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Anonymous
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Oct 31, 2006,7:43 am
| chennai university 150yrs old |
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Pratap Kumar
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Nov 4, 2006,3:28 pm
| Nalanda university, bihar more than 200 years |
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k7
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Dec 8, 2006,10:12 pm
University of Calcutta
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<br>Motto Advancement of Learning
<br>Established January 24, 1857
<br>Type Public Research University
<br>Chancellor Governor of West Bengal
<br>Vice-Chancellor Professor Asis Kumar Banerjee
<br>Undergraduates 200,000 plus
<br>Postgraduates 12,400 plus
<br>Location Kolkata, West Bengal, India
<br>Campus urban; 12 campuses (excluding affiliated colleges)
<br>Recognition National Assessment and Accreditation Council's ‘Five Star’; University Grants Commission’s ‘Centre with Potential for Excellence’
<br>Website Official website
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<br>Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. It is a state-government administered urban-based affiliating and research university. It has its main campuses in College Street, Rajabazar, Alipore, Hazra, South Sinthi and a host of affiliated colleges in greater Calcutta
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<br>History
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<br>As the first modern university in the Indian sub-continent the University saw its direction being steered by the first Indian vice-chancellor, Sir Gooroodas Banerjee and later by the Indian vice-chancellors Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee and his son Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (also a vice chancellor).
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<br>Other renowned teachers and educationists such as:
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<br>Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee,
<br>Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy,
<br>Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose,
<br>Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose,
<br>Meghnad Saha &
<br>P.C. Mahalanobis
<br>have all worked at the university.
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<br>It was Dr. Fredrick John, the education secretary to the then British Government in India, who first tendered a proposal to the British Government in London for the establishment of a university in Calcutta, along the lines of London University, but at that time the plan failed to obtain the necessary approval.
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<br>However, a proposal to establish two universities, one in Calcutta and the other in Bombay was later accepted in 1854 and the necessary authority was given. The Calcutta University Act came into force on 24 January 1857 and a 41-member Senate was formed as the policy making body of the university.
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<br>During the British era and through the period until Independence in the 1960s, it was regarded as one of the few seats of academic excellence to the east of Suez.
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<br>When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar) - the largest of any Indian university.
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<br>Early begininings
<br>Members of the University's first Senate include:
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<br>Alexander Duff,
<br>Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,
<br>Prasanna Kumar Thakur,
<br>Prince Golam Mohammad,
<br>William Gordon Pratt,
<br>Frederick John Moat.
<br>The first Chancellor and Vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University were the then Governor General Lord Canning and Sir James William Colvil, the then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, respectively.
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<br>Sir Gooroodas Banerjee was the first Indian vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. The first meeting of the Senate was held in the Council room of the Calcutta Medical College. A temporary office of the university was first started in a few rented rooms in Camac Street.
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<br>On 30 January 1858, the Syndicate of the Calcutta University was constituted. For several years, afterwards the meetings of the Senate and Syndicate were held in a room of the Writer's Building. 244 candidates appeared for the first Entrance Examination of the university which was held in the month of March 1857 in the Town Hall of Calcutta.
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<br>In 1862, a decision was taken by the Senate to construct for the university a building of its own. Accordingly, the historical Senate Hall was constructed at a cost of Rs. 2,52,221/- and inaugurated on 12 March 1873 by holding the convocation of the university.
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<br>In 1875 Mohindra College, Patiala in Punjab province of British India became one of the first colleges to be affiliated with University of Calcutta
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