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'''Vidyasagar Udyan''' is an [[urban park]] in Central [[Kolkata]] near [[College Street, Kolkata|College Street]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Calcutta Revisited: Exploring Calcutta Through Backstreets and Byways|date=2014|author=Keith Humphrey }}</ref> Formerly and natively known as "College Square", the park is located along the premises of [[University of Calcutta]], [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]] and [[The Sanskrit College and University|Sanskrit College]]. The park is famous for its lively student scene around the multiple universities and colleges and contains a big outside swimming pool named "[[College Square Swimming Pool]]".<ref name="cssc">{{cite web|url=https://www.cssc.in/contact.php|website=cssc.in|title=College Square Swimming Club|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref><ref name="weebly">{{cite web|url=http://swimminginkolkata.weebly.com/college-square-swimming-club.html#/|title=College Square Swimming Club | swimming in kolkata|website=Swimming in Kolkata|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref>

==Premises==
Vidyasagar Udyan is maintained by [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] and named after famous [[Bengali Renaissance]] icon and educationist [[Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar]]. The College Square premises were named after him on 18 September 1979, by [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] on the presence of Prasanta Kumar Sur, Minister for Local Self-Government, Government of West Bengal.<ref>{{cite book |title= Calcutta Municipal Gazette, Volume 17|date=1979|author= Office of the Registrar of Newspapers}}</ref>
The College Square also contains a Canteen with cheap prices. The canteen attracts mainly students and regular office holders. [[College Square Swimming Pool]] is situated inside the premises. The swimming pool is mainly used by "College Square Swimming Club" which was founded in 1917 and recently had its bicentenary celebrations.<ref name="cssc2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cssc.in/brief_history.php|website=cssc.in|title=College Square Swimming Club|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref> University students and other clubs also practice their swimming here.

==Popular culture==
Each year, an event of [[Durga Puja]] is performed by the College Square Durga Puja Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Durga Puja 2019: From Kumartuli to College Square, 7 North Kolkata Pandals You Must Visit|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/durga-puja-2019-from-kumartuli-to-college-square-7-north-kolkata-pandals-you-must-visit-2334397.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=News18|date=5 October 2019}}</ref> This puja event is periodically reported to witness heavy footfall during the concerned festival time. College Square Swimming Pool and the park are decorated by lights.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Anuradha|date=2018-10-10|title=Durga Puja: Soak in an immersive experience in Kolkata|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/the-goddess-of-good-times/article25179072.ece|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[College Square Swimming Pool]]
*[[College Street, Kolkata]]
*[[Bidhan Sarani]]
*[[University of Calcutta]]

==References==
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[[Category:Parks in Kolkata]]

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