| 1916 | Banaras Hindu University Founded by the nationalist leader Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya with cooperation of Dr Annie Besant, viewing it as the University of India |
| Mahatma Gandhi's historic BHU Address at the foundation ceremony breaks his Gokhale-mandated year of political silence after returning from South Africa | |
| 1919 | Banaras Engineering College Founded |
| 1923 | College of Mining and Metallurgy Founded |
| First to offer Mining, Metallurgy, Ceramics and Pharmaceutics degree courses in India | |
| 1938 | College of Technology Founded |
| 1971 | Institute of Technology Formed, Merging the Three Colleges |
| IT-BHU becomes part of the Joint Entrance Examination along with the first five IITs |
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