Shri JNPG College, Lucknow was established in 1917 as a modest anglo-Sanskrit, school and this premier institute of U.P. marched from strength to strength ever since them.

The College is affiliated to Lucknow University.

The college was upgraded to a middle school in 1918, high school 1920, intermediate college in 1923, a degree college in 1946, a fully fledged degree college in 1954.

Founded in 1917, as a modest Anglo-Sanskrit School, this premier institutionof U.P. marched from strength to strength ever since. It was upgraded to a middle school in 1918, high school in 1920. Intermediate college in 1923, a degree college in 1946, a full fledged degree college (Art, Science, Commerece faculties) in 1954. Today it is the biggest associated college of Lucknow University catering to the needs of approx 10,000 students at graduate and post-graduate levels with faculties namely Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, B.Ed., (BBA (IB) and B P.Ed. with a staff of over 400. Substantial funding was provided by the gracious magnanimity of Late Pt. Deen Dayal Misra. It blossomed into a fine institution under the loving care and expert guidance of Late Justice Gokaran Nath Misra. The Late Misra Brothers (Raoraja Shyam Bihari and Sukhdev Bihari Misra), Popularly known as "Misra Bandhu" fostered it to new heights.

A library is an important asset for any center of higher learning which provides services and facilities to meet the requirements of learning, teaching, research & development and consultancy programs. Hence, efforts are always directed towards creating a very rich library having all important National and International journals/ newspapers, encyclopedia and magazines. 

The aim of Library is to fulfill the crucial role of supporting learning and teaching activities to all members of the College. With a collection of close to 90,000 books in addition to thousands of journals and theses, our library is reckoned as one of the best in Lucknow.

It has been our endeavor to provide both students and corporates with the best possible research material including the latest writings of management gurus, popular management texts, classical books on management and much more.

Recently college has made 83000 Books and 6000 Journals available to the teachers and students of the college. Any student or teacher can access these e-books by sending his or her email address to the librarian. Visitors of library are benefitted by OPAC and INFLIBNET facilities