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The following is a list of notable people associated with the old [[Presidency College, Calcutta]].
The following is a list of notable people associated with the old [[Presidency College, Calcutta]].


==Most Notable==
==Academics==
*[[Swami Vivekananda]], the great Nationalist [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Hindu]] [[monk]], a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian teacher [[Ramakrishna]], key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of [[Vedanta]] and [[Yoga]] to the Western world and is credited with raising [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith]] awareness, bringing [[Hinduism]] to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century and founded the [[Ramakrishna Math]] and the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].
* [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)]], professor of [[anthropology]] at Columbia University
* [[Abhijit Banerjee]], professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019
* [[Abhijit Basu]], professor of [[geology]], Indiana University Bloomington
* [[Joyoti Basu]], cell biologist, [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P09-1475 |title=Indian fellow – Joyoti Basu |date=2017-12-06 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
* [[Ratan Lal Basu]], Specialist in ancient economics and Indologist
* [[Birendra Bijoy Biswas]], Botanist and molecular biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Barun De]], Former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission and Founder-Director, [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]].<ref name=wbhc>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1958 Lives Less Forgotten: Barun De]</ref>
* [[Jitendra Nath Mohanty]], philosopher, former president of the Indian Philosophical Congress
* [[Sankar Das Sarma]], eminent theoretical condensed matter physicist and Richard E Prange Chaired Professor at [[University of Maryland]], US<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131216/jsp/calcutta/story_17684419.jsp |title=Prod to be the best |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703022616/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131216/jsp/calcutta/story_17684419.jsp |archive-date=2015-07-03}}</ref>
* [[Amartya Sen]], Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998<ref name=amartyaseninencyclopaediabritannica>
[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9126420/Amartya-Sen/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Amartya Sen]</ref>
* [[Ashoke Sen]], professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore, winner of [[Dirac Medal (ICTP)|Dirac Medal]] in 2014
*[[Surajit Chandra Sinha]], former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal<ref name="indianprincelystates:susanga">[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/s/susanga.html Indian Princely States: Susanga]</ref>
*[[Sourindra Mohan Sircar]], one of the greatest [[botanist]] of India. Was appointed the General President of [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]]
* [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]], scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic, holder of [[University Professor]] at Columbia University
* [[Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode]], [[Bengal]]i poet, novelist, dramatist and nationalist and a professor of [[Chemistry]] at Chandernagore Dupleix College and later at Scottish Church College.
*[[Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya]], modern [[India]]n philosopher renowned for his method of [[constructive interpretation]], a scholarly approach employed to elucidate and elaborate upon the interrelationships and intricacies inherent in ancient Indian philosophy.
*[[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]], [[Bengal]]i author, academic, professor of [[Comparative Literature]] at [[Jadavpur University]].
*[[Amar Nath Bhaduri]], an Indian molecular [[enzymologist]] and [[chemical biologist]], known for his studies on [[UDP-glucose 4-epimerase]], a homodimeric epimerase found in cells and his work on [[Leishmania donovani]], the [[protozoal]] [[pathogen]] for [[Kala-azar]].
*[[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], [[India]]n [[physicist]], known for his research in [[general relativity]] and [[cosmology]].
*[[Dipesh Chakrabarty]], [[historian]] and leading scholar of [[postcolonial theory]] and [[subaltern studies]].
*[[Gautam Bhadra]], [[historian]] of [[South Asia]] and was a member of the erstwhile [[Subaltern Studies collective]].
*[[Ranajit Guha]], a prominent [[India]]n [[historian]] and a seminal figure among the early architects of the [[Subaltern Studies collective]].
*[[Sudipta Kaviraj]], distinguished scholar specializing in the domains of [[South Asian]] Politics and [[Intellectual]] [[History]], frequently aligned with the disciplines of [[Postcolonial]] and [[Subaltern Studies]].
*[[Parama Nath Bhaduri]], renowned [[agricultural scientist]].
*[[Sekhar Bandyopadhyay]], [[historian]] and a Fellow of the [[Royal Society Te Apārangi]], known for his research on the [[Dalit]] caste of [[Bengal]].
*[[Susobhan Sarkar]], renowned Indian historian.
*[[Sumit Sarkar]], [[historian]] of [[Modern India]] and a founding member of the [[Subaltern Studies Group]] as well as one of its most important critics.
*[[Tanika Sarkar]], historian of modern India based at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. Sarkar's work focuses on the intersections of religion, gender, and politics in both [[colony|colonial]] and [[postcolonial]] [[South Asia]], in particular on women and the [[Hindu Right]].
*[[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri]], historian, known for his studies on [[ancient India]].
*[[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], British-Indian historian specialising in [[British Indian history]], [[Indian economic history]] and the [[History of Bengal]].
*[[Rajat Kanta Ray]], Indian historian of South Asian history, specialising in [[Modern Indian history]].
*[[Ashin Das Gupta]], renowned historian of [[Indian Ocean World]].
*[[Dwijendra Narayan Jha]], [[Marxist]] historian who studied and wrote on ancient and medieval India.
*[[Amiya Kumar Bagchi]], [[India]]n [[economic historian]].
*[[Jasodhara Bagchi]], leading Indian feminist professor, author, critic and activist.
*[[Sugata Bose]], historian and politician who has taught and worked in the United States since the mid-1980s. His fields of study are [[South Asian]] and [[Indian Ocean history]].
*[[Samik Bandyopadhyay]], Kolkata-based critic of Indian art, theatre and film.
*[[Krishna Bose]], Indian politician, educator, author and social worker.
*[[Jnan Chandra Ghosh]], Indian chemist best known for his contribution to the development of scientific research, industrial development and technology education in India.  He served as the director of the newly formed [[Eastern Higher Technical Institute]] in 1950, which was renamed as [[IIT Kharagpur]] in 1951. He was also the director of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] [[Bangalore]] and Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]].
*[[Nirmal Kumar Bose]], Indian anthropologist, who played a formative role in "building an Indian Tradition in Anthropology".
*[[Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna]], Indian scholar of Sanskrit, academic and author. He was the principal of the Sanskrit College between 1908 and 1910.
*[[Sukhamoy Chakraborty]], Indian economist and one of the key architects of the Five Year Plans.
*[[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], Indian scientist and statistician. He is best remembered for the [[Mahalanobis distance]], a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the [[first Planning Commission of free India]]. He made pioneering studies in [[anthropometry]] in India.
*[[The Hon'ble]] Babu [[Mahendranath Ray|Mahendranath Ray, CIE]],, one of the earliest faculties of the [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]], one of the founders of [[Asutosh College]] and the first elected Indian members of the Senate of the [[University of Calcutta]].
*[[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics, and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate.
*[[Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose]], polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio microwave optics, made significant contributions to botany, and was a major force behind the expansion of experimental science on the Indian subcontinent.
*[[Rai Bahadur]] Sir [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], prominent Indian physician and scientist.
*[[Sir Jadunath Sarkar]], prominent Indian historian and a specialist on the [[Mughal dynasty]].
*[[Hara Prasad Shastri]], Indian academic, [[Sanskrit]] scholar, [[archivist]], and historian of [[Bengali literature]]. He is most known for discovering the [[Charyapada]], the earliest known examples of Bengali literature.
*[[Hem Chandra Dasgupta]], Indian [[geologist]] and a professor of geology at [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] and [[Calcutta University]].
*[[Romesh Chunder Dutt]], Indian civil servant, economic historian, translator of [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]].
*[[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]], Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur.
*[[Mahendralal Sarkar]], Bengali medical doctor (MD), the second MD graduated from the [[Calcutta Medical College, social reformer]], and propagator of scientific studies in nineteenth-century India.
*[[Muhammad Shahidullah]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]] linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer.
*[[Mihir Rakshit]], Indian economist, known for his work on fiscal, monetary and other policy, especially issues that concern developing economies.
*[[Dipak Banerjee]], Indian economist and taught at Presidency College, eventually becoming the head of the [[Economics]] Department.
*[[Debraj Ray (economist)|Debraj Ray]],  Indian-American economist, who is currently teaching and working at [[New York University]]. His research interests focus on [[development economics]] and [[game theory]].
*[[Amita Chatterjee]], [[philosopher of science]] and [[logician]], first vice-chancellor of [[Presidency University Kolkata]].
*[[Malabika Sarkar]], Indian academic, former Vice-Chancellor of [[Ashoka University]], and a former Vice Chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata.
*[[Somak Raychaudhury]], Indian [[astrophysicist]].
*[[Sivatosh Mookerjee]], researcher and a scientist contributing to the field of [[Developmental Biology]], particularly studies related to [[Hydra (genus)|Hydra]] and [[amphibian embryos]].
*[[Benimadhab Barua]], Indian scholar of [[ancient Indian languages]], [[Buddhism]] and [[law]].
*[[Atindra Mohan Goon]], renowned statistician and later joined the Statics department and had strongly pleaded for the autonomy of Presidency College in the early 1980s.
*[[Prafulla Chandra Ray]], Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist.
*[[Rajnarayan Basu]], Indian writer and intellectual of the [[Bengal Renaissance]].
*[[Sisir Kumar Mitra]], Indian [[physicist]].
*[[Meghnad Saha]], Indian [[astrophysicist]] and politician who helped devise the theory of [[thermal ionisation]].
*[[Peary Chand Mitra]], Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur.
*[[Peary Charan Sarkar]], educationist and textbook writer in nineteenth century Bengal.
*[[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], Indian literary scholar, now Professor Emeritus at [[Jadavpur University]], Kolkata.
*[[Bhabatosh Datta]], noted Indian economist, academic and writer.
*[[Supriya Chaudhuri]], Indian scholar of English literature and Professor Emerita at [[Kolkata's]] [[Jadavpur University]].
*Subhoranjan Dasgupta, specialising in the Partitition of 1947, Neo-Marxian aesthetics and creativity of Gunter Grass and Akhtaruzzaman Elias, also professor of human sciences, [[Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata]].
*[[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]], historian of Modern India,former Opinions Editor for The [[Telegraph]] newspaper, Kolkata and the Chancellor for Ashoka University, where he also serves as Professor of History.
*[[Sobhanlal Datta Gupta]], former Surendra Nath Banerjee Professor of [[Political Science]] at the [[University of Calcutta]], and one of the most distinguished scholars of [[Marxism]] in [[India]].
*[[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]], historian of intellectual and cultural history of modern Bengal.
*[[Supratim Das]], historian and Vice Principal of [[Scottish Church College]].
*[[Boria Majumdar]], Indian sports journalist, sports historian and writer.
*[[Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty]], Professor of European history at Presidency College and has written on the history of Modern Europe, Darjeeling, and on sports history in South Asia.
*[[Tapati Guha-Thakurta]], Indian historian who has written about the cultural history and art of India.


