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College Street (Kolkata)
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College Street is a 900 metre long street in Central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Also known as Boi Para, it stretches from Bidhan Sarani road up to Bowbazar via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. Its name derives from the presence of numerous colleges and universities like University of Calcutta, Calcutta Medical College, Presidency University, The Sanskrit College and University, City College of Commerce and Business Administration etc. The road houses many centres of intellectual activity especially the Indian Coffee House, a café that has attracted the city's intelligentsia for decades. College Street is the largest book market in India as well as Asia and the largest secondhand book market in the whole world.
Book stores and tram tracks along College Street
Book stores and tram tracks along College Street
Front view of Hindu School, the oldest educational institution in College Street, in August 2022.
Front view of Hindu School, the oldest educational institution in College Street, in August 2022.
College Street view
College Street view
College Street and Surjo Sen Street crossing
College Street and Surjo Sen Street crossing
University of Calcutta
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The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of Indian Subcontinent and South East Asian Region. Today, the university's jurisdiction is limited to a few districts of West Bengal, but at the time of its establishment it had a catchment area ranging from Kabul to Myanmar. Within India, it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" and accredited an "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The University of Calcutta in the late nineteenth century, by Francis Frith
The University of Calcutta in the late nineteenth century, by Francis Frith
Calcutta Medical College in 1910
Calcutta Medical College in 1910
The University of Calcutta building in College Street
The University of Calcutta building in College Street
Ashutosh Building at the College Street campus
Ashutosh Building at the College Street campus