List of some of our Outstanding Former Students
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Social Reformers and Religious Leaders
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Swami Vivekananda , proponent of Advaita Vedanta in the West andfounder of Ramakrishna Mission
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Rev. Lal Behari Dey , litterateur and theologian of the Free Church of Scotland
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Brahmabandhav Upadhyay , theologian and preacher of New Dispensation Brahmoism, Protestantism, and Roman Catholicism
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Benoyendranath Sen , theologian of New Dispensation Brahmoism
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Sitanath Tattwabhushan , theologian and former president of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
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Krishna Kumar Mitra , former president of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj
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Paramahansa Yogananda , proponent of Kriya Yoga in the West and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , proponent of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
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Rt. Rev. Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee , first Indian to serve as the Bishop of Calcutta and as the Metropolitan Bishop of India within the Church of Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon
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Swami Gambhirananda , former president of Ramakrishna Mission
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Mohanananda Brahmachari , second Mohanta (Head) of Ram Niwas Brahmacharya Ashram
Independence Activists and Politicians
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Subhas Chandra Bose , former president of Indian National Congress , founder president of All India Forward Bloc , co-founder of Indian National Army (INA) and head of state, Provisional Government of Free India
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Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala , first democratically elected prime minister of Nepal
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Amarendranath Chatterjee , revolutionary associated with Anushilan Samiti , and Jugantar
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Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah , co-founder of Bengal Provincial KrishakSabha, and Students Federation of India
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Saroj Dutta , veteran communist leader, co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) and Naxalite movement
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Ambica Charan Mazumdar , former president of Indian National Congress
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Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee , former president of All India Hindu Mahasabha
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Gopinath Bordoloi , prominent freedom fighter, first Chief Minister of Assam
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Prafulla Chandra Sen , former Chief Minister of West Bengal
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Yangmasho Shaiza , former Chief Minister of Manipur
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Brington Buhai Lyngdoh , former Chief Minister of Meghalaya
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S. C. Marak , former Chief minister of Meghalaya
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S. C. Jamir , former chief minister of Nagaland , former Governor of Maharashtra , Gujarat and Goa , and Governor of Odisha
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Rishang Keishing , former Chief Minister of Manipur
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George Gilbert Swell , former Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha and former Ambassador to Norway and Burma
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Birendra Narayan Chakraborty , former Governor of Haryana
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Banwari Lal Joshi , former Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Meghalaya and Uttarakhand
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Ajit Kumar Panja , former minister of state for external afairs
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Shawkat Ali Khan , Barrister, freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Jurists
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Sir Gooroodas Banerjee , former judge Calcutta High Court
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Sudhi Ranjan Das , former Chief Justice of India
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Amal Kumar Sarkar , former Chief Justice of India
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Subimal Chandra Roy , former judge, Supreme Court of India
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Sambhunath Banerjee , former judge, Calcutta High Court
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Amarendra Nath Sen , former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, and former judge of Supreme Court of India
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Samarendra Chandra Deb , former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
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Anil Kumar Sen , former Chief Justice, of Calcutta High Court
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Anandamoy Bhattacharjee , former Chief Justice of Sikkim , Calcutta and Bombay High Courts
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Ganendra Narayan Ray , former Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court , and former judge of Supreme Court of India
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Umesh Chandra Banerjee , former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and former judge of Supreme Court of India
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Mukul Gopal Mukherjee , former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
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Shyamal Kumar Sen , former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court , and former Governor of West Bengal
Scholars and Academic Administrators
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Chandramukhi Basu , one of the first female graduates of the British Empire, and the first female head of an undergraduate college in SouthAsia (as Principal of Bethune College , Calcutta)
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sir Gooroodas Banerjee , first Indian Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
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Sir Brajendra Nath Seal , first Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University , former Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore
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Sir Jnan Chandra Ghosh , formerly Director of the Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore, founder-director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
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Tarak Nath Das , formerly Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
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Sarat Chandra Roy , pioneering anthropologist, often regarded as the Father of Indian Ethnography, and as the first Indian nnthropooogist
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Biraja Sankar Guha , pioneering anthropologist, one of the first Ph.D. recipients in anthropology in the world (Harvard University, 1924) andfounder-director of the Anthropological Survey of India