*[[Subhas Chandra Bose]], Freedom Fighter, Commander of INA, First Leader of Free Indian Territory, Mayor of Calcutta; 53rd President of the Indian National Congress; founder of the Forward Bloc ;<ref name=subhaschandraboseinencyclopaediabritannica>; President, Indian National Congress- 1938, 1939 (resigned), founded the Indian National Army (The Azad Hind Fauz); revered across the nation as 'Netaji' ([http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9080806/Subhas-Chandra-Bose/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: * * Subhas Chandra Bose])</ref>
==Actors and Film Makers==
* [[Ashok Kumar]], Actor
* [[Chhabi Biswas]], Actor
* [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]], Actor
* [[Ritwik Ghatak]], Film Maker
* [[Pritish Nandy]], Film Maker
* [[Pramathesh Barua]], Actor and Film Maker
* [[Satyajit Ray]], Film Maker
* [[Bikash Roy]], Actor
* [[Aparna Sen]], Actor, Film Maker
* [[Srijit Mukherji]], Film Maker


==Social reform==
==Administration==
* [[Durga Mohan Das]], leder of the Brahmo Samaj
* [[Gurusaday Dutt]], ICS, Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary, Government of Bengal<ref name=icsexe>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=86 Lives Less Forgotten: Gurusaday Dutt]</ref>
* [[Mahendranath Gupta]], author of ''Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita'' (''[[The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna]]'')
* [[Mahendranath Roy]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], lawyer, educationist, politician, first elected chairperson of the [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=The dirtiest since 1889 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218063516/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 |archive-date=2024-12-18 |access-date=2025-06-08 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], leader of the Young Bengal movement; ''Taluqdar'' of Shankarpore in the United Provinces
*[[Satyendranath Tagore]], Indian civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from Calcutta, Bengal. He was the first Indian who became an Indian Civil Service officer in 1863.
*[[Romesh Chunder Dutt]], Indian civil servant, economic historian.
*[[Bimal Jalan]], [[Indian people|Indian]] [[economist]] and [[bureaucrat]] who served as 20th [[Governor of Reserve Bank of India]].


