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| name = Markham College of Commerce
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| city = Yashwant Nagar, [[Hazaribagh]]
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'''Markham College of Commerce''' is the only college in [[Hazaribagh]], [[Jharkhand]] providing a specialized education in commerce. The college was established in late 1970s. It was founded by Shiv Dayal Singh and named after ex-principal Sir Markham Sahab. The college initially had 5 students and has now{{When|date=April 2009}} grown to a strength of 5000 students soon after. ▼
'''Markham College of Commerce''' is located in the [[Hazaribagh|Hazaribag]] district in India. It was founded on February 10, 1974 by B. D. Jaiswal and named after the educationist Arthur Francis Markham who came to India with his goal to make higher education to the students of the area accessible. Most recently, it initiated teaching commerce up to the degree level in its [[North Chotanagpur division|North Chotanagpur]] headquarters.
Markham was ordained with the [[Order of the British Empire|Order of British Empire]]. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the Ranchi University. Even after his retirement, he remained engaged with the students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MARKHAM COLLEGE OF COMMERCE|url=https://www.nimansha.com/profile/markham-college-of-commerce-144#!|access-date=2021-05-29|website=www.nimansha.com}}</ref> In 1974, the first session of Intermediate Arts and Commerce was started. Three years later, Ranchi awarded affiliation for the subjects Hindi, English, Sanskrit, History, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy and Commerce up to degree level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Markham College of Commerce, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand - Careerindia - Careerindia|url=https://www.careerindia.com/colleges/markham-college-of-commerce-hazaribagh-jharkhand-cp1132/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=www.careerindia.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
At the time of foundation, Dr. Maheshwar Tiwari, who as a founder Principal and in charge of the college took on a team consisting of Prof. Shashi Kishore Narayan ( Deptt. Of Pol. Sc), Prof. Heyat Ahmed (Deptt.Of History), Prof. Sabita Banerjee (Deptt.Of Philosophy), Prof. Aparna Banerjee (Deptt. of Sanskrit), Prof. Nitay Nand Choudhary (Deptt. of Commerce).
The college as per decision of the Govt., converted into a constituent unit, on 31 October 1986 during the tenure of late Lambodar Pathak as the secretary.
As of today, the college has a library with approximately 12000 titles, 42 lecture theaters, a teacher's common room, a multipurpose hall named ‘Swami Vivekanand Sabhagar’ that can accommodate some 2000 persons at a time.
To cater to the vocational aspirations of the students, the college started the Bachelor course in Taxation Laws and Practices (TLP), Bachelor of Journalism & Mass Communication (BJMC), Medical Lab Technology (MLT) from 2009. Besides the above noted vocational courses, Nalanda Open University (NOU) has its full-fledged branch in this college campus. It is offering distance education to the students of the whole Chhotanagpur region.
==History==
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The college is part of the [[Vinoba Bhave University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Type of University (Central/State University): State University, Status – 2(f) & 12 'B' |url=http://vbu.ac.in/colleges-under-vbu-2/ |website=Vinoba Bhave University |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> and is one of the oldest colleges of this university.
==See also==
*[[Education in India]]
*[[Literacy in India]]
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Jharkhand]]
==References==
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