Sanskrit College

Sanskrit College and University

Type	Public
Established	1824
Location	College Street, Calcutta
Campus	urban
Affiliations	Sanskrit College and University
Website	Sanskrit College and University

Sanskrit College and University (erstwhile Sanskrit College) is a specialized state-government administered Liberal Arts University offering an undergraduate degree in Sanskrit language, Pali language, Linguistics and ancient Indian and world history.^[1]^[2] It is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Calcutta. Founded on 1 January 1824, Sanskrit College, is one of the oldest educational institutions in the subcontinent.^[3] It is a traditional college that specializes in the scholarship of Indian tradition, philosophy and religion. It is located on College Street (now renamed Bidhan Sarani) in central Kolkata. Its centrality is heightened by its proximity to Hindu School, Presidency College, Kolkata, the University of Calcutta, and the Indian Coffee House. It was established during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Amherst, based on a recommendation by HT James Prinsep and Thomas Babington Macaulay among others.

Principals
Ramkamal Sen Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar^[4] Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, C.I.E. Surendranath Dasgupta

Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, C.I.E., the eminent scholar of Sanskrit was the principal of the college for over 18 years. He was made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.), and a member of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.

He played a crucial role in colonial Bengal's educational reformation. He revived the "Tol" system in Sanskrit education, and introduced titles or "Upadhi".

The institution rose to prominence during the principalship of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1851, who admitted students from other than the brahmin caste. In particular the tol or traditional Indian training school model was incorporated as a department in the 1870s. In the pre-independence era, it was one of the finest seats of academic excellence in matters pertaining to Hinduism, eastern philosophy, ancient Indian history and ancient Indian languages like Pali and Prakrit. It is particularly well known for the contribution of its faculty and students in the social, cultural and religious transformation in nineteenth century Bengal in what came to be popularly regarded as the Bengal Renaissance. In terms of scholarship and intellectual output, it contributed hugely to enriching the knowledge of ancient Indian society and interpretation of ancient Indian texts.

Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Bill 2015

Vice Chancellors
Prof. Dilip Kumar Mohanta

In a bid to create a nodal center in learning of Sanskrit, the "Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Bill 2015" was passed in West Bengal Assembly on 17 December 2015.^[5] Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Bill 2015 will enable complete up-gradation of the 191 year-old Sanskrit College along with its properties and liabilities.

Notable alumni

References

↑ Combinations offered for honours courses
↑ Plea for more subjects at college
↑ "INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Special commemorative postage stamp on Sanskrit College". INDIAN GOVERNMENT. 25 February 1999. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
↑ Lal, Mohan (2006). "Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar". The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4567–4569. ISBN 9788126012213.
↑ Sanskrit College and University, West Bengal Bill 2015 passed on 17-Dec-2015

External links

Official website

Bengal Renaissance

People	Sri Aurobindo Rajnarayan Basu Jagadish Chandra Bose Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Satyendra Nath Bose Bethune Upendranath Brahmachari Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Akshay Kumar Datta Henry Derozio Alexander Duff Michael Madhusudan Dutt Romesh Chunder Dutt Dwarkanath Ganguly Kadambini Ganguly Monomohun Ghose Ramgopal Ghosh Aghore Nath Gupta David Hare Kazi Nazrul Islam Eugène Lafont Ashutosh Mukherjee Harish Chandra Mukherjee Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Gour Govinda Ray Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Raja Ram Mohan Roy Meghnad Saha Akshay Chandra Sarkar Mahendralal Sarkar Brajendra Nath Seal Girish Chandra Sen Keshub Chandra Sen Haraprasad Shastri Debendranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore Jnanadanandini Devi Sitanath Tattwabhushan Brahmabandhav Upadhyay Ram Chandra Vidyabagish Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Swami Vivekananda Paramahansa Yogananda Begum Rokeya

Culture	Adi Dharm Bengali literature Bengali poetry Bengali music Brahmo Samaj British Raj British Indian Association History of Bengal Nazrul geeti Rabindra Nritya Natya Rabindra Sangeet Sambad Prabhakar Socialism in Bengal Swadeshi Satyagraha Tattwabodhini Patrika Tagore family Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Young Bengal

Institutions	Anandamohan College Asiatic Society Banga Mahila Vidyalaya Bangabasi College Bethune College Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Calcutta Madrasah College Calcutta Medical College Fort William College General Assembly's Institution Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya Hindu Theatre Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Midnapore College National Council of Education, Bengal Oriental Seminary Presidency College Ripon College Sanskrit College Scottish Church College Serampore College St. Xavier's College, Kolkata Vidyasagar College Visva-Bharati University University of Calcutta University of Dhaka

Other renaissance and revolutionary movements	Bhakti movement Gaudiya Vaishnavism Brahmoism Sannyasi Rebellion Indian independence movement Kalighat painting Jugantar movement Bengal School of Art Hindu–German Conspiracy Kallol Gananatya Andolan Bratachari movement Bengali Little Magazine Movement Parallel Cinema Indian Communism Naxalism Hungryalism Prakalpana Movement

University of Calcutta

Associated research and training institutes	Bengal Music College Bose Institute Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Carey Institute of Horticulture Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Government College of Art & Craft Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Indian Centre for Space Physics Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management Institute of Development Studies Institute of Jute Technology Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Colleges affiliated to University of Calcutta	List of colleges currently affiliated with the University of Calcutta

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