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About the University

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India established on 24 January 1857

About the Establishment :

The Calcutta University Act came into force on 24 January 1857 and a 41-member Senate was formed as the policy making body of the university.

The land for the establishment of this university was given by Maharaja Maheshwar Singh Bahadur, who was a Maharaja of Darbhanga. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar), and Ceylon, the largest of any Indian university.

The first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University were Governor General Lord Canning and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir James William Colvile, respectively.
] In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra

Chattopadhyay became the first graduates of the university.[ On 30 January 1858, the Syndicate of the Calcutta University started functionimg

At Prresent the University has a total of 14 campuses spread over the city of Kolkata and its suburbs. The major campuses are the Central Campus (Ashutosh Shiksha Prangan) in College Street, Rashbehari Shiksha Prangan in Rajabazar, Taraknath Palit Shiksha Prangan in Ballygunge and Sahid Khudiram Siksha Prangan in Alipor

For more details you may Contact to the Calcutta University the contact details Are given below


Contact details :
Calcutta University
Address: Senate House, 87/1, College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
Phone: 088246 15445