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Surendranath College

Type	Undergraduate college
Established	1884
Location	Sealdah, Kolkata , West Bengal , India
Campus	City
Affiliations	University of Calcutta
Website	Surendranath College

Surendranath College is an undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1884 by the nationalist leader and eminent scholar Surendranath Banerjea.

The Surendranath College, 24/2 Mahatma Gandhi road, Kolkata. Feb. 2014

Admission queue of undergraduate courses at Surendranath college. June 2011

The Women's section of the college was founded in 1931 by Mira Datta Gupta, its first Principal.

For much of its history it was known as Ripon College, named for the British Viceroy Lord Ripon, but in 1948-1949 it was renamed for its founder. Swami Vivekananda delivered his first address in Calcutta from the rostrum of this college on his return from Chicago after his famous deliverance at the Parliament of the World's Religions..

It's a NAAC B+ grade accredited college(2017)

Eminent faculty

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  Jadunath Sarkar, eminent Indian historian


• Sir Surendranath Banerjea - Founder of Indian National Association, precursor to Indian National Congress
  


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  Buddhadeb Bosu - Poet and novelist


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  Bishnu Dey, Poet, Jnanpith Award winner


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  Mira Datta Gupta - Eminent Social Activist and Politician


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  Hiren Mukherjee - Ex Faculty - Department of History/ Ex Parliamentarian


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  Phani Bhusan Chakravartti - First Indian chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court

Notable alumni

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  Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi language movement leader


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  Mohammad Mohammadullah, Former President of Bangladesh
  


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  Anil Kumar Gain, renowned mathematician from the University of Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society
  


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  Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay - novelist


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  Nirad C. Chaudhuri - author


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  Sunil Gangopadhyay - novelist


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  Mani Shankar Mukherjee - novelist


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  Farrukh Ahmed - poet


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  Mohitlal Majumdar - literary critic


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  Bishnu Prasad Rabha - author, poet, music director


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  Chintamoni Kar - Eminent sculptor; Principal of Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata
  


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  Sailen Manna - Captain, Indian soccer team (1952 Olympic Games).


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  Sachindra Prasad Bose - Political activist

External links

• Surendranath College


• Surendranath Law College