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5 unusual facts about Presidency College


Hiren Gohain

He studied in Cotton College, did his graduation from Presidency College, Calcutta and then moved to Delhi University to pursue his post-graduation in English literature.

Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi

After securing a degree from the Presidency College, he joined the Madras Central Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank.

Pallathadka Keshava Bhat

He has also worked as a Research Assistant in the Presidency College, Chennai (Earlier Madras)

Presidency College, Chennai

At the behest of Sir Thomas Munro, a Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1826.

R. K. Rubugunday

He completed his B.A. Hons from Presidency College, Madras and Tripos from Cambridge in 1938.


Bishnu Dey

He subsequently taught at Presidency College, Kolkata (1944–1947), Maulana Azad College, Calcutta (1947–1969).

C. Natesa Mudaliar

He had his early schooling in Madras and graduated from Presidency College, Chennai and Madras Medical College before practising as a doctor.

Digambar Mitra

The son of Shib Chandra Mitra of Konnagar in Hooghly district, he was educated at Hare School and Hindu College and was one of the leading disciples of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.

Jatindramohan Tagore

The son of Hara Kumar Tagore (1798 – 1858) and grandson of Gopi Mohan Tagore, one of the founders of Hindu College, he belonged to the Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family.

K. Krishnamurthy

Born in Kottayam on 22 October 1915, Krishnamurthy was educated in Kottayam, University College Trivandrum, Presidency College, Madras and Hertford College, Oxford.

P. Subbarayan

Subbarayan was born on 11 September 1889 in the family estate at Kumaramangalam, Salem district and had his education at Presidency College, Madras, University of Dublin, the University of London and Christ Church, Oxford.

Philip Furley Fyson

The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency College, Chennai for work in the area of Natural science.

Prasanna Coomar Tagore

Prasanna Kumar Tagore (also spelt Prosunno Kumar Tagore, Prasanna Kumar Tagore) (1801–1886) was son of Gopi Mohan Tagore, one of the founders of Hindu College.

Ramkamal Sen

When Hindu College was established in 1817, he was a member of its committee.

Rani Rashmoni

Amongst her other including construction of street from Subarnarekha River to Pari for pilgrims, Babughat also known as Rani Rashmoni Ghat, Ahirtola Ghat and Nimtola Ghat for the every day bathers at the Ganges and offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India) and Hindu College (now Presidency College).

Sachindra Chaudhuri

He educated at Rani Bhabani School in Calcutta, later he studied at Presidency College in Calcutta and later at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Surajit Chandra Sinha

After his early education in a high school in Mymensingh, and then at Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta, he started his college education in physics at Presidency College, Calcutta, but later shifted to geology and then to anthropology.

Udayan Mukherjee

Udayan is an economist by training having obtained his B.Sc in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata and an MA in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.


see also

Chandra Kumar Agarwala

There he admitted into the FA classes of the Presidency College, as a student of the University of Calcutta.

F. J. Rowe

Before moving to Presidency College, Rowe was a teacher of English at La Martiniere College in Calcutta.