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{{short description|First women's college in Bengal}} | {{short description|First women's college in Bengal}} | ||
{{for multi|the [[Residential college|constituent college]] of York University in [[Toronto|Toronto, Canada]] |York University#Colleges and residences|the college in the United States|Bethune-Cookman College}} | {{for-multi|the [[Residential college|constituent college]] of York University in [[Toronto|Toronto, Canada]] |York University#Colleges and residences|the college in the United States|Bethune-Cookman College}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} | ||
{{Infobox university | {{Infobox university | ||
| name = Bethune College | | name = Bethune College | ||
| native_name = | | native_name = | ||
| image_name = Bethune School-Building.jpg | | image_name = Bethune School-Building.jpg | ||
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| caption = Bethune School Building, {{c.|1949}} | | caption = Bethune School Building, {{c.|1949}} | ||
| latin_name = | | latin_name = | ||
| motto = Viddaya Vindatey Amritam | | motto = Viddaya Vindatey Amritam | ||
| mottoeng = knowledge provides immortal bliss | | mottoeng = knowledge provides immortal bliss | ||
| established = {{start date and age|1879}} | | established = {{start date and age|1879}} | ||
| accreditation = | | accreditation = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] | ||
| type = [[Women's college]] | | type = [[Women's college]] | ||
| affiliation = [[University of Calcutta]] | | affiliation = [[University of Calcutta]] | ||
| endowment = | | endowment = | ||
| officer_in_charge = | | officer_in_charge = | ||
| chairman = | | chairman = | ||
| chancellor = | | chancellor = | ||
| president = | | president = | ||
| vice-president = | | vice-president = | ||
| superintendent = | | superintendent = | ||
| provost = | | provost = | ||
| vice_chancellor = | | vice_chancellor = | ||
| rector = | | rector = | ||
| principal = Dr. | | principal = Dr. Rajyasri Roy | ||
| dean = | | dean = | ||
| director = | | director = | ||
| head_label = | | head_label = | ||
| head = | | head = | ||
| faculty = | | faculty = | ||
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| students = | | students = | ||
| undergrad = | | undergrad = | ||
| postgrad = | | postgrad = | ||
| doctoral = | | doctoral = | ||
| other = | | other = | ||
| city = [[Kolkata]] | | city = [[Kolkata]] | ||
| state = [[West Bengal]] | | state = [[West Bengal]] | ||
| province = | | province = | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
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| campus = Urban | | campus = Urban | ||
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| sports = | | sports = | ||
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| nickname = | | nickname = | ||
| mascot = | | mascot = | ||
| athletics = | | athletics = | ||
| website = {{ | | website = {{URL|http://www.bethunecollege.ac.in/}} | ||
| logo = | | logo = Bethune College logo.png | ||
| footnotes = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of the Bethune College | | footnotes = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of the Bethune College | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Bethune College''' is a women's college located on [[Bidhan Sarani]] in [[Kolkata]], India, and affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]]. It is the oldest women's college in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=LBR|first=Team|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT161|title=Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best|date=2018-05-05|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=9789351952404|pages=161|language=en}}</ref> It was established as a girls' school in 1849,<ref name="Bagal1">{{cite book|last=Bagal|first=Jogesh Chandra|title=Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949|publisher=Bethune College|year=1949|editor1-last=Nag|editor1-first=Kalidas|editor1-link=Kalidas Nag|pages=11–12|chapter=History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949)|author-link=Jogesh Chandra Bagal|editor2-last=Ghose|editor2-first=Lotika|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/BethuneSchoolAndCollegeCentenaryVolume18491949/page/n31}}</ref>{{rp|11–12}} and as a college in 1879.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bose|first=Anima|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7u4JAAAAMAAJ|title=Higher Education in India in the 19th Century: The American Involvement, 1883-1893|date=1978|publisher=Punthi Pustak|pages=249|language=en}}</ref> | '''Bethune College''' is a women's college located on [[Bidhan Sarani]] in [[Kolkata]], India, and affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]]. It is the oldest women's college in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=LBR |first=Team |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT161 |title=Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best |date=2018-05-05 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=9789351952404 |pages=161 |language=en}}</ref> It was established as a girls' school in 1849,<ref name="Bagal1">{{cite book |last=Bagal |first=Jogesh Chandra |title=Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949 |publisher=Bethune College |year=1949 |editor1-last=Nag |editor1-first=Kalidas |editor1-link=Kalidas Nag |pages=11–12 |chapter=History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949) |author-link=Jogesh Chandra Bagal |editor2-last=Ghose |editor2-first=Lotika |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/BethuneSchoolAndCollegeCentenaryVolume18491949/page/n31}}</ref>{{rp|11–12}} and as a college in 1879.