==Politics==
==Social Reformers==
*[[Ramgopal Ghosh]], leader of the [[Young Bengal]] Group, a successful businessman, orator and social reformer. He is called the 'Demosthenes of India'.
*[[Raja Ram Mohan Roy]],Indian reformer,writer and one of the founders of the [[Hindu School, Kolkata|Hindu College]].
*[[Mathurmohan Biswas|Babu Mathurmohan Biswas]], Indian [[Zamindar]], businessman, philanthropist and the son-in-law of [[Rani Rashmoni]], he was one of the chief disciples of [[Shri Ramakrishna]] and his patron, he was instrumental in the founding of the [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple]], he was also responsible for founding the [[Annapurna Temple, Titagarh|Annapurna Temple]] at [[Titagarh]].
*[[Radhakanta Deb]], a scholar,leader of the Calcutta conservative Hindu society and one of the founders of the [[Hindu School, Kolkata|Hindu College]].
*[[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]], Scottish watchmaker, philanthropist, and educationist in Bengal. He founded many educational institutions in [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]), such as the [[Hindu School]], and [[Hare School]] and helped in founding [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]].
*[[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]],a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.
*[[Mahendralal Sarkar]], Bengali medical doctor (MD), the second MD graduated from the Calcutta Medical College, social reformer, and propagator of scientific studies in nineteenth-century India. He was the founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.


===Presidents===
==Businessmen and Industrialists==
* [[Dr.]] [[Rajendra Prasad]], 1st President of India (1950–62)
*[[Subodh Chandra Mallik]], Bengali Indian industrialist, philanthropist and nationalist. Mallik is noted as a nationalist intellectual who was one of the co-founders of the [[Bengal National College]], of which he was the principal financial supporter. He was close to [[Aurobindo Ghosh]] and financed the latter's nationalist publications, including [[Bande Mataram]].
* [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]], 2nd President of Bangladesh (1972–73)
*[[Basant Kumar Birla]], Indian industrialist and philanthropist of the [[Birla family]].
* [[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]], 6th President of Bangladesh (1975–77)
*[[Ramnath Goenka]], Indian newspaper publisher. He bought the majority stake of [[The Indian Express]] in 1930s.
* [[Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry]], (1919–1973) was also the Acting President of Pakistan from time to time when Ayub Khan left the country
*[[Gagan Chandra Biswas]], industrialist and landlord, one of the longest serving members of the [[Bengal Legislative Council]], Co-founder of [[Martin Burn]].
*[[Justice]] [[Muhammad Habibur Rahman]], Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh, 1996 and Chief Justice of Bangladesh


===Governors===
==Faculty Members==
* [[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]], former [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Dipak Banerjee]], former Head of the Department of Economics of Presidency College, Kolkata<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/teachers-do-not-die-dipak-banerjee-1930-2007/cid/1027696 Bio]</ref>
* [[Lord]] [[Satyendra Prasanno Sinha]], first Indian Governor of Bihar and Odisha (1920–21)
*[[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.
*[[Charles Henry Tawney]], English educator and scholar, primarily known for his translations of Sanskrit classics into English.


===Prime Ministers===
==Judiciary & Law==
* [[Mohammad Ali Bogra]], 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–55)
* [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], I.C.S, Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir.<ref name=icsjud>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2074 Lives Less Forgotten: Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh]</ref>
* [[Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq|A.K. Fazlul Huq]], Prime Minister of Bengal (1939–43)
* [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], a judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]] in [[British India]]. In 1890, he also became the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of [[University of Calcutta]].
* [[Altamas Kabir]], Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 39th [[Chief Justice of India]].
* [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], Indian barrister and independence activist.
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian Independence Movement and the political guru of Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He was the founder-leader of the Swaraj Party in undivided Bengal during the period of British Colonial rule in India. His name is abbreviated as C. R. Das.
* [[Subimal Chandra Roy]], Indian jurist who served on the [[Supreme Court of India]].
* [[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]], [[Bangladeshi]] jurist, statesman, [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh]] from 1972 to 1975 and the [[President of Bangladesh]] from 1975 to 1977.
* [[Gnanendramohan Tagore]], first [[Bengal]]i, [[India]]n or [[Asia]]n to be called to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in [[England]], in 1862.
* [[Radhabinod Pal]], Indian jurist who was a member of the [[United Nations' International Law Commission]] from 1952 to 1966.


===Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers===
==Politicians and Independence Activists==
* [[Jyoti Basu]], 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977-2000)
* [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], Freedom Fighter, Commander of INA, First Leader of Free Indian Territory, Mayor of Calcutta; 53rd President of the Indian National Congress; founder of the [[All India Forward Bloc]];<ref name=subhaschandraboseinencyclopaediabritannica>; President, Indian National Congress- 1938, 1939 (resigned), founded the Indian National Army (The Azad Hind Fauz); revered across the nation as 'Netaji' ([http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9080806/Subhas-Chandra-Bose/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: * * Subhas Chandra Bose])</ref>
* [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]], 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–11)
* [[Rajendra Prasad]],  Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first [[president of India]] from 1950 to 1962.
* [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]], Chief Minister of Assam (1950–57)<ref name=assamlegislativeassembly>[http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref><ref>[http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html Eminent Personalities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210082337/http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html |date=10 December 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]], founder of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]; Industry and Supply Member, [[Government of India]] (1946–50)
* [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], 5th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77); Education Minister of India; Governor of Punjab; Ambassador to U.S.A.
* [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], 2nd [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (1948–1962); 5th Mayor of Kolkata (1931–1933)
* [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]], 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (1946–57)
* [[Ajoy Mukherjee]], 4th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967)<ref>Arild Engelsen Ruud: “Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal”; Modern Asian Studies; Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 357–380; Cambridge University Press</ref>
 
