In this investiture of fleshly life A soul that is a spark of God survives . And sometimes it breaks through the sordid screen And kindles a fire that makes us half-divine. Savitri, Book 11, Canto V
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Friday, April 17, 2009

deep rooted in Bengal

A Banyan tree inside the campus of Presidency College, Calcutta.
The building seen is of a department behind the main building of the college.

One must have to know about the Presidency College, Calcutta if one
wants to know the history of Bengal Renaissance and the emerging of
modern India. Almost all the great Bengalis studied or taught in this
great institution.
It is the oldest and most prestigious colleges of India. It was
established as Hindu College, on January 20, 1817 in Calcutta. Raja
Ram Mohan Roy, the great social reformer, headed its foundation
committee. It was later renamed as Presidency College in 1855. It was
placed under the control of the University of Calcutta in 1857.
Presidency College was one of the first colleges in India to admit
female students with the first girl student attending class in 1897.

Considered as Harvard of India, Presidency College has undergraduate
and graduate degrees in natural sciences, humanities and social
sciences.

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