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The Canning College, so named in honour of the late Lord Canning, was built at the expense of the Taluqdars of Oudh as a place of education for their sons and for the sons of other high class natives.

The foundation stone was laid on the 13th November 1867, by Sir John Lawrence, the then Governor-General, the usual coins &c. were placed in the stone which is situated under the floor of the tower on the west side of front portico. The design first accepted in 1866 was subsequently rejected and fresh designs invited; the design ultimately accepted and carried out was prepared by Tika Ram, Head Draftsman in the office of the Engineer-in-Chief, Rajputana State Railway, and was published with the proposed Specification in No. 22 of Vol. V. of the Roorkee Professional Papers on Indian Engineering for October 1876.

The architectural features of that design have been adhered to, but owing to the designer not having supplied detailed working drawings, and from other causes, very many alterations have been made in the construction, as the following short description of the finished building will show.

The accommodation provided consists of an Examination Hall 95' x 45', (the original length having been reduced by 5 feet to allow of the east end wall being thickened to act as an efficient abutment to the elliptical portion of the arched roof,) a Library 51½' x 29', and two rooms 24¾' x 23½' for the Principal and office; on the east of the Examination Hall, there are two rooms 22½' x 24¾' for Native Professors and Graduates,