Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE), Gwalior was established by the Ministry of Education & Culture, Government of India as Lakshmibai College of Physical Education (LCPE) in August 1957, the centenary year of the War of Independence under the able leadership of Padma Shri Dr. P.M. Joseph. It is located at Gwalior, where Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, a valiant heroine of the war, had laid down her life during the First Freedom Struggle in 1857. The Institute started as an affiliated college of Vikram University, Ujjain and then came into the fold of Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1964. The Institute was given a status of national importance, and hence it was renamed Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE) in1973. In recognition of its unique services and character and to facilitate its further growth, the college was conferred the status of an „Autonomous College‟ of Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1982. In further recognition of the unique educational services rendered by the Institute in the field of Physical Education, Sports and Research, the Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development conferred the status of a “Deemed to be University” in September 1995 under Section 3 of U.G.C. Act, 1956. Hence, the Institute was again renamed as Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE). The Institute is the only “Deemed to be University” in the field of Physical Education in India and enjoys a unique place of its kind in South East Asia.