University of Calcutta
Kolkata
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87, 1, College St, Calcutta University, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
City: Kolkata
State: West Bengal
Contact No: 033 2241-0071 2241-4984
Email: admin[at]caluniv[dot]ac[dot]in
Established: 1857
Type: Private
Website: https://www.caluniv.ac.in/
Affiliated: UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
About Institute
About University of Calcutta, Kolkata
The Court of Directors of the East India Company sent a despatch in July, 1854 to the Governor-General of India in Council, suggesting the establishment of the Universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
In pursuance of that despatch, the University of Calcutta was founded on JANUARY 24, 1857.
The University adopted in the first instance, the pattern of the University of London and gradually introduced modifications in its constitution