Kalighat, Kolkata - 700026
In 1690, Job Charnok, an agent of the East India Company chose this place for a British trade settlement. The site was carefully selected, being protected by the Hooghly River on the west, a creek to the north, and by salt lakes about two and a half miles to the east. There were three large villages along the east bank of the river Ganges, named, Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata. These three villages were bought by the British from the local land lords. The Mughal emperor granted East India Company freedom of trade in return for a yearly payment of 3,000 rupees.
What was Calcutta like before the British came?
It was a village; the capital city of Bengal was Murshidabad, around 60 miles north of Calcutta. In 1756, Siraj-ud-daullah, Nawab of Bengal, attacked the city and captured the fort. Calcutta was recaptured in 1757 by Robert Clive when the British defeated Siraj-ud-daullah on the battle field of Plassy. In 1772, Calcutta became the capital of British India, and the first Governor General Warren Hastings moved all important offices from Murshidabad to Calcutta. Till 1912, Calcutta was the capital of India, when the British moved the capital city to Delhi. In 1947, when India gained freedom and the country got partitioned between India and Pakistan, Calcutta was included in the Indian part of Bengal, West Bengal. Calcutta became the capital city of the state of West Bengal.
Kolkata vs. Calcutta
More recently, in January 2001, one of the world's 25 largest cities,Calcutta, became Kolkata. At the same time the city?s name changed, its state changed from West Bengal to Bangla as well. Like Madras, the origin of the name Kolkata is disputed. One belief is that it is derived from in the name Kalikata - one of three villages present in the area where the city is today before the British arrived. The name Kalikata itself is derived from the Hindu goddess Kali.
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Asutosh College
When Sir Asutosh passed away in 1924, the college was renamed after him.
The College is conveniently located; it is adjacent to the
Jatin Das Park at Hazra Crossing which also has a Metro Station
by the same name. It is opposite to the Chittaranjan National
Cancer Institute and the nearest railway station is Tollygunj
Station, which is only one and half kilometre away from the
College campus. A number of buses and minibuses ply along
the Shyamaprasad Mukherjee - Asutosh Mukherjee and Hazra Road
Junction.Courses - Honours Courses
The College now offers Honours courses in 17 subjects:
o Bengali
o Botany
o Chemistry
o Economics
o English
o Commerce (Accounts & Finance) like all major courses they are dealing.
