Bangabasi College is a Kolkata -based liberal arts, commerce and sciences college . It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the University of Calcutta . It was founded by Girish Chandra Bose , an educationist, social reformer and agriculturist, in 1887. It was the first nationalist college. It played a major role in the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 and the self-sacrifice of Shri Jatindranath Das, an undergraduate student of the college. The college celebrated its 125th anniversary from November 2011 to October 2012. It has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) with "B++" certificate.
12-475: Acharya Girish Chandra Bose founded an institution, named Bangabasi School, in a rented house in Bowbazar Street with six teachers and twelve students in the year 1885. Two years later, the college was established with private management, under the inspiration and guidance of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar . It started with F.A. course and slowly obtained affiliation for the B.A. , B.L. and M.A. courses to meet
24-684: A BA degree in 1876. After graduation, he was hired as a lecturer of science at Ravenshaw College , where he worked until 1881. At the end of 1881, he was offered a state scholarship to study agriculture at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester , England . In 1882 he took up life membership of the Royal Agricultural Society , and in 1883 was elected a Fellow of the Chemical Society . He completed his degree at
36-641: A botany book, A Manual of Indian Botany . The book was intended as a textbook containing plants familiar to Indian students, in contrast to the European textbooks commonly used in India at the time. He is also credited with starting the first agricultural journal in India. The journal, founded in 1885, was published both in English (as Agricultural Gazette ) and in Bengali (as Krishi Gazette ). Bose died 1 January 1939, after
48-663: A short illness. In addition to this English-language book, Bose also published a number of books in Bengali, including: Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College , (formerly called Bangabasi College of Commerce ) established in its current form in 1964, is an undergraduate college in Kolkata , West Bengal , India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta . It offers undergraduate courses in arts and commerce. Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College
60-476: Is the list of notable alumni of this college. 22°34′09″N 88°22′06″E / 22.5693°N 88.3683°E / 22.5693; 88.3683 Girish Chandra Bose Girish Chandra Bose (29 October 1853 – 1 January 1939) was an Indian educator and botanist. Bose was born on 29 October 1853 in the village of Berugram in the Burdwan district of India . He attended Hooghly College , and received
72-790: The University Grants Commission (UGC), the shifts were separated and two new colleges, i.e. Bangabasi Morning College and Bangabasi Evening College emerged in the same building and Bangabasi College of Commerce in a separate building on 11 April 1965. With this, four colleges came up: Bangabasi College, Bangabasi Morning College, Bangabasi Evening College and Bangabasi College of Commerce. In 1979 Bangabasi College opened its own Commerce Department, and also became co-ed . Courses listed below are undergraduate, except zoology. Only zoology department has both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Postgraduate studies started in Zoology in 2005, under
84-564: The Royal Agricultural College in 1884. After visits to Scotland , France and Italy , he returned to India. While in England , Bose came to believe in the importance of widespread education. Accordingly, shortly after his return, he turned down offers of employment from various provincial governments, but in 1885 founded Bangabasi School, which was aimed at preparing boys for the university entrance examinations. The institution
96-566: The requirements of the college. In 1930. the college moved into its present premises at 19, Scott Lane (now Raj Kumar Chakraborty Sarani). Honours course in various subjects were introduced. During the World War II another branch of the college was established in Kushtia (now in Bangladesh ) in 1942, as the people of Kolkata were troubled by the bombing by Japanese troops. After the World War II it
108-484: The semester system (CBCS), Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta . Recently, it was acknowledged by the Department of Science and Technology , by sanctioning a grants-in-aid to the extent of Rs 20,00,000 for procuring modern equipment and adequate software support. Facilities provided in the college: Other activities include: The alumni of Bangabasi College have achieved prominence in various fields. Following
120-399: Was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2011 with a 'B' Grade. Girish Chandra Bose founded two institutions of learning: Bangabasi School in 1885 and Bangabasi College in 1887. These were reorganized in 1964–1965 to Bangabasi Morning College , Bangabasi Evening College , and Bangabasi College of Commerce. Bangabasi College of Commerce was renamed after
132-484: Was closed. After Independence in 1947, the college started to see receive huge admissions and thus it created extra-pressure on the existing infrastructure and system. To cope up with the demand, college was divided in morning and evening sections and Acharya Girish Chandra Bose started a new evening section only for commerce. Later in 1964, it emerged as Bangabasi College of Commerce (renamed as Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College in 2005). Through phase reduction scheme of
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#1733085479799144-414: Was expanded in 1887 to add college-level classes (at Bangabasi College). He remained involved in administration of the college until near the end of his life. The college that Bose began is still operating in a somewhat different form: it was reorganized in the 1960s into Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College , Bangabasi Morning College , Bangabasi Evening College , and Bangabasi College . Bose wrote
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