Lady Brabourne College (LBC) is an institution for women's education in

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. The college admits

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and

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s, and awards degrees from the

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. It is a

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administered college and is in one of the more cosmopolitan localities of the city.

History

Lady Brabourne College was established in July 1939 at a rented house in

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(now

), following the initiative of the then Prime Minister of Bengal, A. K. Fazlul Huq. It was named after Doreen, Baroness Brabourne, an

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aristocrat who was the wife of The 5th Baron Brabourne, the then Governor of Bengal. Lord Brabourne died on 23 February 1939. Sir John Herbert, the next Governor, laid down the foundation stone of the college on 26 August 1939. The college had 50 percent reserved seats for Muslim women and the rest for Hindus, Parsees, Sikhs, Jains and other ethnic communities. The hostel facility was kept exclusively for Muslims. The college started admitting Hindu students due to shortage of Muslim students. It has since become difficult for Muslim students to get admission to the college according to the All India Minority Association. In 2017 the college, along with others affiliated with the University of Calcutta, was given the authority to award the degree of

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(Ph.D.).

Notable alumnae and faculty

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* Arundhati Ghose * Asima Chatterjee *

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Gouri Dharmapal Gouri Dharmapal (1931—2014) was an Indian poet, Sanskrit scholar, and the former head of the department of Sanskrit at Lady Brabourne College at the University of Calcutta. In 2010 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the President of I ...

Helena Khan Helena Khan (23 March 1927 – 15 March 2019) was a Bangladeshi educationist and writer. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lady Brabourne College. In her career, she had served in five different government schools. Awards * Nurunn ...

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* Syeda Sakina Islam *

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* Srabani Sen * Susmita Basu Majumdar *

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*Natasa Dasgupta

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Universities and colleges in Kolkata Women's universities and colleges in West Bengal University of Calcutta affiliates Educational institutions established in 1939 1939 establishments in India {{WestBengal-university-stub

History

Notable alumnae and faculty

See also

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