During and After Independence
The riots following partition that shook the northern India did affect Jamia, but not its campus. Gandhiji observed that its campus remained “an oasis of peace in the Sahara” of communal violence.
After the attainment of Independence, Jamia continued to grow. Foreign dignitaries visited Jamia Millia Islamia during their visits to New Delhi. Visitors included Marshal Josip Broz Tito of Yuoglavia(1954), King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan (1955), Crown Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, King Reza Shah Pehlavi of Iran (1956) and Prince Mukarram Jah (1960).
In 1962, the University Grants Commission declared the Jamia a ‘Deemed to be University’. The School of Social Work was established in 1967. In 1971, Jamia started the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, to honour Dr. Zakir Husain, who had died in 1969. BE course in Civil Engineering commenced in 1978; in 1981, the faculties of Humanities and Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Science, and the State Resource Centre were founded.
In 1983, it started the Mass Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning. In 1985, it established the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and the University Computer Centre. Academic Staff College and the Academy of Third World Studies followed in 1987 and 1988.
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