City College, Kolkata
City College is a constituent undergraduate college of the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent social role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century. The college is located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani, Kolkata-700009. It shares premises with Rammohan College and Anandamohan College.
Notable alumni
- Swami Shuddhananda, former president of the Ramakrishna Mission
- Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
- Laxminath Bezbarua, Assamese writer & Poet
- Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya Lexicographer, Author, Dramatist & Tea Planter
- Barun Sengupta, the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper
- Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor
- Mahesh Chandra Ghosh, philosopher, Brahmo
- Mohit Chattopadhyay, playwright, screenwriter
- Muhammad Shahidullah, linguist
- Rajanikanta Sen, poet, composer
- Samir Roychoudhury, poet, writer
- Satyendra Chandra Mitra, freedom fighter, politician
- Sunil Kanti Roy, Managing Director of Peerless Group and Padma Shri awardee
- Birendra Nath Mallick, neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Bankim Ghosh, Bengali actor and theatre personality
