University of Calcutta the Pride of Indian Educational History

University of Calcutta the Pride of Indian Educational History

Conventionally we the Bengalis are very much emotional with our originality and cultural issues and we love to be proud with the prestige of heritage of our own cultural hub Kolkata which is the capital of West Bengal now and the ancient capital town of India.


Starting with its educational background we always found that there are many genius personalities are footed in this city. Their educational glory was making the city’s glorious history. On behalf of that the educational heart core of this city or the main Educational centre of the Country is University Of Calcutta which is the mark of status of educational background and practices of this city.


Within India the University of Calcutta is recognized as a "Five Star University" and University Grants Commission titled it as "Centre with Potential for Excellence".

Dr Fredrick John, the education secretary on that time of British Government in India, first tendered a proposal to the British Government in London for the establishment of a university in Calcutta. It was founded in 1857 during the administration of Lord Canning. On 30 January 1858, the Syndicate of the Calcutta University started functioning.

We have many great persons today who are the renowned educationist was made this University one of the best in not only the country but also the world. Jagadish Chandra Bose, Prafulla Chandra Roy, Satyendra Nath Bose, C. V. Raman, Megh Nad Saha, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan enriched the glory of this educational hub through their teaching.

Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu became the first lady graduates of the country in 1882 from here which made a history in the women’s education of this country India. Today when Calcutta is turned to the Kolkata, we all the Bengalis are recognizes with our past Calcutta’s educational glory throughout the world. Some of the legendary educators of Calcutta University were Jagadischandra Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Satischandra Vidyabhushan, Rakhaldas Banerji, and Surendranath Sen.

Today this university make the future generation who ought to be maintain their previous prestigious status as because this educational institute give them all the latest facilities regarding the various educational courses which helps them to build up their unique identity in the educational field of world. And it is sure that they always will successful to create their marked position among all the guys as a student or degree holder of the Calcutta University; thus the prestige of the Kolkata city obviously rises up on the global field of education.


The Calcutta University is not only for the students of this country but pupils from different part of this whole world come here to study and be the part of this historical journey. They can get the chance to study on different subjects like Agriculture, Art, Commerce, Business, Home Science, History, Anthropology, Economics, English literature and language, Bengali literature and language, Musicology, French, Pali, Philosophy, Urdu, Education, Mass-Communication and Journalism, Computer Science and Engineering, Chemical Technology, Applied Physics, Pure Mathematics, Psychology and many other several subjects.


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