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The
South Boarding House (now
Vikram House)
1910-1919:
The Kumars, who were temporarily placed in the servants'
quarters, moved into the South Boarding House in
1910.The upstairs was known as Mackay House and the
downstairs as Hardinge House. Even later when the boys of
Mackay House moved out, it became Hardinge House. Later
in Marchant's time, it was referred to as Junior House,
and is now referred to as Vikram House. The
North Boarding House was ready in 1910. It was where the
classes were held till the main Building was ready. Later the
boys of Mackay House moved into the ground floor and the first
floor was referred to as Curzon House. The entire
building then came to be known as Mackay, later as Senior
House, and now as Ashok House.
During
1910 the Temple, donated by the Maharaja of Charkhari
and the Mosque donated by the Begum of Bhopal were both
completed and opened with appropriate ceremony. The murtis in
the temple were gifted by the Maharana of Udaipur. The temple
was built by the Indore darbar with funds donated by the
Maharaja of Charkhari.
The
classrooms in the main building came to be used for the first
time in February 1912 and the hall on 9th March the same year.
The College building was formally declared open on 8th
November 1912 by the Viceroy, Lord Hardinge.
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The pride of the Daly
College is the Main Building. Conceived by Sir Hugh
Daly,
designed by Colonel Sir Swinton Jacob
and built by the CPWD
from unpolished marble obtained from the Udaipur quarries.
The building is amongst
the best examples of the Indo Saracenic style of architecture
which is essentially a synthesis of western & Indian
elements.
The buildings and
grounds at the Daly College were lent to the Government of
India, and the Training School for Indian Army Cadets,
presumably the first such institution of its kind in India,
commenced functioning in the Daly College with effect from
15th September 1918. The batch of cadets included General
K.M. Kariappa who later became the first Indian
Commander - in - Chief of India. At this stage 17 Kumars
joined the Mayo College at Ajmer and three the Rajkumar
College at Rajkot. The five junior classes were retained and
were shifted to the Gwalior Boarding House, which now
contains the offices of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service
Commission.
A year later the
Training School for Indian cadets was closed and junior
Kumars returned to the College on 1st December 1919.
The
North Boarding House (now Ashok House) |
