Vidyasagar College, has produced a large number of notable people, who has kept a remark on the society, since the foundation. The institute was previously a public school named "Metropolitan Institution", before upgrading to College. In 1871, the institute was upgraded to college and in 1917, the institute was named Vidyasagar College.
Notable alumni before upgradation to college[edit | edit source]
The notable alumnus of Metropolitan Institution (school) include:
- Swami Vivekananda, philosopher and Hindu monk
- Brahmabandhav Upadhyay, theologian, journalist and Indian freedom fighter
- Charu Chandra Bhattacharya, Bengali writer on scientific articles mainly for children.
Notable alumni after upgradation to college[edit | edit source]
The following list consists notable alumnus passed from or associated with Vidyasagar College after upgrading to College.
Freedom fighters[edit | edit source]
- Ram Manohar Lohia, activist in Quit India Movement, Indian Independence Movement, editor of its mouthpiece Congress Socialist who broadcast Congress Radio, secretly from various places in Bombay during dependant India
- Ganesh Man Singh, Nepalese freedom fighter, termed as "Father of Democracy" or the "Iron-man of Nepali politics"
- Chintamani Panigrahi, freedom fighter, participated in Indian Independence Movement
- Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya, noted for his role in the Indo-German Conspiracy of World War I
Literature personalities[edit | edit source]
- Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, famous Bengali writer
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali novelist
- Ananda Chandra Agarwala, Assamese writer, poet
- Durga Mohan Bhattacharyya, scholar of Sanskrit
- Sarat Chandra Goswami, writer in Assam, founder member of Asam Sahitya Sabha
- Iswan Chandra Ghosh, Bengali writer and famous translator
Scientists[edit | edit source]
- Prafulla Chandra Ray, chemist, regarded as the father of chemical science in India
- Biresh Chandra Guha, chemist
- Satya Churn Law, Ornithologist and
- Bimal Chandra Chattopadhyay, Founder of W B. Parapsychological Society
- Jagat Jiban Ghosh, researcher and scientist in Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Neurobiochemistry; associated with teaching and research activities of J.J.Ghosh researth institutes.[1]
Cine personalites and photographers[edit | edit source]
- Chhabi Biswas, Notable Bengali actor and theatre artist
- Tarachand Barjatya, actor and founder of Rajshri Productions
- Paoli Dam, notable Bengali actress
- Himangshu Dutta, Bengali music director
- Subhra Sourav Das, notable actor worked at Kaushik Sen's theatre group Swapnasandhani.
- Madhu Bose, film director, actor, singer and screen writer
- Debaki Bose, film director, awarded with Padma Shri
- Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, music director, eminent vocal artist in Indian Classical Music, a revered Guru in the Delhi Gharana of the vocal classical genre
- Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode, poet, novelist, dramatist and nationalist
Singers[edit | edit source]
- Manna Dey, notable singer
- Ruprekha Banerjee, notable singer specialised in Rabindrasangeet and Hindustani Classical Music
- Silajit Majumder, Bengali singer
- Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, eminent vocal artist in Indian Classical Music, a revered Guru in the Delhi Gharana of the vocal classical genre
Politicians[edit | edit source]
- Ram Sunder Das, former Chief Minister of Bihar
- Ganesh Man Singh, leader of the democratic movement of 1990 in Nepal, referred as "Iron Man of Nepal Politics".
- Chintamani Panigrahi, former Governor of Manipur
- Tarit Baran Topdar, politician
- Ram Manohar Lohia, founder of the Congress Socialist Party
Other personalities[edit | edit source]
- Asim Mukhopadhyay, mountaineer
- Brojen Das, Bangadeshi swimmer, first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it six times
- Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, religious leader, philosopher and founder of Ananda marga spiritual organization also founder of PROUT, author of Neohumanism, Prabhat Samgiita
- Mitter Bedi, notable photographer specialising in industrial photography
- Jitendra Nath Ghosh, chairman of Netaji Research Bureau[2]
- Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://profjjghoshfoundation.in/home.html [bare URL]
- ↑ The Oracle, Volume 6. 1984. p. 51.