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bose |first=Anima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7u4JAAAAMAAJ |title=Higher Education in India in the 19th Century: The American Involvement, 1883-1893 |date=1978 |publisher=Punthi Pustak |pages=249 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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[[File:Stamp of India - 1978 - Colnect 711272 - Centenary of Bethune College Calcutta.jpeg|thumb|Postage stamp of 1978 commemorating the centenary of Bethune College]] | [[File:Stamp of India - 1978 - Colnect 711272 - Centenary of Bethune College Calcutta.jpeg|thumb|Postage stamp of 1978 commemorating the centenary of Bethune College]] | ||
The government took it over in 1856, renaming it Bethune School after its founder in 1862–63.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990" /> In 1879 it was developed into Bethune College, the first women's college in India and Bethune | The government took it over in 1856, renaming it Bethune School after its founder in 1862–63.<ref name="Chaudhuri1990" /> In 1879 it was developed into Bethune College, the first women's college in India, and Bethune School was the second (the first being in Bhidewada Pune, by Jyotirao Phule) women's school in all of Asia.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
==Rankings== | ==Rankings== | ||
{{Infobox India university ranking | {{Infobox India university ranking | ||
| type = College | | type = College | ||
| | |NIRF_C_2024=91 | ||
}} | }} | ||
The college is ranked 91st among colleges in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 NIRF Ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref> | |||
==Notable | ==Notable alumni== | ||
*[[Kadambini Ganguly]] (1861–1923), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire<ref name="Ray1990" /> | *[[Kadambini Ganguly]] (1861–1923), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire<ref name="Ray1990" /> | ||
*[[Chandramukhi Basu]] (1860–1944), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire<ref name="Ray1990">{{cite book |last=Ray |first=Bharati |chapter=Women in Calcutta: The Years of Change |year=1990 |editor-last=Chaudhuri |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |title=Calcutta: The Living City |volume=II: The Present and Future |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=34 |isbn=978-0-19-563697-0}}</ref> | *[[Chandramukhi Basu]] (1860–1944), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire<ref name="Ray1990">{{cite book |last=Ray |first=Bharati |chapter=Women in Calcutta: The Years of Change |year=1990 |editor-last=Chaudhuri |editor-first=Sukanta |editor-link=Sukanta Chaudhuri |title=Calcutta: The Living City |volume=II: The Present and Future |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=34 |isbn=978-0-19-563697-0}}</ref> | ||
*[[Abala Bose]] (1864–1951), social worker<ref name="Southard1993">{{cite journal |last=Southard |first=Barbara |date=May 1993 |title=Colonial Politics and Women's Rights: Woman Suffrage Campaigns in Bengal, British India in the 1920s |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=405–406 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X00011549 |jstor=312775|s2cid=145276788 }}</ref> | *[[Abala Bose]] (1864–1951), social worker<ref name="Southard1993">{{cite journal |last=Southard |first=Barbara |date=May 1993 |title=Colonial Politics and Women's Rights: Woman Suffrage Campaigns in Bengal, British India in the 1920s |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=405–406 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X00011549 |jstor=312775 |s2cid=145276788 |doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
*Meenakshi Chatterjee (1957–2022), Applied Mathematician, and the 5th Indian Woman in Antarctica (as part of the Xth Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, 1990–91); also the first scientist to represent the University of Calcutta | |||
*[[Sarala Devi Chaudhurani]] (1872–1945), promoter of female education | *[[Sarala Devi Chaudhurani]] (1872–1945), promoter of female education | ||
*[[Anwara Bahar Chowdhury]] (1919–1987), social activist and writer | *[[Anwara Bahar Chowdhury]] (1919–1987), social activist and writer | ||
*[[Kamala Das Gupta]] (1907–2000), freedom fighter nationalist<ref name="Ghosh2013">{{cite journal |last=Ghosh |first=Durba |date=August 2013 |title=Revolutionary Women and Nationalist Heroes in Bengal, 1930 to the 1980s |journal=Gender & History |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=355–375|doi=10.1111/1468-0424.12017 |s2cid=143325110 }}</ref> | *[[Kamala Das Gupta]] (1907–2000), freedom fighter nationalist<ref name="Ghosh2013">{{cite journal |last=Ghosh |first=Durba |date=August 2013 |title=Revolutionary Women and Nationalist Heroes in Bengal, 1930 to the 1980s |journal=Gender & History |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=355–375 |doi=10.1111/1468-0424.12017 |s2cid=143325110}}</ref> | ||
