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Banga Mahila Vidyalaya [Bengali Women's College], Kolkata
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Established 1 June, 1876 Type Government, Women's
President -- Principal --
Former Name Bengali Women's College Location Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Affiliation(s) University of Calcutta Category Under-Graduate
Accreditation / Recognition -- Department(s) Arts
  • Under Graduate Programme
    3 Years | Fulltime | Oncampus
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About College
Banga Mahila Vidyalaya [Bengali Women’s College] was the first liberal arts college for women in India, established on 1 June 1876 in Kolkata, by the liberal section of the Brahmo Samaj, it was successor of Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya (School of Hindu Women) set up on 18 September 1873 by Annette Akroyd. Banga Mahila Vidyalaya was merged with Bethune College on 1 August 1878. The short-lived Banga Mahila Vidyalaya not only laid the foundations for higher education of women in India, it was the pivotal issue which fostered the second split in the Brahmo Samaj. David Kopf says that while the immediate cause for the split in the Brahmo Samaj in 1878, was the marriage of Keshub Chunder Sen’s daughter to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, "women’s emancipation was the major issue of the 1870s."
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