Bethune College

Bethune College
Bethune College: photograph published in 1949
Motto	Viddaya Vindatey Amritam
Type	Women's college
Established	1849
Principal	Professor Mamata Ray
Location	Kolkata, India
Affiliations	University of Calcutta
Website	bethunecollege.ac.in

Bethune College is a women's college located in Kolkata, India, and affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It was established as a girls' school in 1849, and as a college in 1879. It is the oldest women's college in Asia.

History

The college was founded as a secular Native Female School (for the secular education of girls) in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune. The government took it over in 1856, renaming it Bethune School after its founder in 1862–63.^[1] In 1879 it was developed into Bethune College, the first women's college in India.

Notable alumnae

Chandramukhi Basu (1860–1944), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire
Abala Bose (1864–1951), social worker
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945), promoter of female education
Anwara Bahar Chowdhury (1919–1987), social activist and writer
Kamala Das Gupta (1907-2000), militant nationalist
Amalprava Das, social worker
Bina Das (1911–1986), revolutionary and nationalist
Tista Das (born 1978), transsexual actress
Kalpana Datta (1913–1995), independence activist
Mira Datta Gupta (1907-1983), freedom fighter and activist
Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), poet, novelist and social worker
Kadambini Ganguly (1861–1923), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire
Ashoka Gupta (1912–2008), freedom fighter and social worker
Neena Gupta, mathematician, who has provided a solution to the Zariski Cancellation Problem
Aditi Lahiri (born 1952), academic linguist
Abha Maiti (born 1925), politician
Kanak Mukherjee (1921–1995), political activist
Shukhalata Rao(1886–1969), social worker and children's author
Kamini Roy (1864–1933), poet, social worker and feminist
Leela Roy (1900–1970), politician and reformer
Mamtaz Sanghamita, physician and politician
Shobha Sen, actress
Amiya Tagore (1901–1988), singer
Pritilata Waddedar (1911–1932), revolutionary nationalist

References

↑ Acharya, Poromesh. "Education in Old Calcutta". In Chaudhuri, Sukanta. Calcutta, the Living City. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 86–7. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.

External links

Official website

University of Calcutta

Associated research
and training institutes

Colleges affiliated to University of Calcutta

List of colleges currently affiliated with the University of Calcutta

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