* [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], 5th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77); Education Minister, Government of India; Governor of Punjab; Ambassador to U.S.A.
===Ministers===
* [[Jyoti Basu]], 6th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (1977–2000)
* [[MJ Akbar]], Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (2016–2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/ministers.htm|title = MEA &#124; About MEA : Organization Structure : Ministers}}</ref>
* [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]], 7th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (2000–2011)  
* [[Bratya Basu]], Playwright and actor; Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal
* [[Mahendranath Roy]], lawyer, politician and the first elected chairperson of the [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=The dirtiest since 1889 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218063516/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 |archive-date=2024-12-18 |access-date=2025-06-08 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Surendranath Banerjea]], Minister in Bengal in the 1920s; 11th President of the Indian National Congress
* [[Ashim Chatterjee]], Communist Revolutionary<ref>অসীম চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Asim Chattopadhyay) (2022): নকশালবাড়ি নামা (Nakshalbari Nama), Ananda Publishers, Kolkata</ref>
* [[Bhupendra Nath Bose]], Bar-at-Law, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India;Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, and President, Indian National Congress.
* [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]], 2nd [[Chief Minister of Assam]] (1950–57)<ref name=assamlegislativeassembly>[http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref><ref>[http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html Eminent Personalities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210082337/http://www.tripurainfo.com/citizen_services/helping_bytes/april_born.html |date=10 December 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], Bengal Congress President; Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India (1946) and first central cabinet Minister (1947)
* [[MJ Akbar]], Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (2016–2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/ministers.htm|title = MEA &#124; About MEA : Organization Structure : Ministers | work=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India }}</ref>
* [[Somnath Chatterjee]], Speaker of Lok Sabha, India (2004–2009)
* [[Sachindra Chaudhuri]], Finance Minister of India, 1965-1967
* [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]], Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India (1977–1980)
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], known as "Deshbandhu", founder of [[Swaraj Party]]
* [[Asim Dasgupta]], Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal (1987–2011)
* [[Bijoy Krishna Handique|B.K. Handique]], Union Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region, GOI.
* [[Azizul Haque (educator)|Azizul Haque]], B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I, D.Litt., former Education Minister, Government of Bengal
* [[Humayun Kabir]], Education Minister, Government of India (1958–67)
* [[Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim|Fazlul Karim]], Mayor of Cox's Bazar
* [[Abdus Salam Khan]], Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet<ref>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=ASM Enayet |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Abdus Salam |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdus_Salam |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
* [[Abdus Salam Khan]], Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet<ref>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=ASM Enayet |year=2012 |chapter=Khan, Abdus Salam |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Abdus_Salam |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
* [[Amit Mitra]], Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–present)
*[[Md. Hafizur Rahman]], Minister of Food and Agriculture of Pakistan (1958–1960); Minister of Commerce of Pakistan (1960–1962); Provincial Minister of Finance and Planning of East Pakistan (1962–1965)
* [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]], founder of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]; Industry and Supply Member, Government of India (1946–50)
* [[Amit Mitra]], Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–21)  
* [[Debi Prasad Pal]], Minister of State for Finance, Government of India (1991–96)
* [[Gagan Chandra Biswas]], industrialist and landlord, one of the longest serving members of the [[Bengal Legislative Council]]
* [[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Abdur Rahim]], Member of the Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects) (1921–25); later President of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Maharajadhiraja]] [[Sir]] [[Uday Chand Mahtab]], Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937–52), Member, Indian Constituent Assembly, 1946–47 &  Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan.<ref name="burdwan">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/burdwan.html Indian Princely States: Burdwan]</ref>
* [[Saugata Roy]], Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India (2009–12)
* [[Colonel]] [[Highness|H.H.]] [[Maharaja]] [[Nripendra Narayan|Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]] of Coochbehar<ref name=coochbehar>[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/c/coochbehar.html Indian Princely States: Coochbehar]</ref>
* [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]], Law and Justice Minister, Government of India (1984–89)
*[[Raja Bahadur|Raja]] [[Narasingha Malla Deb]], [[OBE]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]], of Jhargram Raj
* [[Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]], former Mayor of Calcutta; President of Indian National Congress
*[[Kalyan Roy]] – former member of the [[Rajya Sabha|upper house of the Parliament of India]]
* [[Atish Chandra Sinha]], Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal (1972–77) & Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal
*[[Shamsuddin Ahmed (Pakistani politician)|Shamsuddin Ahmed]] – Minister of pre-1947 Bengal and first Pakistani ambassador to Burma.
*[[Ullaskar Dutta]],Indian revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar of Bengal]], and was a close associate of [[Barindra Ghosh]].
*[[Romesh Chunder Dutt]], Indian civil servant, economic historian, translator of [[Ramayana]] and [[Mahabharata]] and the president of [[Indian National Congress]] in 1899 and a member of the Bengal Legislative Council.
*[[Mohammad Ali Bogra]], Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as the third [[prime minister of Pakistan]] from 1953 to 1955.
*[[Humayun Kabir (Bengal politician)]], Indian educationist and politician. He was also a poet, essayist and novelist in the [[Bengali-language]].
*[[Kiran Shankar Roy]], Indian politician, academic, and freedom fighter.
*[[Asim Dasgupta]], Indian economist and politician affiliated to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]and Minister of Finance and Excise in the Left Front ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal (1987-2011).
*[[Somnath Chatterjee]], Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (House of the People) from 2004 to 2009.
*[[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]], the first [[Premier of West Bengal, India]] from 15 August 1947 to 14 August 1948 and served as the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] in the "Progressive Democratic Alliance Front" government from 21 November 1967 to 20 February 1968.
*[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]], union minister of India, educationist and writer.
* [[Basanta Kumar Das (Indian politician)|Basanta Kumar Das]], Independence activist, politician, one of the drafters of the [[Constitution of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhowmik |first=Arindam |title=বসন্তকুমার ও সতীশচন্দ্র: অপূর্ব মেলবন্ধন {{!}} Satish Chandra Samanta & Basanta Kumar Das: Tale of two friends |url=https://www.midnapore.in/article/Freedomfighter_Satishchandrasamanta_Basantakumardas.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.midnapore.in |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Munawwar Ali]], lawyer, poet and politician who was minister of Assam and first speaker of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]].


===Members of Parliament and Legislative Assembly===
==Religious leader==
* [[Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda]] K.C.I.E. (1884), first Indian Muslim President of the reformed legislative council of undivided Bengal in 1921
* [[Swami Vivekananda]], the great Nationalist [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Hindu]] [[monk]], a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian teacher [[Ramakrishna]], key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of [[Vedanta]] and [[Yoga]] to the Western world and is credited with raising [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith]] awareness, bringing [[Hinduism]] to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century and founded the [[Ramakrishna Math]] and the [[Ramakrishna Mission]].
* [[Pandit Yamuna Karjee]], Member of the Bihar and Orissa Legislative Assembly (1937–42)
* [[Mathurmohan Biswas|Babu Mathurmohan Biswas]], Indian [[Zamindar]], businessman, philanthropist and the son-in-law of [[Rani Rashmoni]], he was one of the chief disciples of [[Ramakrishna|Shri Ramakrishna]] and his patron, he was instrumental in the founding of the [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple]], he was also responsible for founding the [[Annapurna Temple, Titagarh|Annapurna Temple]] at [[Titagarh]].
* [[Maharajadhiraja]] [[Sir]] [[Uday Chand Mahtab]], Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937–52), Member, Indian Constituent Assembly, 1946-47 &  Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan.<ref name="burdwan">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/burdwan.html Indian Princely States: Burdwan]</ref>
*[[Mahendranath Gupta]], disciple of [[Ramakrishna]] and a mystic himself.
* [[Hirendranath Mukherjee]], Member of Lok Sabha, leader of the Opposition, India (1952–77)
* [[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]], Member of Rajya Sabha (2006-2010)