*[[Amalprava Das]], social worker | *[[Amalprava Das]], social worker | ||
*[[Bina Das]] (1911–1986), revolutionary and nationalist<ref name="Ghosh2013" /> | *[[Bina Das]] (1911–1986), revolutionary and nationalist<ref name="Ghosh2013" /> | ||
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*[[Mira Datta Gupta]] (1907–1983), freedom fighter and activist | *[[Mira Datta Gupta]] (1907–1983), freedom fighter and activist | ||
*[[Swarnakumari Devi]] (1855–1932), poet, novelist and social worker | *[[Swarnakumari Devi]] (1855–1932), poet, novelist and social worker | ||
*[[Begum Khaleda Zia]], first female [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] | *[[Begum Khaleda Zia]], first female [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] | ||
*[[Ashoka Gupta]] (1912–2008), freedom fighter and social worker | *[[Ashoka Gupta]] (1912–2008), freedom fighter and social worker | ||
*[[Neena Gupta (mathematician)|Neena Gupta]], (b. 1984) mathematician, who has provided a solution to the [[Oscar Zariski|Zariski]] Cancellation Problem | *[[Neena Gupta (mathematician)|Neena Gupta]], (b. 1984) mathematician, who has provided a solution to the [[Oscar Zariski|Zariski]] Cancellation Problem | ||
*[[Narmada Kar]] (1893–1980), completed her graduation in 1914 and became the first women graduate of Odisha. | |||
*[[Aditi Lahiri]] (born 1952), academic linguist | *[[Aditi Lahiri]] (born 1952), academic linguist | ||
*[[Abha Maiti]] (born 1925), politician | *[[Abha Maiti]] (born 1925), politician | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{cite book |last=Borthwick|first=Meredith |year=2015 |title=The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQPWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=74– |isbn=978-1-4008-4390-9}} | * {{cite book |last=Borthwick |first=Meredith |year=2015 |title=The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQPWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=74– |isbn=978-1-4008-4390-9}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Ray |first=Bharati |year=2005 |title=Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=142HAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR44 |publisher=SAGE Publications |pages=187– |isbn=978-81-321-0264-9}} | * {{cite book |last=Ray |first=Bharati |year=2005 |title=Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=142HAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR44 |publisher=SAGE Publications |pages=187– |isbn=978-81-321-0264-9}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Tattwabhushan |first=Sitanath |author-link=Sitanath Tattwabhushan |year=1904 |title=Social Reform in Bengal: A Side Sketch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CM3KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43 |location=Calcutta |publisher=City Book Society |pages=43–}} | * {{cite book |last=Tattwabhushan |first=Sitanath |author-link=Sitanath Tattwabhushan |year=1904 |title=Social Reform in Bengal: A Side Sketch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CM3KAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43 |location=Calcutta |publisher=City Book Society |pages=43–}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Commons category|Bethune College}} | |||
* [http://bethuneadmissions.ac.in/ Official website] | * [http://bethuneadmissions.ac.in/ Official website] | ||
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[[Category:Women's universities and colleges in West Bengal]] | [[Category:Women's universities and colleges in West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:University of Calcutta affiliates]] | [[Category:University of Calcutta affiliates]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1849]] | ||
[[Category:1849 establishments in British India]] | [[Category:1849 establishments in British India]] | ||
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| Motto | Viddaya Vindatey Amritam |
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Motto in English | knowledge provides immortal bliss |
| Type | Women's college |
| Established | 1879 |
| Affiliation | University of Calcutta |
| Principal | Dr. Rajyasri Roy |
| Location | , , India 22°35′18″N 88°22′04″E / 22.5882°N 88.3679°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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| Seal of the Bethune College | |
Bethune College is a women's college located on Bidhan Sarani in Kolkata, India, and affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It is the oldest women's college in India.[1] It was established as a girls' school in 1849,[2]:11–12 and as a college in 1879.[3]
History[edit | edit source]
The college was founded as the Calcutta Female School in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune,[4] with the financial support of Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee. The school started in Mukherjee's home in Baitakkhana, with 21 girls enrolled.[5] The following year, enrolment rose to 80.[6] In November, on a plot on the west side of Cornwallis Square, the cornerstone for a permanent school building was laid. The name "Hindu Female School" was inscribed on the copper-plate placed in the stone and on the ceremonial silver trowel made for the occasion.[7] Support for the school waned after Bethune's death in August 1851.[6]
