City College, Kolkata 5.19

City College is a constituent undergraduate college of the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent social role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century. The college is located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani, Kolkata-700 009. It is one of the City group colleges administered by Brahmo Samaj Education Society, a registered society, constituted by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Kolkata.Notable alumni Swami Shuddhananda, former president of the Ramakrishna Mission Soumitra Chatterjee, actor Laxminath Bezbarua, Assamese writer Barun Sengupta, the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor Mahesh Chandra Ghosh, philosopher, Brahmo Mohit Chattopadhyay, playwright, screenwriter Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist Rajanikanta Sen, poet, composer Samir Roychoudhury, poet, writer Satyendra Chandra Mitra, freedom fighter, politician Sunil Kanti Roy, Managing Director of Peerless Group and Padma Shri awardee Birendra Nath Mallick, neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate...