City College, Kolkata

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City College

City College, Kolkata
Type	Undergraduate co-educational college
Established	1881; 140 years ago (1881)
Affiliation	University of Calcutta
President	Dr. Mukul Kanti Manna
Principal	Dr. Sital Prasad Chattopadhyay
Address	102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, College Street , Kolkata , West Bengal , 700009 , India 22°34′48″N 88°22′10″E / 22.5801231°N 88.3694173°E / 22.5801231; 88.3694173Coordinates: 22°34′48″N 88°22′10″E / 22.5801231°N 88.3694173°E / 22.5801231; 88.3694173
Campus	Urban
Website	www.citycollegekolkata.org
Location in Kolkata City College, Kolkata (India) Show map of KolkataShow map of IndiaShow all

City College (or City College, Amherst Street, Kolkata)^{[citation needed]} is a constituent undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century. The college is located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani (Amherst Street), Kolkata-700009. It shares premises with Rammohan College (morning college) and Anandamohan College (evening college).

City College library room

Notable alumni[]

• Swami Shuddhananda, former president of the Ramakrishna Mission
• Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
• Laxminath Bezbarua, Assamese writer & Poet
• Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya Lexicographer, Author, Dramatist & Tea Planter
• Barun Sengupta, the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper
• Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet
• Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor
• Mahesh Chandra Ghosh, philosopher, Brahmo
• Mohit Chattopadhyay, playwright, screenwriter
• Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist
• Rajanikanta Sen, poet, composer
• Samir Roychoudhury, poet, writer
• Satyendra Chandra Mitra, freedom fighter, politician
• Sunil Kanti Roy, Managing Director of Peerless Group and Padma Shri awardee
• Birendra Nath Mallick, Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Bankim Ghosh, Bengali actor and theatre personality
• Jibanananda Das, noted bengali poet and writer
• Bhaskar Saha,Immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Pran Ranjan Sengupta, Mathematician and scientist

See also[]

• List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
• Education in India
• Education in West Bengal

References[]

External links[]

• Official website