Vidyasagar College
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Vidyasagar College named after Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
, is a government
-sponsored day and evening college
, affiliated to the University of Calcutta
in Kolkata
, India
.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE , born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya , was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance....
, is a government
Government
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-sponsored day and evening college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
, affiliated to the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Notable alumni
- Jatindra Nath DasJatindra Nath DasJatindra Nath Das , also known as Jatin Das, was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. The death of Jatin Das in Lahore jail after 63 days of hunger strike shocked the whole of India. Jatin Das is the only person to fast to death before independence, Potti Sreeramulu fasted to death...
- Prabhat Ranjan SarkarPrabhat Ranjan SarkarPrabhat Ranjan Sarkar , also known by his spiritual name, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti , was an Indian philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist...
- Sharadindu BandyopadhyaySharadindu BandyopadhyaySharadindu Bandyopadhyay was a well known literary figure of Bengal. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.He wrote different forms of prose: novels, short stories, plays and screenplays...
, Novelist - Manna DeyManna DeyPrabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...
, Eminent singer - Brojen DasBrojen DasBrojen Das was the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times.-Early life:...
- Keshab Chunder Sen, Brahmo reformer
- Ram Sunder Das, Freedom Fighter, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
from HajipurHajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:# Hajipur# Lalganj# Mahua...