The Nagpur University also known as Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University was established on August 4, 1923 in the city of Nagpur in the Maharashtra state of central India. Named after Tukdoji Maharaj, its focus was in teaching languages of India, including Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi and Urdu. The institution has offered a medical degree since 1947. The university was divided on May 1, 1983, when some of its facilities were rededicated to the creation of Amravati University. It has been accredited with 'A' Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council(NAAC). It is now labeled as one of the toughest universities in the country due to its strict assessment and extremely high standards of academia. It has been consistently ranked among the best universities of this country. Recently two engineering colleges — Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering and G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering — which were earlier under RTM Nagpur University were granted autonomous status by UGC (under Act of 1956). Another college SRKNEC has been trying for autonomous status for the past 23 years. RKNEC now got the autonomous status in the year 2011.