Presidency College in Kolkata

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  Apurbalal Senapati

  :: 08 May 2018 11:11:08

  Presidency College... Pride of Bengal... Now it is University has a unique place in history. It was one of the first institutes of Western-type higher education in Asia. In 1817, a group of enlightened Indians and Englishmen set up the Hindoo College.This was taken over the British Government in 1855 as the College of the Bengal Presidency, and placed in 1857 under the newly founded Calcutta University.

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  Md Wasim Reja

  :: 25 April 2018 03:35:30

  Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal.The college was established in 1817 with the money donated by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Raja Radhakanta Deb, Rani Rashmoni, David Hare, Sir Edward Hyde East, Baidyanath Mukhopadhya and Rasamay Dutt. With the creation of the Supreme Court of Calcutta in 1773 many Hindus of Bengal showed eagerness to learn the English language. David Hare, in collaboration with Raja Radhakanta Deb had already taken steps to introduce English education in Bengal. Babu Buddinath Mukherjee advanced the introduction of English as a medium of instruction further by enlisting the support of Sir Edward Hyde East, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Fort William who called a meeting of 'European and Hindu Gentlemen' in his house in May 1816. The purpose of the meeting was to "discuss the proposal to establish an institution for giving a liberal education to the children of the members of the Hindu Community". The proposal was received with unanimous approbation and a donation of over Rs. 100, 000 was promised for the setting up of the new college. Raja Ram Mohan Roy showed full sympathy for the scheme but chose not to come out in support of the proposal publicly for fear of "alarming the prejudices of his orthodox countrymen and thus marring the whole idea". The College was formally opened on Monday, 20 January 1817 with 20 'scholars'. The foundation committee of the college, which oversaw its establishment, was headed by Raja Rammohan Roy. The control of the institution was vested in a body of two Governors and four Directors. The first Governors of the college were Maharaja Tejchandra Bahadur of Burdwan and Gopee Mohan Thakoor. The first Directors were Gopi Mohun Deb of Sobhabazar, Joykissen Sinha, Radha Madhab Banerjee and Gunganarain Doss. Buddinath Mukherjee was appointed as the first Secretary of the college. The newly established college mostly admitted Hindu students from affluent and progressive families, but also admitted non-Hindu students such as Muslims, Jews, Christians and Buddhists.

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  Supratik Chaudhuri

  :: 24 February 2018 15:43:23

  Awesome institute. Great in heritage

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  Bivash Roy

  :: 29 January 2018 19:07:45

  Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal. The college was established in 1817 with the money donated by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Raja Radhakanta Deb, Rani Rashmoni, David Hare, Sir Edward Hyde East, Baidyanath Mukhopadhya and Rasamay Dutt.

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  Arnab Bhattacharyya

  :: 25 April 2017 00:35:27

  This is one of the oldest colleges in in kolkata. This is an historical place, many renowned persons took their degrees from here. The education system is also very good here.