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why calcutta university was called the goldighir golam khana??

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Answered by sonabrainly
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The University of Calcutta is a collegiate public state university located in Kolkata (formerly .... Rashbihari Siksha Prangan (also known as University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture or commonly Rajabazar Science College), ...


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The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a collegiatepublic state university located in Kolkata(formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, Indiaestablished on 24 January 1857.[3] It was the first institution in Asia to be established as a multidisciplinary and secular Western-style university.[citation needed] Within India it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" And Accredited "A" Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council and declared as an "University With Potential For Excellence" & a "Centre with Potential for Excellence In Particular Area" by the University Grants Commission .[4][5] Its alumni and faculty include four Nobel laureates, namely Ronald Ross (Medicine), Rabindranath Tagore(Literature), C. V. Raman (Physics), and Amartya Sen (Economics).[6] The university has the highest number of students who have cleared the doctoral entrance eligibility exam in Natural Science & Arts conducted by Government of India's National Eligibility Testto become eligible to pursue research with a full scholarship awarded by the Government of India.[7]

The Calcutta University Act came into force on 24 January 1857 and a 41-member Senate was formed as the policy making body of the university. The land for the establishment of this university was given by Maharaja Maheshwar Singh Bahadur, who was a Maharaja of Darbhanga. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar), and Ceylon, the largest of any Indian university.
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