Bethune College

Bethune College
1949
Motto	Viddaya Vindatey Amritam
Established	1849
Principal	Professor Sangeeta Tripathi Mitra
Location	Kolkata, India
Affiliations	University of Calcutta
Website	bethunecollege.ac.in

Bethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and in 1879 developed into the first women's college in India, after whom it is named as Bethune College. It is located in Kolkata, and is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

The college is accredited at the "A" Level by NAAC.

External links

Official website

University of Calcutta

Associated research and training institutes	Bengal Music College Bose Institute Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Carey Institute of Horticulture Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Government College of Art & Craft Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Indian Centre for Space Physics Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management Institute of Development Studies Institute of Jute Technology Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Colleges offering autonomous or self-financed postgraduate courses	Asutosh College Bangabasi College Basanti Devi College Bethune College Dinabandhu Andrews College Fakir Chand College Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration Lady Brabourne College Maulana Azad College Netaji Nagar Day College Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Rammohan College Sanskrit College Scottish Church College Shri Shikshayatan College St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College St. Xavier's College Vidyasagar College Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College

Colleges offering autonomous undergraduate courses	Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandir Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira St. Xavier's College

Colleges offering degree courses in business administration	Asutosh College Bhawanipur Education Society College Deshbandhu College for Girls Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management Scottish Church College St. Xavier's College

Teachers' training colleges	Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College Bijoy Krishna Girls' College Calcutta Girls' B.T. College David Hare Training College Department of Education Fakir Chand College Gangadharpur Sikshan Mandir Institute of Education for Women Jagadish Chandra Bose Sikshak Sikshan Kamala Devi Sohan Raj Singhvi Jain College of Education Loreto College Raidighi B.Ed College Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandir Ramakrishna Mission Training Institute for the teachers of the Visually Handicapped Sammilani Teachers' Training College Sarisa B.Ed College Scottish Church College Shri Shikshayatan College St. Xavier's College State Institute of Physical Education for Women Surendralal Das Teachers' Training College Uluberia College

Law colleges	Bikash Bharati Law College Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College Jyotirmoy School of Law Rabindra Shiksha Sammilani Law College Shyambazar Law College South Calcutta Law College Surendranath Law College University Law College

Undergraduate liberal arts and sciences colleges	Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College Anandamohan College Asutosh College Azad Hind Fouz Smriti Mahavidyalaya Bagnan College Bangabasi College Bangabasi Morning College Bangabasi Evening College Bankim Sardar College Baruipur College Basanti Devi College Behala College Bethune College Bhangar Mahavidyalaya Bhawanipur Education Society College Bidhan Chandra College Bijoy Krishna Girls' College Budge Budge College Calcutta Girls' College Charuchandra College Chittaranjan College City College City College of Commerce and Business Administration Deshbandhu College for Girls Dhrubachand Haldar College Dinabandhu Andrews College Dinabandhu Institution Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College Fakir Chand College Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration Gokhale Memorial Girls' College Gourmohan Sachin Mondal Mahavidyalaya Gurudas College Harimohan Ghose College Heramba Chandra College Jaypur Panchanan Roy College Jogamaya Devi College Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College Khudiram Bose Central College Kidderpore College Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-ed) College K. K. Das College Kultali Dr. B .R. Ambedkar College Lady Brabourne College Lalbaba College Loreto College Magrahat College Maharaja Manindra Chandra College Maharaja Sris Chandra College Maharani Kasiswari College Maheshtala College Maulana Azad College Milli Al-Ameen College for Girls Muralidhar Girls' College Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya Nabagram Hiralal Paul College Narasinha Dutt College Netaji Nagar College (Evening) Netaji Nagar Day College Netaji Nagar College for Women New Alipore College Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya Prabhu Jagatbandhu College Prafulla Chandra College Puras-Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya Rabin Mukherjee College Raidighi College Raja Peary Mohan College Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Rammohan College Ramsaday College Rani Birla Girls' College Sagar Mahavidyalaya Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya Sammilani Mahavidyalaya Sanskrit College Sarsuna College Savitri Girls' College Scottish Church College Serampore Girls' College Serampore College Seth Anandram Jaipuria College Seth Soorajmull Jalan Girls' College Shri Shikshayatan College Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya Sivanath Sastri College Sonarpur Mahavidyalaya South Calcutta Girls' College Sovaranai Memorial College Sree Agrasain College St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College St. Xavier's College Sundarban Hazi Desarat College Sundarban Mahavidyalaya Sushil Kar College Surendranath College Surendranath College for Women Surendranath Evening College Swami Niswambalananda Girls' College Syamaprasad College Taradevi Harakhchand Kankaria Jain College Udaynarayanpur Madhabilata Mahavidyalaya Uluberia College Umes Chandra College Victoria Institution (College) Vidyanagar College Vidyasagar College Vidyasagar College for Women Vidyasagar Evening College Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya Viharilal College for Home and Social Science Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College Vivekananda College for Women Women's College Women's Christian College

