Lady Brabourne College

Lady Brabourne College (LBC) is an institution for women's education in Kolkata, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees from the University of Calcutta. It is a state government administered college and is in one of the more cosmopolitan localities of the city.[1]

Lady Brabourne College
Entrance of the Lady Brabourne College
TypeUndergraduate college
Established1939 (1939)
AffiliationUniversity of Calcutta
PrincipalSiuli Sarkar
Address
P-1/2, Suhrawardy Avenue, Beniapukur
,
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
700017
,
India

22.5454875°N 88.3689926°E / 22.5454875; 88.3689926
CampusUrban
Websiteladybrabourne.com
Lady Brabourne College is located in West Bengal
Lady Brabourne College
Location in West Bengal
Lady Brabourne College is located in India
Lady Brabourne College
Lady Brabourne College (India)

History

Lady Brabourne College was established in July 1939 at a rented house in Park Circus in Calcutta (now Kolkata), following the initiative of the then Prime Minister of Bengal, A. K. Fazlul Huq.[2] It was named after Doreen, Baroness Brabourne, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who was the wife of The 5th Baron Brabourne, the then Governor of Bengal.[2]

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.[2]

The hostel facility was kept exclusively for Muslims. The college started admitting Hindu students due to shortage of Muslim students.[3] It has since become difficult for Muslim students to get admission to the college according to the All India Minority Association.[4] In 2017 the college, along with others affiliated with the University of Calcutta, was given the authority to award the degree of doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.).[5]

Students of Lady Brabourne College in 1948

See also

References
  1. "Ladybrabourne College". www.ladybrabourne.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. Tamanna Khan (23 July 2010). "Brabourne's Bengali Muslim Women : Holding the Mast of Education". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. Mukherjee, Hena (11 March 2015). "Lady Brabourne College". Banglapedia. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. "Aliah University no longer under Minority Affairs department, Muslims fear this will impact minority enrollment". twocircles.net. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. "Lady Brabourne College and Bethune College: Latest News, Videos and Photos". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

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