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Nirmal Kumar Bose , eminent anthropologist and freedom fighter
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Ramaprasad Chanda , anthropologist and archaeologist
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Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri , formerly Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture , University of Calcutta
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Kalidas Nag , Historian, Author and Parliamentarian
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Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna , Sanskrit Scholar, Author and Academician
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Tapan Raychaudhuri , Professor of Indian History and Civilization andEmeritus Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford
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Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta , formerly Tagore professor of Bengali Literature, University of Delhi , and former Director of the National Library of India
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Asima Chatterjee , first Indian woman to earn a Doctorate in Science , first female recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology , and first female President of the Indian Science Congress
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Animesh Chakravorty , recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in chemistry, formerly chair of the department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Sambhunath Banerjee , Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta , Ramendra Kumar Podder and Santosh Bhattacharyya , former Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta
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Nityananda Saha , former Vice Chancellor, University of Kalyani
Performing Arts, Theater and Cinema
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Sisir Bhaduri , noted playwright
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Pankaj Mullick , Bollywood and Bengali cinema music director andcomposer
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Birendra Krishna Bhadra , broadcaster, playwright, and theater director
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Suchitra Mitra , Rabindra Sangeet exponent
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Manna Dey , Bollywood film music exponent
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Mrinal Sen , internationally acclaimed art film director and cultural commentator
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Buddhadeb Dasgupta , noted parallel cinema director and poet
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Tarun Majumdar , film director
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Utpalendu Chakrabarty , film director and thespian
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Mithun Chakraborty , Bollywood action hero and social activist
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Shyamanand Jalan , thespian and theatre director
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Kaushik Sen , noted theatre personality, director of Swapnasandhani theatre group
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Silajit Majumder , singer and actor
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Badal Sircar , dramatist
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Rudraprasad Sengupta , eminent theatre personality, director of Nandikar theatre group and cultural critic
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Arun Kumar Shaha, sitarist with achievement across different continents
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Partha Pratim Chowdhury , film director and playwright
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Manoj Mitra , dramatist and actor
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Madhav Sharma , actor, comedian, theater director
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Pulak Bandyopadhyay , lyricist and composer
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Bratya Basu, actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and politician
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Puja Banerjee , actress
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Aninda Chatterjee, singer, song writer and film director
Writers, Poets and Journalists
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji , socio-cultural critic and first successful Indian man of letters in the United States of America; winner of Newbery Medal (1928)
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Nirad C. Chaudhuri , polymath, historian and commentator on culture, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Satyendranath Dutta , poet
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Sudhindranath Dutta , author and poet
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Ashok Kumar Sarkar , former editor of Desh literary magazine and Editor-in-Chief, Anandabazar Patrika (1958–1983)
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Lakshminath Bezbaroa , writer, editor and social critic
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Parvati Prasad Baruwa , litterateur
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Premendra Mitra , novelist, short story and science fiction writer, andfilm director
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Subhas Mukhopadhyay , poet
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Samaresh Majumdar , novelist
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Sajanikanta Das , critic, poet and editor of Shanibarer Chithi
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Sanjib Chattopadhyay , journalist, author and critic
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Bani Basu , essayist, novelist, and poet
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Kanhaiyalal Sethia , poet
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Kali Nath Roy , editor in chief of The Tribune magazine
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Farrukh Ahmed , poet, writer, activist of the Language Movement
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Derek O'Brien , quiz-master, author and politician
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Bina Sarkar Ellias , founder-editor and publisher of Internationao Gaooerie, a global arts and ideas magazine
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Mustafa Manwar , artist and media personality
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Madhu Rye , playwright, novelist and short story writer
Administrators, Industrialists and Organization Lleaders
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Binay Ranjan Sen , former Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–1967)
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Nitish Chandra Laharry , first Indian (and Asian) president, Rotary International (1962–63)
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Jagmohan Dalmiya , former President, Board of Control for Cricket in India| and first Indian Chairman, International Cricket Council
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Mani Lal Bhaumik , scientist (laser technology) turned entrepreneur, inventor of excimer laser and author
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Diptendu Pramanick , first Secretary, Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, and Secretary, Film Federation of India (1953–54)
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Evelyn Norah Shullai , pioneer of Girl Guides Movement in India
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Samson H. Chowdhury , Industrialist
Sports Persons
Padma Awardees
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