Bankura Christian College, established in 1903, is the oldest college in

Bankura district Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...

in India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated with the

Bankura University Bankura University is a public state university in Bankura, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature notified in the Kolkata Gazette. It offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. History ...

History

Bankura Christian College was established by the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1903 to prepare students for the F. A. Examination only. On July 16, 1906, by the Honourable Mr. Lancelot Hare, Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, laid the foundation stone of the college building on a land of 115 bighas near the center of the town. It was the first college to be established in

. The application from the Wesleyan Mission College, Bankura, for affiliation to the Calcutta University was granted in April 1907. The affiliation was for the standard of the Intermediate Examination in Arts in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Logic and Mathematics and up to the B. A. Standard in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Political Economy and Political Philosophy and Mental and Moral Philosophy, and also up to the standard of the F. A. Examination in 1908 in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Mathematics and Physics and Chemistry. In 1961, the affiliation was changed to Burdwan University and since 2017, the college is affiliated to Bankura University.

Departments

Science

*Chemistry *Physics *Mathematics *Computer Science *Electronics *Zoology *Nutrition *Physiology *Geography *Botany *Economics

Arts

*Bengali *English *Sanskrit *History *Physical Education *Political science *Philosophy *Sociology

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Real-time weather reporting

The Geography Department started real-time weather reporting of Bankura District in 2012.

Netaji Subhas Open University

Bankura Christian College is an authorized study center of Netaji Subhas Open University (N.S.O.U.) since 1999. Subjects available under N.S.O.U. at Bankura Christian College are as follows:

Master of Arts

*Bengali *English *English Language Teaching *Pol. Science *History *Public Administration *Social Work

Master of Science

*Mathematics

Master of Commerce

*Commerce

Bachelor of Arts

*Bengali *English *English Language Teaching *Pol. Science *History *Public Administration *Social Work

Certificate course

*Bachelor's Preparatory Programme

Bachelor of Library Science (BLIS)

*Library Science

Computer center

The college has introduced Webel Informatics Ltd to manage computers.

Journals

The English Department publishes two international journals: ''Wesleyan Journal of Research'' and ''Appropriations Journal''.

Notable alumni

* Dinesh Chandra Gorai, former Bishop of Calcutta * Khudiram Das, scholar, educationist, critic, litterateur, an authority on Rabindra literature and linguistic expert. *

Manik Bandopadhyay Manik Bandyopadhyay lias Banerjee(; 19 May 1908 – 3 December 1956) is an Indian Litterateur regarded as one of the major figures of 20th century Bengali literature. During a lifespan of 48 years and 28 years of literary career, battling with ...

, notable writer, novelist. *

Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay (born 26 December 1962) is a historian based in West Bengal, India. He was awarded as the Best Educationist 2015 from the International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi, India. He is serving as the prin ...

, Historian. * Balaram Mukhopadhyay, Scientist *

Maniklal Sinha Maniklal Sinha, also ''Maniklal Singha''; (13 January 1916 -21 March 1994) was an Indian archaeologist, writer, poet, folk-culture scholar (Lokasangskritibid), novelist and assistant teacher at Bishnupur High School. He was the main entrepr ...

, archaeologist of Rarh, freedom fighter, novelist and writer.

References

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