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Ananda Mohan College is an undergraduate evening college in north Kolkata. It started in 1961 as the evening branch of City College while
Ananda Mohan College is an undergraduate evening college in north Kolkata. It started in 1961 as the evening branch of City College while Rammohan College
Rammohan College is an undergraduate and postgraduate college for women in Kolkata, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It shares premises with City College, Kolkata (morning college) and Anandamohan College (evening colleg ...
started functioning as the morning branch. City College was founded by patriotic Brahmo leader Ananda Mohan Bose
Ananda Mohan Bose ( bn, আনন্দমোহন বসু) (23 September 1847 – 20 August 1906) was an Indian politician, academician, social reformer, and lawyer during the British Raj. He co-founded the Indian National Association, one ...
. The college is located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Roy
Raja Ram Mohan Roy ( bn, রামমোহন রায়; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform ...
Sarani, Kolkata-700 009. It was one of the City Group colleges administered by Brahmo Samaj
Brahmo Samaj ( bn, ব্রহ্ম সমাজ, Brahmô Sômaj, ) is the societal component of Brahmoism, which began as a monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance.
It was one of t ...
Education Society, a registered society, constituted by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Kolkata. From 2017, it became a grant-in-aid college no longer administered by the Brahmo Samaj.
About college
The college was accredited by NAAC at the B+ level in 2016. It offers undergraduate courses in humanities (Bengali, English, Hindi (elective course), history, philosophy, and Sanskrit), social sciences (economics and political science), physical sciences (chemistry, geography and environmental studies (elective course), and physics), biological sciences (botany, physiology, and zoology), mathematics, computer science, and commerce. Another institution with the same name is Ananda Mohan College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. It was also established by Ananda Mohan Bose at his place of birth. Other than being started by the same person and having the same name, the two institutions are not related.Notable alumni
* Biplab Chatterjee, actorSee also
*List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
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* Education in India
*Education in West Bengal
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* Universities and colleges in Kolkata Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance Educational institutions established in 1961 University of Calcutta affiliates Universities and colleges affiliated with the Brahmo Samaj 1961 establishments in West Bengal {{WestBengal-university-stub