===Maharajas and Zamindars===
==Sports==
* [[Colonel]] [[Highness|H.H.]] [[Nripendra Narayan|Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]], [[Maharaja]] of Coochbehar<ref name=coochbehar>[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/c/coochbehar.html Indian Princely States: Coochbehar]</ref>
* [[Vece Paes]], Indian Hockey Player, studied Pre-Medical at Presidency College, Calcutta during 1964–65
* [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], ''Taluqdar'' of Shankarpore in the United Provinces
* [[Abbas Mirza (footballer)|Abbas Mirza]], Football Player, Captain of [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Kolkata Mohammedan]] during 1935–39


===Members of Political Parties===
==Writers==
* [[Anandamohan Bose]], One of the earliest [[India]]n political leaders during the [[British Raj]].
* [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]],Indian Bengali novelist, poet, essayist.
*[[Ashim Chatterjee]], former [[Naxalite]] leader
* [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]], Bengali playwright, musician, editor, and painter.
* [[Ullaskar Dutta]], former member of Jugantar Party; freedom fighter, long-tortured inmate of Andaman cellular jail
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]], Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He attended classes at Presidency College for a single day.
* [[Atulkrishna Ghosh]], member of the Anushilan Samiti
* [[Manik Bandyopadhyay]], author regarded as one of the major figures of 20th century Bengali literature.  
* [[Nolini Kanta Gupta]], participated in the Alipore Bomb case; writer, Sree Aurobindo Ashram leader
* [[Rajshekhar Basu]], Bengali chemist, author and lexicographer. He was chiefly known for his comic and satirical short stories, and is considered the greatest Bengali humorist of the 20th century.
*[[Santosh Rana]], leader of [[Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]
* [[Ratan Lal Basu]], economist and English fiction author.
* [[Mohit Sen]], founder of the United Communist Party of India; member of the Communist Party of India
* [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], poet and writer who wrote in Bengali, known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis.
 
==Judiciary==
* [[Syed Ameer Ali]], first Indian Law Lord of the Privy Council.
* [[Amin Ahmed]], Chief Justice of the High Court of Dacca.
* [[Justice]] [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], former Judge of the High Court of Calcutta.
* [[Indira Banerjee|Justice Indira Banerjee]], Judge, Supreme Court of India.
* [[Pramada Charan Banerjee]], Judge of the High Court of Allahabad.
* [[Monomohun Ghose]], first practising Indian barrister of the Calcutta High Court.
* [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], I.C.S, Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir.<ref name=icsjud>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2074 Lives Less Forgotten: Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh]</ref>
* Justice [[Sambhu Chandra Ghose]] Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
* [[Kulada Charan Das Gupta]], I.C.S, Chief Justice of [[Calcutta High Court]]
* [[Sadhan Gupta|Sadhan Chandra Gupta]], former Advocate General of West Bengal.
* [[Justice]] [[Altamas Kabir]], 39th Chief Justice (retd.) of the Supreme Court of India.
* [[Sir]] [[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Ashutosh Mookerjee]], former Chief Justice (acting) of the Calcutta High Court; five times Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
* [[Justice]] [[Chittatosh Mookerjee]], Chief Justice of the High Courts of Bombay and Calcutta
* [[Justice]] [[Sabyasachi Mukherjee]], former Chief Justice of India
* [[Justice]] [[Radhabinod Pal]] Judge of the High Court of Calcutta; Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta
* [[Sudhamoy Pramanick]], advocate; Indian independence activist; lifetime secretary of the Tili Samaj
* [[Brajkishore Prasad]], lawyer; ''Zamindar'' of Shrinagar in Bihar
* [[Justice]] [[Ajit Nath Ray]], Chief Justice (retired) of the Supreme Court of India
* [[Justice]] [[Subimal Chandra Roy]], Judge (retired), Supreme Court of India
* [[Gnanendramohan Tagore]], first Asian barrister
* [[Sudhansu Kumar Das]], I.C.S and Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
* [[Alak Chandra Gupta]], Justice of the Supreme court
* [[ Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha]], Only Indian to be elevated to the house of lords, eminent barrister at the Calcutta High court
 
==Administration==
* [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], IES, ADPI for Mohammedan Education, Bengal
* [[Anandaram Baruah]], ICS, District Magistrate in Bengal
* [[Alapan Bandyopadhyay]], former Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and 1st Chief Adviser to the Government of West Bengal
* [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]], ICS, former Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
* [[Sib Chandra Deb]], Deputy Collector, Government of Bengal
* [[Gurusaday Dutt]], ICS, Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary, Government of Bengal<ref name=icsexe>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=86 Lives Less Forgotten: Gurusaday Dutt]</ref>
* [[Behari Lal Gupta]], ICS, former Dewan of Baroda
* [[Sukumar Sen (civil servant)|Sukumar Sen]], ICS, Chief Election Commissioner of India
* [[Ranadhir Chandra Sarma Sarkar]], IAS, Law Secretary, GOI, Chairman, UPSC
* [[Nitish Sengupta]], IAS, Secretary, Department of Revenue, GOI
* [[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]], Member-Secretary of Planning Commission; Chairman, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS)
* [[Jawhar Sircar]], Secretary, Ministry of Culture, GOI
* Khondker Fazle Sobhan, Indian Police before 1947
* [[Himachal Som]], IFS, Indian Ambassador to Italy
* [[Satyendranath Tagore]], ICS, District and Sessions Judge in Gujarat
* [[Soumen Mitra]], IPS, [[Police Commissioner of Kolkata]]
*[[Nitin Singhania]], Joint Secretary under [[Government of West Bengal]], IAS, Writer.
 
==Armed Forces==
*[[Air Marshal]] [[Subroto Mukerjee]], first Indian Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force
*[[Admiral]] [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]], first Indian officer to hold the rank of full Admiral in the Indian Navy
 
==Industrialists==
* [[Basant Kumar Birla]], Chairman of B.K. Birla Group
* [[Khuda Buksh]], pioneer of insurance in Bangladesh
* [[Ramgopal Ghosh]], founder of R.G. Ghosh and Co.
* [[RP Goenka|Rama Prasad Goenka]], Chairman Emeritus of RPG Group
* [[Fanindra Nath Gooptu]], Founder of F.N. Gooptu & Sons
* [[Sir]] [[Rajendra Nath Mookerjee]], founder of Indian Iron and Steel Company at Burnpur; architect of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata
* [[Bipradas Pal Chowdhury]], founder of Gayabari Tea Estate
* [[Prafulla Chandra Roy]], founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
 
==Medicine==
*[[Bidhan Chandra Ray]], eminent doctor and 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal
*[[Girindrashekhar Bose]], eminent psychoanalyst and first President of Indian Psychoanalytical Society
 
==Academics==
 
===Languages===
 
====Bengali====
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]], writer and linguist
* [[Madan Mohan Tarkalankar]], textbook writer
* [[Arun Mukhopadhyay]] Author
 
