List of Kolkata Presidencians

The following is the list of notable people associated with Presidency University, Kolkata.

Social reform

Politics

Presidents

Governors

Prime Ministers

  • Mohammad Ali Bogra, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–55)
  • A.K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1939–43)

Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers

Ministers

  • MJ Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India(2016–present)[3]
  • Bratya Basu, Playwright and actor; Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal (2011–14)
  • Surendranath Banerjea, Minister in Bengal in the 1920s; 11th President of the Indian National Congress
  • Bhupendra Nath Bose, Bar-at-Law, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India;Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, and President, Indian National Congress.
  • Sarat Chandra Bose, Bengal Congress President; Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India (1946) and first central cabinet Minister (1947)
  • Subhas Chandra Bose, Mayor of Calcutta; 53rd President of the Indian National Congress; founder of the Forward Bloc;[4]
  • Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha, India (2004–2009)
  • Sachindra Chaudhuri, Finance Minister of India
  • Pratap Chandra Chunder, Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India (1977–1980)
  • Chittaranjan Das, known as "Deshbandhu", founder of Swaraj Party
  • Asim Dasgupta, Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal (1987–2011)
  • B.K. Handique, Union Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region, GOI.
  • Azizul Haque, B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I, D.Litt., former Education Minister, Government of Bengal
  • Humayun Kabir, Education Minister, Government of India (1958–67)
  • Fazlul Karim, Mayor of Cox's Bazar
  • Abdus Salam Khan, Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet[5]
  • Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–present)
  • Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh; Industry and Supply Member, Government of India (1946–50)
  • Debi Prasad Pal, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India (1991–96)
  • Abdur Rahim, Member of the Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects) (1921–25); later President of the Central Legislative Assembly
  • Saugata Roy, Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India (2009–12)
  • Ashoke Kumar Sen, Law and Justice Minister, Government of India (1984–89)
  • Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, former Mayor of Calcutta; President of Indian National Congress
  • Atish Chandra Sinha, Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal (1972–77) & Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal

Members of Parliament and Legislative Assembly

Maharajas and Zamindars

Members of Political Parties

Judiciary

Administration

Armed Forces

Industrialists

Medicine

Academics

Bengali

English

Sanskritists

Mathematicians

Statisticians

Biologists

Chemists

Suresh chandra Sengupta, Professor of Organic chemistry (1953-1957) well known internationally for Bardhan-Sengupta synthesis of Phenanthrine

Computer Scientists

Engineers

  • Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer; designed Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears Tower

Geologists

Physicists

Psychologists

  • P. K. Roy, first Indian Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta

Anthropologists

  • Surajit Chandra Sinha, former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal[12]
  • Nirmal Kumar Bose; he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi;served as Gandhi's private secretary in 1940's. Studied also Honors in Geology.

Economists

Historians

Political Scientists

  • Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, US
  • Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York

Journalists

Poets, novelists and Non-Fiction Writers

Artists and Musicians

Filmmakers, Theatre Personalities and Actors

SIDDHARTH chettri filmmaker

Sportspersons

  • Vece Paes, member of the bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team at the Munich Olympics (1972)

Faculty Members

References

  1. Assam Legislative Assembly
  2. Eminent Personalities Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.mea.gov.in/ministers.htm
  4. President, Indian National Congress- 1938, 1939 (resigned), founded the Indian National Army (The Azad Hind Fauz); revered across the nation as 'Netaji'(Encyclopædia Britannica Online: * * Subhas Chandra Bose)
  5. Karim, ASM Enayet (2012). "Khan, Abdus Salam". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. Indian Princely States: Burdwan
  7. Indian Princely States: Coochbehar
  8. Lives Less Forgotten: Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh
  9. Lives Less Forgotten: Gurusaday Dutt
  10. "Indian fellow - Joyoti Basu". Indian National Science Academy. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131216/jsp/calcutta/story_17684419.jsp
  12. Indian Princely States: Susanga
  13. Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Amartya Sen
  14. Lives Less Forgotten: Barun De
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