The University of Tehran is Iran's oldest modern university and one of its most prestigious. It was created under Reza Shah Pahlavi as part of a policy of modernization, gathering earlier colleges, such as those of medicine and law, into a single institution. The main campus was designed by the French architect Andre Godard and the Iranian architect Mohsen Foroughi, combining modern planning with traditional Persian features. The university trained a large part of the country's professional and political elite, and it has been a centre of intellectual life and student activism. It was the site of significant events in Iran's modern history, including demonstrations before and during the 1979 revolution.
Before and after
- 1934Night of the Long Knives
- 1934Publication of March of the Volunteers
- 1934Founding of DC Comics
- 1934Founding of British Council
- 1934Construction of University of Tehran
- 1934Founding of Bank of Canada
- 10 January 1934Birth of Leonid Kravchuk
- from 12 February 1934 to 16 February 1934Austrian Civil War
- 9 March 1934Birth of Yuri Gagarin
More in Art, literature & culture
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- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- 28 May 1937Construction of Golden Gate Bridge
- c. 1940sRise of Postmodernism
- 20 May 1940Construction of Auschwitz
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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