Narasinha Dutt College is an undergraduate college in

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, India. Established in 1924, it claims to be the oldest college in

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. It is affiliated with the

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History

Narasinha Dutt College was established in July 1924 in the home of I. R. Belilious, at

. It started with seven teachers and 124 students. The initiative in this regard was taken by Late Suranjan Dutta, the second son of Late Narasinha Dutta. The College started with Motilal Chatterjee as Principal and renowned scholar Jnanendranath Sen as Vice-Principal. Later on Prof. Sen became the Principal and remained in office for a long time to play the role of the architect of the college.

Haripada Bharati Haripada Bharati (also known as "Master Mosai")who was the West bengal who served as a first president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal. In 1977 he was elected MLA from Jorabagan Assembly Constituency as a Janata Party candidate. He was ...

also served as principal of the college. With the passage of time, new building came to be erected, enrolment of students steadily picked up and fourteen honours courses were opened. The Morning Shift is exclusively for girls, the Evening Shift exclusively for boys and the Day Shift is Co-educational.

Departments

Science

*Mathematics *Physics *Chemistry *Anthropology *Computer Science *Botany *Zoology *Economics

Arts and Commerce

*Bengali *English *Sanskrit *Urdu *History *Political Science *Philosophy *Education *Commerce

Post Graduate Departments (Under C.U.)

*English *Mathematics

Accreditation

Recently, Narasinha Dutt College has been re-accredited and awarded B++ grade by the

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(NAAC). The college is also recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission
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References

External links

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