Presidency College, Kolkata

(Official website: presidencycollegekolkata.org launched on 7th June 2005)

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Located at 86/1, College Street, in Kolkata, India, Presidency College, Calcutta offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

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College Street - Kolkata - India - Natural sciences - Humanities - Social sciences - University of Calcutta

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It was established as Hindu College, on January 20, 1817 in Calcutta, the capital of British India. The foundation committee was headed by the great social reformer Raja Rammohan Roy. It was renamed Presidency College in 1855 to admit non Hindu students like Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists and Brahmo Samaj ists. It was placed under the control of the University of Calcutta in 1857.

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January 20 - 1817 - Calcutta - British India - Raja Rammohan Roy - 1855 - Muslim - Jew - Christian - Buddhist - Brahmo Samaj - University of Calcutta - 1857

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It was one of the first colleges in India to admit female students with the first female student attending class in 1897.

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It has been consistently rated as one of the finest Indian institutions for undergraduate studies in the liberal arts, with an impressive list of alumni both in India and abroad. Academics abroad consider it to be the Indian equivalent of Harvard -- both by historical significance as well as by academic standards.

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It was ranked the number one liberal arts college in India by the weekly newsmagazine India Today.

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