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Historians say
Its founding pushed the city southward beyond the crowded old quarters and set the direction of modern urban growth.
Historians say
One of Asia's largest residential universities, founded in 1916, with an Indo-Saracenic campus that blends European, Mughal and Hindu forms. It holds Bharat Kala Bhavan and the New Vishwanath Temple, and its Faculty of Performing Arts is a centre of the city's music tradition.