Bankura Christian College

Bankura Christian College, founded in 1903 by the Wesleyan Missionary Society, is the oldest college in Bankura district, India. Its foundation stone was laid in 1906 by Lancelot Hare, Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, on a 115-bigha plot near the town center. The college gained affiliation to Calcutta University in 1907 for Intermediate and B.A. level studies in subjects such as English, Sanskrit, History, Mathematics, and Philosophy. In 1961, affiliation shifted to Burdwan University, and since 2017 the college has been affiliated with Bankura University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses through Science and Arts faculties, covering subjects like Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Bengali, English, History, and Political Science. Its Geography Department began real-time weather reporting for Bankura District in 2012. Since 1999, the college has served as an authorized study center for Netaji Subhas Open University. The English Department publishes two international journals, the Wesleyan Journal of Research and Appropriations Journal. Notable alumni include historian Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay, writer Manik Bandopadhyay, scholar Khudiram Das, and Mohammad Shamsuzzoha, the first martyred intellectual of Bangladesh.