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.[1]
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.[2] 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
- Sayanti Adhikary 1999-till date
Student from VSN
References
- ↑ "Bethune College - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ 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.
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