University of Calcutta
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কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় University of Calcutta University of Kolkata |
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| motto | Advancement of learning |
| founding | January 24, 1857 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Kolkata , West Bengal , India |
| Chancellor ( chancellor ) | Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia |
| Students | approx. 100,000 |
| Employee | 5,500 |
| Website | www.caluniv.ac.in |
The University of Calcutta ( Bengali কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় , Hindi : कोलकाता विश्वविद्यालय ) is a state university in Kolkata , in the Indian state of West Bengal . With a good 100,000 undergraduate students and 5,500 postgraduate students, it is one of the most important universities in eastern India . It was founded on January 24, 1857 on the model of the University of London , making it the oldest university in India based on the European concept.
In addition to the main campus locations on College Street , in Rajabazar ( Rajabazar Science College Campus ) and Alipore , there are other branch offices in the area around Calcutta , as well as numerous colleges affiliated with the university. The most prestigious of these is the Presidency College , which has existed since 1817 and has been named since 1855.
The university is one of the most recognized universities in India.
Famous Graduates
Nobel Prize Winners:
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Nobel Prize in Literature (1913)
- CV Raman (1888–1970), Nobel Prize in Physics (1930)
- Amartya Sen (* 1933), Nobel Prize in Economics (1998)
Other well-known alumni:
- Heinrich Blochmann (1838–1878), Iranist
- Sayyid Husain Ali Bilgrami ( Imud ul-Mulk; 1842–1926), Minister in Hyderabad
- Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937), physicist and botanist
- Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958), Indian historian
- Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963), former President of India
- S. Radhakrishnan (1888–1975), former President of India
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972), physicist
- Meghnad Saha (1893-1956), physicist
- Yogananda (1893–1952), religious teacher
- Satyendranath Bose (1894–1974), physicist
- Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901–1953), Indian politician and minister
- Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), philosopher
- Jyoti Basu (1914-2010), former Chief Minister of West Bengal
- Satyajit Ray (1921-1992), director
- Mrinal Sen (1923-2018), director
- Pranab Bardhan (* 1939), economist
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (* 1942), literary scholar and philosopher
- Lakshmi Mittal (* 1950), entrepreneur
- Leander Paes (* 1973), tennis player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/Foundation.html
- ↑ https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/chancellors.html
- ↑ a b PDF at www.caluniv.ac.in ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
