Dr. Zakir Husain College

About Institution

This College has been established and is administered under Article 30 (1) of the Indian Constitution, by the Muslim Minority Community which has invested in them, all the funds required. This College was registered under the Societies Registration Act No.64 / 68. The Govt. of Tamil Nadu has permitted to open the College here vide its G.O. Ms. No.450 dt. 23.03.1971. Later it was registered in the name of “The Dr. Zakir Husain College Society” as per S. No. 8 of 1983 under the Societies Registration Act 27 of 1975. On April 28, 1970, His Excellency Sardar Ujjal Singh, Governor of Tamil Nadu, laid the foundation stone of the College building. The function was presided over by Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram, Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University. On July 1, 1970, the College began to function with three sections at the Pre-University level with 173 students.

It was on July 5, 1970, the inauguration of the College was formally held. Quide-Millath Alhaj. M. Mohamed Ismail Shahib, M.P., presided. Janab. V.R. Nedunchezhian, Hon’ble Minister for Education, delivered the inaugural address. The first team of Management Committee was headed by Janab. V.K. Ibrahim Ali Ambalam.
Without enough money, the college depended entirely on the donations given by philanthropists and people of Ilayangudi living in Chennai and various countries like Singapore, Malaysia, etc., to start the College. In the initial years of establishment of this College, the donations made to the College were made exempt from Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 vide the IT Commissioner’s Order No.C.212 (140) / 70 dt. 16.1.1971.

Members were enrolled with Rs.11 each as contribution in 1969. The old students of Ilayangudi Higher Secondary School started ‘Aid College Club’. They staged a drama ‘Vithiyin Vilayattu’, under the auspices of the Old Boys Association of that school. The proceeds of the drama Rs.14500 had been given to the College for putting up cement sheets in the main building. Some philanthropists came forward to donate the land for the buildings and also for the University Endowment.”