====English====
* [[Subodh Chandra Sengupta]], former Principal of College and English literary scholar; awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] 3rd highest civilian honor of the Government of India
* [[Ahmad Ali]], British Council Visiting Professor of English, the National Central University, Nanking
* [[Jasodhara Bagchi]], former Chairperson, West Bengal Women's Commission, Calcutta
* [[Swapan Kumar Chakravorty]], former Director-General, National Library, Kolkata
* [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], Emeritus Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Supriya Chaudhuri]], Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Malabika Sarkar]], former Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University
* [[Peary Charan Sarkar]], former Headmaster, Hare School, Calcutta
* [[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]], former Professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
* [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]], professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA
 
====Sanskritists====
* [[Bhudev Mukhopadhyay]], CIE, former Director of Public Instructions
* [[Haraprasad Shastri]], former Principal of [[Sanskrit College]], Calcutta
 
===Mathematical Sciences===
 
====Mathematicians====
* [[Amiya Charan Banerjee]], former Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University
* [[Ananda Mohan Bose]], mathematician; first Indian Wrangler at the University of Cambridge
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician from the [[University of Cambridge]]; [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Azizul Haque (police officer)|Azizul Haque]], contributed to the mathematical formula for [[Henry Classification System]] of fingerprinting still widely used in the world
* [[Radhanath Sikdar]], first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest
 
====Statisticians====
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician from the [[University of Cambridge]]; [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]
* [[Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis]], Founder-Director, [[Indian Statistical Institute]], Calcutta
* [[Samarendra Nath Roy]], was a Professor of [[Statistics]] at [[the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].
* [[Sudipto Banerjee]], Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics at [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
*[[Bhramar Mukherjee]],  Chair, Department of Biostatistics [[University of Michigan]]. Chair Elect, [[Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies]].
 
===Natural Sciences===
 
====Biologists====
* [[Joyoti Basu]], cell biologist, [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P09-1475 |title=Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu |date=2017-12-06 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
* [[Birendra Bijoy Biswas]], Botanist and molecular biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Swapan Kumar Datta]], Plant molecular biologist and bio-technologist, Vice chancellor (Offg.) of Visva Bharati
* [[Siddhartha Roy]], structural biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Mahendralal Sarkar]], founder, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Calcutta
 
====Chemists====
* [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], first to synthesise urea stibamine
* [[Amar Nath Bhaduri]], biochemist, studies on [[UDP-glucose 4-epimerase]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient
* [[Mihir Chowdhury]] - physical chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda]] - Bangladeshi organic chemist and writer. Founder of [[Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|BCSIR]]. Famous for his researches on jute-byproducts. Considered as the National Scientist of Bangladesh. Awardee of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1972), Ekushey Padak (1976) and Independence Day Award (1984).
* [[Bidyendu Mohan Deb]] - chemical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Biman Bagchi]] - theoretical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Sumit Bhaduri]] - organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Tushar Kanti Chakraborty]], organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Jnan Chandra Ghosh]], Director of [[Indian Institute of Science|the IISc]] Bangalore, the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]], the Vice Chancellor of [[Calcutta University]], and the Director-general of Industries and Supplies, Government of India.
 
====Computer Scientists====
* [[Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay]], first woman Director of [[Indian Statistical Institute]]
 
====Engineers====
*[[Fazlur Rahman Khan]], structural engineer; designed Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears Tower. Widely known as the Einstein of Structural Architecture.
 
====Geologists====
*[[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]]; Paleographist; archeologist; a household name as one of the discoverers of Mahenjodaro civilization.
*[[Kshitindramohan Naha]], geologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
*[[Subir Kumar Ghosh]], geologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
 
====Physicists====
* [[Meghnad Saha]], discovered the [[Saha ionization equation]]
* [[Satyendranath Bose]], discovered [[Bose–Einstein statistics]] along with [[Albert Einstein]]; [[Bosons]]; [[Padma Vibhushan]]
* [[Indrani Bose]], Emeritus Professor of Physics, Bose Institute, Kolkata
* [[Chandan Dasgupta]], FNA, condensed matter physicist
* [[Anita Mehta]], eminent condensed matter physicist, faculty at [[S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences]], India
* [[Sisir Kumar Mitra]], FRS, radio-physicist, namesake of a crater on the moon
* [[Biswa Ranjan Nag]], physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], physicist, known for [[Raychaudhuri's equation]] in [[general theory of relativity]]; former Professor and Head of Physics, Presidency College
* [[Amitava Raychaudhuri]], FNA, particle physicist
* [[Somak Raychaudhury]], Eminent astrophysicist, Director of  [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics|IUCAA]]
* [[Sudhansu Datta Majumdar]], Theoretical Physicist, Known for Majumdar–Papapetrou Solution
* [[Probir Roy]], particle physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Sankar Das Sarma]], eminent theoretical condensed matter physicist and Richard E Prange Chaired Professor at [[University of Maryland]], US<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131216/jsp/calcutta/story_17684419.jsp</ref>
* [[Ashoke Sen]], eminent physicist; has contributed to string theory, winner of the [[Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics]]
* [[Bikash Sinha]], [[Padma Bhushan]], Director (retd.), Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta
* [[Palash Baran Pal]], Particle Physicist, well known for his contributions to [[Bengali literature]], receiver of [[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]]
* [[Chanchal Kumar Majumdar|Chanchal Majumdar]], Indian [[condensed matter physicist]], Founder director of [[S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences]].
 
====Psychologists====
*[[Prasanna Kumar Roy|P. K. Roy]], first Indian Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta
 
===Social Sciences===
 
====Anthropologists====
*[[Surajit Chandra Sinha]], former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal<ref name="indianprincelystates:susanga">[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/s/susanga.html Indian Princely States: Susanga]</ref>
*[[Nirmal Kumar Bose]]; he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi;served as Gandhi's private secretary in 1940's. Studied also Honors in Geology.
 
