The Scottish Church Collegiate School is a school in north

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, India.

Notable alumni

* Lalbehari De, Religious Leader and Writer. *

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, Religious Leader. *

Dhan Gopal Mukerji Dhan Gopal Mukerji ( bn, ধন গোপাল মুখোপাধ্যায়; ''Dhan Gōpāl Mukhōpādhyāy'') (6 July 1890 – 14 July 1936) was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and won a Newbery Med ...

, First successful Indian

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, Poet and Writer mainly for children and also for adults in english with international fame, won the

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. * Akhil Niyogi (Swapanburo), Poet, Writer and Editor. * Berry Sarbadhikari, Journalist, Cricket Commentator and Writer. *

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, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the

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, the

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and the

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winning Singer and Composer. * Prabodhkumar Sanyal, Journalist and Writer. *

Badal Sarkar Sudhindra Sircar (Born 15 July 1925), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establishment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of the pros ...

, the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the

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Moti Nandi Moti Nandi; 10 July 1931 – 3 January 2010) was a Bengali writer and journalist. Career Moti Nandi was from Kolkata. He graduated from the University of Calcutta and became a sports journalist and worked as a sports editor in ''Anandabazar Pa ...

, Journalist and the

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awarde Writer. *

Ajit Kumar Panja Ajit Kumar Panja (13 September 1936 – 14 November 2008) was a Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Indian National Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta, and studied ...

, Politician. *

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, the

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awarde Physicist. *

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, Politician. *

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, Actor and Theater Director. *

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, Reciter, Actor and Theater Directror. *

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, Journalist, Writer and Documentary Filmmaker. * Sujoy Shome, Journalist, Writer, Graphic Designer, Filmmaker, Actor, Social Activist and Editor & Art Director of the Fourth Generation of celebrated Bengali monthly Sandesh (magazine). * Santanu Bandyopadhyay, Vocalist of the Bishnupur gharana at

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. * Swapan K Saha, Physicist. * Debasish Roy, Singer and Rabindrasangeet Guru. *

Subhasish Mukhopadhyay Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acted ...

, Actor. *

Anindya Chattopadhyay Anindya Chatterjee is an Indian bengali film director, music director, singer, lyricist, actor and producer based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the singer-lyricist of prominent Bengali band Chandrabindoo. In recent times he has compose ...

, Lyricist, Composer, Singer, Journalist, Writer, Editor, Actor and Filmmaker. *

Shilajit Majumder Silajit Majumder ( bn, শিলাজিৎ মজুমদার, born 9 October 1965), first name also spelled ''Shilajit'', is an Indian Bengali male singer songwriter and actor from Kolkata. He is mostly credited by his first name. As an a ...

, Lyricist, Composer, Singer and Actor. *

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Surya Sekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983), is an Indian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster at the ...

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. * Sayantan Das, Chess Player. *

Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", "Aankh Maarey"(recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recreated) and "L ...

, Lyricist, Composer and Singer. *

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, Actor and Screenplay Writer.

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