Formerly affiliated institutions	Allahabad University Agra College Armenian College Bareilly College Chittagong College Chittagong Collegiate School and College Christ Church College, Kanpur Government College University, Lahore Gurucharan College Holkar Science College Lucknow Christian College Lucknow Women's College National Institute of Technology Agartala Hindu College Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Indian Statistical Institute Jaffna College Jaffna Central College Jaffna Hindu College Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Presidency College Ravenshaw College Robertson College Jabalpur Royal College, Colombo St. John's College, Jaffna St. Peter's College, Agra S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia Rangoon College

Bengal Renaissance

People	Sri Aurobindo Rajnarayan Basu Jagadish Chandra Bose Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Satyendra Nath Bose Bethune Upendranath Brahmachari Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Akshay Kumar Datta Henry Derozio Alexander Duff Michael Madhusudan Dutt Romesh Chunder Dutt Dwarkanath Ganguly Kadambini Ganguly Monomohun Ghose Ramgopal Ghosh Aghore Nath Gupta David Hare Kazi Nazrul Islam Eugène Lafont Ashutosh Mukherjee Harish Chandra Mukherjee Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Gour Govinda Ray Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Raja Ram Mohan Roy Meghnad Saha Akshay Chandra Sarkar Mahendralal Sarkar Brajendra Nath Seal Girish Chandra Sen Keshub Chandra Sen Haraprasad Shastri Debendranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore Sitanath Tattwabhushan Brahmabandhav Upadhyay Ram Chandra Vidyabagish Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Swami Vivekananda Paramahansa Yogananda Begum Rokeya

Topics	Adi Dharm Bengali literature Bengali poetry Bengali music Brahmo Samaj British Raj British Indian Association History of Bengal Nazrul geeti Rabindra Nritya Natya Rabindra Sangeet Sambad Prabhakar Socialism in Bengal Swadeshi Satyagraha Tattwabodhini Patrika Tagore family Vangiya Sahitya Parishad Young Bengal

Institutions	Anandamohan College Asiatic Society Banga Mahila Vidyalaya Bangabasi College Bethune College Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Calcutta Madrasah College Calcutta Medical College Fort William College General Assembly's Institution Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya Hindu Theatre Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Midnapore College National Council of Education, Bengal Oriental Seminary Presidency College Ripon College Sanskrit College Scottish Church College Serampore College Vidyasagar College Visva-Bharati University University of Calcutta University of Dhaka

Other renaissance/ revolutionary movements in Bengal	Bhakti movement Gaudiya Vaishnavism Brahmoism Sannyasi Rebellion Indian independence movement Kalighat painting Jugantar movement Bengal School of Art Hindu–German Conspiracy Kallol Gananatya Andolan Bratachari movement Bengali Little Magazine Movement Parallel Cinema Indian Communism Naxalism Hungryalism Prakalpana Movement