====Economists====
* [[Abhijit Banerjee]], professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019
* [[Amartya Sen]], Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998<ref name=amartyaseninencyclopaediabritannica>
[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9126420/Amartya-Sen/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Amartya Sen]</ref>
* [[Amitava Bose]], former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
* [[Amiya Kumar Bagchi|Amiya Bagchi]], Chancellor, Tripura University, Agartala
* [[Anindya Sen]], Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
* [[Bibek Debroy]], former Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
* [[Bimal Jalan]], former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2000-4)
* [[Debraj Ray (economist)|Debraj Ray]], Julius Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
*[https://www.bu.edu/gdp/profile/1562/ Dilip Mookerjee], Professor of Economics, Boston University
* [[Isher Judge Ahluwalia]], Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
* [[Maitreesh Ghatak]], Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
* [[Mihir Rakshit]], Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
* [[Pranab Bardhan]], Professor at University of California at Berkeley
* [[Radhakamal Mukerjee]], former Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow
* [[Ratan Lal Basu]], Fiction writer in English & Bengali, Indologist and author of books on ancient Indian Economics
* [[Sugata Marjit]], former Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2007–2012), Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta; author.
* [[Sukhamoy Chakravarty]], Professor of Economics, [[Delhi School of Economics]], Delhi; was a key architect of the [[Five-Year plans of India]]; [[Chakravarty Committee on Monetary Policy (1985)]]
 
====Historians====
* [[A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed]], Professor (retd) of History, Dhaka University; awarded the Ekushe Padak by the Government of Bangladesh
* [[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]], discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture
*[[Gautam Bhadra]], Professor (retd.) of History, [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]]
*[[Sugata Bose]], Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, US
* [[Dipesh Chakrabarty]], Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago
* [[Barun De]], Former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission and Founder-Director, [[Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta]].<ref name=wbhc>[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1958 Lives Less Forgotten: Barun De]</ref>
*[[Ranajit Guha]], Reader (retd.) in History, [[University of Sussex]]
* [[Dwijendra Narayan Jha]], Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi
* [[R.C. Majumdar|Romesh Chandra Majumdar]], Former Vice Chancellor, University of Dacca
* [[Rajat Kanta Ray]], Vice Chancellor (retd), Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
* [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri|Hemchandra Raychaudhuri]], Charmichael Professor (retd.) of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta
* [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], [[Padma Bhushan]], ''Ad Hominem'' Professor (retd) of Indian History and Civilization, University of Oxford
* [[Jadunath Sarkar]], Kt.,Vice Chancellor (retd), University of Calcutta
*[[Tanika Sarkar]], Professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
* [[Sumit Sarkar]], Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi
* [[Susobhan Sarkar|Susobhan Chandra Sarkar]], Professor (retd) of History, Presidency College, Calcutta
 
====Political Scientists====
* [[Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee]], Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta
* [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]], Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, US
* [[Sudipta Kaviraj]], Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York
 
==Journalists==
*[[Anjan Banerjee]], Editor, Zee 24 Ghanta
* [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]], publisher of ''Inquirer''
* [[Pramatha Chaudhuri]], former editor of ''Sabuj Patra''
*[[Ashok Malik]], Press Secretary to the President Of India
* [[Rasik Krishna Mallick]], former editor, ''Jnananwesan''
* [[Rudrangshu Mukherjee]], Opinions Editor, ''The Telegraph''
* [[Udayan Mukherjee]], Managing Editor, ''CNBC India''
* [[Pritish Nandy]], former editor, ''Illustrated Weekly of India''
* [[Akshay Chandra Sarkar]], former editor, ''Sadharani''
 
==Poets, novelists and Non-Fiction Writers==
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]], winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]], novelist
* [[Rajnarayan Basu]], writer and Brahmo Samaj pioneer; maternal grandfather of Sri Aurobindo
* [[Rajsekhar Basu]], studied chemistry; novelist, published using the nom-de-plume Parasuram
* [[Samit Basu]], novelist
* [[Sasthi Brata]], writer
* [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]], poet and novelist
* [[Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay]], writer, brother of Bankim Chandra
* [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], poet
* [[Jibanananda Das]], poet
* [[Henry Louis Vivan Derozio]], poet<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |date=4 December 2014 |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |editor-last=Black |editor-first=Joseph |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |chapter=Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |oclc=894141161 |editor-last2=Conolly |editor-first2=Leonard |editor-last3=Flint |editor-first3=Kate |editor-last4=Grundy |editor-first4=Isobel |editor-last5=Lepan |editor-first5=Don |editor-last6=Liuzza |editor-first6=Roy |editor-last7=McGann |editor-first7=Jerome J. |editor-last8=Prescott |editor-first8=Anne Lake |editor-last9=Qualls |editor-first9=Barry V. |editor-last10=Waters |editor-first10=Claire}}</ref>
* [[Henry Louis Vivan Derozio]], poet<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |date=4 December 2014 |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |editor-last=Black |editor-first=Joseph |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |chapter=Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |oclc=894141161 |editor-last2=Conolly |editor-first2=Leonard |editor-last3=Flint |editor-first3=Kate |editor-last4=Grundy |editor-first4=Isobel |editor-last5=Lepan |editor-first5=Don |editor-last6=Liuzza |editor-first6=Roy |editor-last7=McGann |editor-first7=Jerome J. |editor-last8=Prescott |editor-first8=Anne Lake |editor-last9=Qualls |editor-first9=Barry V. |editor-last10=Waters |editor-first10=Claire}}</ref>
* [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], poet
* [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], Poet, Dramatist
* [[Shankha Ghosh]], poet
* [[Sankha Ghosh]], Indian poet and literary critic.
* [[Shahidullah Kaiser]], winner of Bangla Academy Award
* [[Binoy Majumdar]], Bengali poet who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.
* [[Peary Chand Mitra]], novelist; author of the first Bengali novel, {{transl|bn|Alaaler ghorer dulal}}
* [[Pritish Nandy]], Indian poet, painter, journalist, politician, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, television and streaming content.
* [[Acharya Kuber Nath Rai]], writer of [[Hindi literature]]
* [[Satyajit Ray]], Fiction Author and fim director.
* [[Dwijendralal Ray]], poet, playwright and musician
* [[Bibek Debroy]], Scholar, Translator, Economist
* [[Sukumar Ray]], poet and humourist, printing technologist
* [[Ketaki Kushari Dyson]], Bengali-born poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic,diaspora writer and scholar.
* [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury]], writer
* [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]], Bengali poet who was the author of over 20 books of poetry. He translated Bengali and Santal poetry and plays into English and German, and also translated literature from German and French into Bengali.
* [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]], novelist
* [[Sukumar Ray]], Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children.
* [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]], poet and novelist
* [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury]], Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur.
* [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]] Bengali poet; Goethe Award from
* [[Nabaneeta Dev Sen]], Indian writer and academic.
* [[Palash Baran Pal]], studied Physics; writer, poet and linguist. Winner of [[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]]
* [[Jibanananda Das]], often called the Rupashi Banglar Kabi (lit. ''Poet of Beautiful Bengal''), he was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language.
* [[Ramapada Chowdhury]], Indian novelist and short story writer.
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]], [[Bengali-language]] writer and dramatist, notable for his play [['Nil Darpan']] based on the atrocities inflicted by the British Indigo planters on the farmers of Bengal.
*[[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]], Indian novelist, journalist and editor
*[[Devapriya Roy]], Indian novelist.


