{"id":18574,"date":"2025-10-28T20:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/?page_id=18574"},"modified":"2025-10-28T22:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:43:48","slug":"convocationhall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/index.php\/convocationhall\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18574\" class=\"elementor elementor-18574\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec08f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ec08f7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09274b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09274b7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d663d1 elementor-widget__width-initial content-align-left the7-hover-visibility-disabled preserve-img-ratio-cover transform-overlay-yes exceeding-frame-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-image-widget\" data-id=\"7d663d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;hover_visibility&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"the7-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-image-container\"><div class=\"the7-image-wrapper the7-elementor-widget the7-transform-container\"><div class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg img-css-resize-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039;%20viewBox%3D&#039;0%200%20800%20533&#039;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full preload-me aspect lazy lazy-load\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" style=\"--ratio: 800 \/ 533;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5703.jpeg\" loading=\"eager\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5703.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5703-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5703-768x512.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc201f6 elementor-widget__width-initial content-align-left the7-hover-visibility-disabled preserve-img-ratio-cover transform-overlay-yes exceeding-frame-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-image-widget\" data-id=\"fc201f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;hover_visibility&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"the7-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the7-image-container\"><div class=\"the7-image-wrapper the7-elementor-widget the7-transform-container\"><div class=\"post-thumbnail-rollover layzr-bg img-css-resize-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039;%20viewBox%3D&#039;0%200%20800%20533&#039;%2F%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full preload-me aspect lazy lazy-load\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" style=\"--ratio: 800 \/ 533;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5711.jpeg\" loading=\"eager\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5711.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5711-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/b.iitr.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC5711-768x512.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb69263 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb69263\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e709fd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e709fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Hangar of Defence Department of the British <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The Convocation Hall at Roorkee often leaves people wondering why a hangar was built in the middle of the campus. To understand this, we need to look back to World War II. When the war began, the British government\u2019s Defence Department tried to take over Roorkee College and transform it into a military engineering college to train officers and technicians. Thankfully, the government of the United Provinces rejected this proposal but agreed to provide facilities for training military and paramilitary personnel. From 1941 to 1947, military activities took place at the college, and in 1943, a School of Military Engineering was established. During this time, the military built several structures, including a large hangar to accommodate their personnel and equipment. After the war, this hangar was converted into the Convocation Hall.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b836a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78b836a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef9bfce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef9bfce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hangar of Defence Department of the British The Convocation Hall at Roorkee often leaves people wondering why a hangar was built in the middle of the campus. To understand this, we need to look back to World War II. 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