Surendranath Law College (''Bengali'' :সুরেন্দ্রনাথ আইন কলেজ) formerly known as ''Ripon College'') is an postgraduate law college affiliated with the

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. It was established in

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in the Indian state of

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in 1885 by a trust formed by the nationalist leader, scholar and educationist

Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee often known as Rashtraguru ( bn, Rāṣṭraguru, Teacher of the Nation; 10 November 18486 August 1925) was Indian nationalist leader during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian Nat ...

, a year after he founded Surendranath College. This is now regarded one of the oldest

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History

The first name of the college was Presidency School in 1882, when it was handed over to Sri Banerjee on 1 January 1884. That same year the Post-Graduate Department of Law was extended, and it was affiliated to the Calcutta University as an independent professional college in 1885. Banerjee renamed the school the Presidency Institution and brought it to the status of a college affiliated to the F.A. standard. The name was later changed to Ripon College, named after the British

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George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, (24 October 1827 – 9 July 1909), styled Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and known as the Earl of Ripon in 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British p ...

. The name was changed again in 1949 to honour its founder Sri Surendranath Banerjee. The women's section of the college was founded in 1931 by

Mira Datta Gupta Mira Datta Gupta ( bn, মীরা দত্ত গুপ্ত; 5 October 1907 – 18 January 1983) was a freedom fighter, social worker, educationist, politician and activist on women's issues in Calcutta, India. She was a Member of the Le ...

, its first principal. Swami Vivekananda delivered his first address in Calcutta from the rostrum of this college on his return from Chicago after his famous deliverance at the

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in 1893. In 1911,

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

read out at this college one of his essays dealing with the twin subjects of separatism to be found among many of countrymen and national integration. This college was recognised by the University Grants Commission in 1972. The college now offers LLM courses.

Notable alumni

* Dr.

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

- The first President of India. *

Harendra Coomar Mookerjee Harendra Coomar Mookherjee (3 October 1887 – 7 August 1956), also spelt as H.C. Mukherjee, was the Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly of India for drafting the Constitution of India before Partition of India, and the third Governor o ...

- The first Governor of West Bengal. * Sir Bijan Kumar Mukherjea - The first Bengali Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. *

Birendranath Sasmal Birendranath Sasmal (বীরেন্দ্রনাথ শাসমল) (26 October 1881 - 24 November 1934) was a lawyer and political leader. He was known as "The Uncrowned King" of Midnapore and "Deshpran" because of his love and work for ...

- Nationalist barrister and politician. * Manmatha Nath Mukherjee - Judge, Calcutta High Court and Bengali jurist *

Mohammad Mohammadullah Mohammad Mohammadullah ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মুহম্মদুল্লাহ; 21 October 1921 – 12 November 1999) was the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Mohammadullah became the Acting President on 24 Decemb ...

- President of Bangladesh *

Panchanan Barma Panchanan Barma (1866–1935), also known as Thakur Panchanan or Panchanan Sarkar, was a Rajbanshi leader and social reformer from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. He dedicated his life for the improvement of backward class people, specifically ...

- Social reformer * Dhirendranath Datta - Indian Freedom fighter and Bangladeshi activist. * Khondakar Abu Taleb - Bangladeshi journalist and Martyr * Shahidullah Kaiser - Bengali intellectual and Martyr * Phani Bhushan Majumder - Former minister of Bangladesh *

Rabin Deb Rabin Deb is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) bbreviated CPI(M)and West Bengal State secretariat and was member of the Legislative Assembly from Ballygunge constituency ( ...

- Bengali politician * Golam Rahman (writer) - Bengali writer *

Aniruddha Bose Aniruddha Bose (born 11 April 1959) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court and judge of the Calcutta High Court. Education & career Bose was educated at the St. Lawrence High School ...

- Judge of the Supreme Court of India * Abdul Matin Chaudhury (1895-1948) - Muslim league politician

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Surendranath Law College
{{University of Calcutta University of Calcutta affiliates Educational institutions established in 1885 Law schools in West Bengal 1885 establishments in India Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance

History

Notable alumni

See also

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