==Artists and Musicians==
==Musician==
* [[Pritam Chakraborty]], Bollywood music director; sound engineer
* [[Pritam]], Music Director
* [[Devajyoti Ray]], artist
* [[Dilipkumar Roy]], singer
* [[Atulprasad Sen]], composer & singer of devotional and love songs of his own genre
 
==Filmmakers, Theatre Personalities and Actors==
* [[Pramathesh Barua]], actor and director
* [[Suman Ghosh (director)|Suman Ghosh]], Filmmaker
* [[Chhabi Biswas]], actor
* [[Bikash Roy]], Actor
* [[Ashok Kumar]], winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1988)
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]], author of ''Nildarpan''
* [[Srijit Mukherji]], filmmaker
* [[Satyajit Ray]], eminent [[India]]n film director; Winner of the [[Academy Honorary Award ]] in 1992 for lifetime achievement
* [[Aparna Sen]], actress
* [[Subrata Sen]], filmmaker, author
* [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]], actor
* [[Ritwik Ghatak]], filmmaker
 
==Sportspersons==
* [[Vece Paes]], member of the bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team at the Munich Olympics (1972)
 
==Faculty Members==
* [[Syed Ameer Ali]], former [[Judge]] of the [[High Court of Calcutta]]
* [[Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya]], structural biologist
* [[Charu Chandra Bhattacharya]], physicist
* [[Katyayanidas Bhattacharya]], philosopher and former professor, Department of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta
* Acharya [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]], scientist
* [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]] chemist and politician
* [[Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta]], former [[Director (business)|Director]], [[National Library]], [[Calcutta]]
* [[Bhabatosh Datta]], Finance Secretary, Government of West Bengal
* [[Bishnu Dey]], poet
* [[Anil Kumar Gain]], mathematician and statistician
*[[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]], physicist and head of the physics department at presidency college
* [[M.S. Krishnan]], [[Director General]] of the [[Geological Survey of India]].
* [[David Lester Richardson]], former Principal of Hindu College, Calcutta
* Acharya [[Prafulla Chandra Roy]], chemist
* [[Dipak Banerjee]], former Head of the Department of Economics of Presidency College, Kolkata<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/teachers-do-not-die-dipak-banerjee-1930-2007/cid/1027696 Bio]</ref>
*[[William Trego Webb]], author and teacher


==References==
==References==
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The following is a list of notable people associated with the old Presidency College, Calcutta.

Academics[edit | edit source]

Actors and Film Makers[edit | edit source]

Administration[edit | edit source]

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Businessmen and Industrialists[edit | edit source]

Faculty Members[edit | edit source]

  • Dipak Banerjee, former Head of the Department of Economics of Presidency College, Kolkata[8]
  • Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.
  • Charles Henry Tawney, English educator and scholar, primarily known for his translations of Sanskrit classics into English.

Judiciary & Law[edit | edit source]

Politicians and Independence Activists[edit | edit source]

Religious leader[edit | edit source]

Sports[edit | edit source]

Writers[edit | edit source]

  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay,Indian Bengali novelist, poet, essayist.
  • Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali playwright, musician, editor, and painter.
  • Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He attended classes at Presidency College for a single day.
  • Manik Bandyopadhyay, author regarded as one of the major figures of 20th century Bengali literature.
  • Rajshekhar Basu, Bengali chemist, author and lexicographer. He was chiefly known for his comic and satirical short stories, and is considered the greatest Bengali humorist of the 20th century.
  • Ratan Lal Basu, economist and English fiction author.
  • Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet and writer who wrote in Bengali, known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis.
  • Henry Louis Vivan Derozio, poet[21]
  • Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Poet, Dramatist
  • Sankha Ghosh, Indian poet and literary critic.
  • Binoy Majumdar, Bengali poet who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.
  • Pritish Nandy, Indian poet, painter, journalist, politician, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, television and streaming content.
  • Satyajit Ray, Fiction Author and fim director.
  • Bibek Debroy, Scholar, Translator, Economist
  • Ketaki Kushari Dyson, Bengali-born poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic,diaspora writer and scholar.
  • Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet who was the author of over 20 books of poetry. He translated Bengali and Santal poetry and plays into English and German, and also translated literature from German and French into Bengali.
  • Sukumar Ray, Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children.
  • Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur.
  • Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Indian writer and academic.
  • Jibanananda Das, often called the Rupashi Banglar Kabi (lit. Poet of Beautiful Bengal), he was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language.
  • Dinabandhu Mitra, Bengali-language writer and dramatist, notable for his play 'Nil Darpan' based on the atrocities inflicted by the British Indigo planters on the farmers of Bengal.

Musician[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Indian fellow – Joyoti Basu". Indian National Science Academy. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Lives Less Forgotten: Barun De
  3. ↑ "Prod to be the best". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Amartya Sen
  5. ↑ Indian Princely States: Susanga
  6. ↑ Lives Less Forgotten: Gurusaday Dutt
  7. ↑ "The dirtiest since 1889". Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Bio
  9. ↑ Lives Less Forgotten: Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh
  10. ↑ ; President, Indian National Congress- 1938, 1939 (resigned), founded the Indian National Army (The Azad Hind Fauz); revered across the nation as 'Netaji' (Encyclopædia Britannica Online: * * Subhas Chandra Bose)
  11. ↑ Arild Engelsen Ruud: “Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal”; Modern Asian Studies; Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 357–380; Cambridge University Press
  12. ↑ "The dirtiest since 1889". Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  13. ↑ অসীম চট্টোপাধ্যায় (Asim Chattopadhyay) (2022): নকশালবাড়ি নামা (Nakshalbari Nama), Ananda Publishers, Kolkata
  14. ↑ Assam Legislative Assembly
  15. ↑ Eminent Personalities Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "MEA | About MEA : Organization Structure : Ministers". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
  17. ↑ Karim, ASM Enayet (2012). "Khan, Abdus Salam". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  18. ↑ Indian Princely States: Burdwan
  19. ↑ Indian Princely States: Coochbehar
  20. ↑ Bhowmik, Arindam. "বসন্তকুমার ও সতীশচন্দ্র: অপূর্ব মেলবন্ধন | Satish Chandra Samanta & Basanta Kumar Das: Tale of two friends". www.midnapore.in. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  21. ↑ Black, Joseph; Conolly, Leonard; Flint, Kate; Grundy, Isobel; Lepan, Don; Liuzza, Roy; McGann, Jerome J.; Prescott, Anne Lake; Qualls, Barry V.; Waters, Claire, eds. (4 December 2014). "Henry Louis Vivian Derozio". The Broadview anthology of British literature (Third ed.). Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-55481-202-8. OCLC 894141161.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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