EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Calcutta, India

Founding Date:
24-Jan-1857

Motto:
Advancement of Learning

Enrollment:
225,000

Official Website:
http://www.caluniv.ac.in/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ananda M. Chakrabarty	Scientist	4-Apr-1938		Oil-eating bacteria
Bankim Chandra Chatterji	Novelist	26-Jun-1838	8-Apr-1894	Krishna Kanta's Will
Bharati Mukherjee	Novelist	27-Jul-1940		The Tiger's Daughter
Radhabinod Pal	Judge	27-Jan-1886	10-Jan-1967	Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
Satyajit Ray	Film Director	2-May-1921	23-Apr-1992	Pather Panchali
Gayatri Spivak	Scholar	24-Feb-1942		Postcolonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak?
Paramahansa Yogananda	Religion	5-Jan-1893	7-Mar-1952	Self-Realization Fellowship

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. C. Bose	Botanist	30-Nov-1858	23-Nov-1937	Plant physiology
Satyendra Nath Bose	Physicist	1-Jan-1894	4-Feb-1974	Bose-Einstein condensates
Radhabinod Pal	Judge	27-Jan-1886	10-Jan-1967	Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	Politician	5-Sep-1888	17-Apr-1975	Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman	Physicist	7-Nov-1888	21-Nov-1970	Discovered the Raman Effect

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Radhabinod Pal	Judge	27-Jan-1886	10-Jan-1967	Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

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