Question

Who is the first Muslim graduate of Calcutta University

Answer 1

Answer:

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

The first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University were Governor General Lord Canning and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir Willam Colvile, respectively. In 1858, Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became the first graduates of the university.

Answer 2

The first Muslim graduate of Calcutta University was Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

• In the year 1858, the first university students were both Joddu Nath Bose and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
• He was educated at Hooghly Mohsin College and later at the Presidential College, Kolkata, where he graduated in 1858 with a degree in Arts.
• He subsequently attended Calcutta University and was one of the two students who passed the final exams and became the first graduates of the university.
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is an Indian novelist, and even a journalist. He is also the composer of Vande Mataram.