfer of Property in British India: Being an Analytical Commentary on the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 as Amended ..., Published by Thacker, Spink, 1901.
The Law of Transfer in British India, Vol. 1–3 (1902)
The Penal Law of India, Vol. 1–2 (1909)
Hindu Code (1919)
India and the New Constitution (1947)
Renaissance of India (1942)
The Spirit of Buddhism (1929)
His only Love (1929)
Random Rhymes (1892)
Facts and Fancies (1948)
Seven Lives (1944)
India and the New Constitution (1947)
Letters from Heaven
Lost Soul
Passing Clouds

Thrust Area for the Work :-

Dr. Gour as a Social Reformer
Dr. Gour as an Academician
Dr. Gour as an Administrator
Dr. Gour as a Leader
Dr. Gour as a Writer
Dr. Gour as a Philosopher
Dr. Gour as a Great Personality
Dr. Gour as a True Indian
Dr. Gour as an Institution

Field Area for the Work :-

In the view of Bundelkhand Region
In the view of Nation (India)
In the view of World as one Unit

About The Chair (Dr. Gour Peeth) :-

Beginning of the Chair :-

On the Occasion of Gour Jayanti Mahotsava (153^rd Birth Anniversary of Dr Gour) 26^th Nov 2022 with great effort of Prof Neelima Gupta, H’ble Vice Chancellor of the University.

Prof D P Singh, Former Chairman of UGC

Prof Balwant Jani, H’ble Chancellor of the University

Prof Neelima Gupta, H’ble Vice Chancellor of the University

Coordinator- Prof Diwakar Singh Rajput

Vision :-

To attain peaks of Excellence in the dissemination of knowledge and learning with a view to develop global competencies and contribute to national development by generating trained manpower. (in the light of Dr. Gour’s Vision)

Mission : -

To Achieve overall Educational, Social, Economic and Cultural upliftment of underprivileged people of Rural and Backward Area.
To Promote the ideology of Dr. Sir Harisingh Gour
To develop Research based work on the Personality of Dr. Gour with the Highest quality of learning and research.
To be developed as the model conceived by the founder Dr. Harisingh Gour as a world-class Citizen and to meet all the academic needs of the learners.
“Bharat Ratna Award” to Dr. Harisingh Gour

Proposed Activities of the Chair :-

Research –
- Project Work
- Ph D Work
- Field work
Seminars –
- Seminars
- Symposia
- Workshops
- Conferences
Publications –
- Bulletin
- Research Journal
- Website
- Books
- Monographs etc.
Productions –
- Short Films
- Documentaries
- Talk & Walk
Discussions –
- Dialogues and Discussions
- Lectures
- Book Reviews
Field Studies –
- Field Work/Visits and reports

Competitions and Awards Distribution–
- Research Based Competitions
- Field Based Competitions
- Gour Excellence Award
- Gour Ratna Award
MoU with other related Institutions –
- With other Universities
- With Social Organizations
- With Govt Organizations
Capsule Courses
- (Short Term – 3 to 5 days)

Awareness Camp
- (Short Term – 3 to 5 days)

Training Programs
- (Short Term – 3 to 5 days)

Certificate Courses
- (06 months & 12 months)

Chairperson - Prof Neelima Gupta, H’ble Vice Chancellor of the University

Coordinator - Prof. Naveen Kango, Coordinator of the Chair

Prof. Naveen Kango,

Coordinator of the Chair