The government took it over in 1856, renaming it Bethune School after its founder in 1862–63.[4] In 1879 it was developed into Bethune College, the first women's college in India, and Bethune School was the second (the first being in Bhidewada Pune, by Jyotirao Phule) women's school in all of Asia.[1]
Rankings[edit | edit source]
| College rankings |
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The college is ranked 91st among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.[8]
Notable alumni[edit | edit source]
- Kadambini Ganguly (1861–1923), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire[9]
- Chandramukhi Basu (1860–1944), one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire[9]
- Abala Bose (1864–1951), social worker[10]
- Meenakshi Chatterjee (1957–2022), Applied Mathematician, and the 5th Indian Woman in Antarctica (as part of the Xth Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, 1990–91); also the first scientist to represent the University of Calcutta
- Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945), promoter of female education
- Anwara Bahar Chowdhury (1919–1987), social activist and writer
- Kamala Das Gupta (1907–2000), freedom fighter nationalist[11]
- Amalprava Das, social worker
- Bina Das (1911–1986), revolutionary and nationalist[11]
- Tista Das (born 1978), transsexual actress
- Kalpana Datta (1913–1995), independence activist[11]
- Mira Datta Gupta (1907–1983), freedom fighter and activist
- Swarnakumari Devi (1855–1932), poet, novelist and social worker
- Begum Khaleda Zia, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Ashoka Gupta (1912–2008), freedom fighter and social worker
- Neena Gupta, (b. 1984) mathematician, who has provided a solution to the Zariski Cancellation Problem
- Narmada Kar (1893–1980), completed her graduation in 1914 and became the first women graduate of Odisha.
- Aditi Lahiri (born 1952), academic linguist
- Abha Maiti (born 1925), politician
- Kanak Mukherjee (1921–1995), political activist
- Khanto Bala Rai (born 1897), teacher, school head in Midnapore
- Shukhalata Rao(1886–1969), social worker and children's author
- Kamini Roy (1864–1933), poet, social worker and feminist[10]
- Leela Roy (1900–1970), politician and reformer
- Shobha Sen, actress
- Amiya Tagore (1901–1988), singer
- Pritilata Waddedar (1911–1932), revolutionary nationalist
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LBR, Team (5 May 2018). Limca Book of Records: India at Her Best. Hachette India. p. 161. ISBN 9789351952404.
- ↑ Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1949). "History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949)". In Nag, Kalidas; Ghose, Lotika (eds.). Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949. Bethune College. pp. 11–12.
- ↑ Bose, Anima (1978). Higher Education in India in the 19th Century: The American Involvement, 1883-1893. Punthi Pustak. p. 249.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Acharya, Poromesh (1990). "Education in Old Calcutta". In Chaudhuri, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: The Living City. Vol. I: The Past. Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
- ↑ Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1949). "History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949)". In Nag, Kalidas; Ghose, Lotika (eds.). Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949. Bethune College. pp. 11–12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Forbes, Geraldine Hancock (1999). Women in Modern India. The New Cambridge History of India. Vol. IV.2. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-521-65377-0.
- ↑ Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1949). "History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949)". In Nag, Kalidas; Ghose, Lotika (eds.). Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949. Bethune College. pp. 15–16.
- ↑ "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ray, Bharati (1990). "Women in Calcutta: The Years of Change". In Chaudhuri, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: The Living City. Vol. II: The Present and Future. Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-19-563697-0.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Southard, Barbara (May 1993). "Colonial Politics and Women's Rights: Woman Suffrage Campaigns in Bengal, British India in the 1920s". Modern Asian Studies. 27 (2): 405–406. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00011549. JSTOR 312775. S2CID 145276788.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ghosh, Durba (August 2013). "Revolutionary Women and Nationalist Heroes in Bengal, 1930 to the 1980s". Gender & History. 25 (2): 355–375. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12017. S2CID 143325110.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Borthwick, Meredith (2015). The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905. Princeton University Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-4008-4390-9.
- Ray, Bharati (2005). Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods. SAGE Publications. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-81-321-0264-9.
- Tattwabhushan, Sitanath (1904). Social Reform in Bengal: A Side Sketch. Calcutta: City Book Society. pp. 43–.
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