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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = Bankura Christian College<br />
|image_name = Bankura Christian College logo.jpg<br />
|established = {{start date and age|1937}}<br />
|campus = Urban<br />
|type = Graduate/undergraduate college<br />
|affiliations = [[Bankura University]]<br />
|principal = Dr.Fatik Baran Mondal<br />
|city = [[Bankura]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|23.2381|87.0593|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title,inline}}<br />
|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India<br />
|website = http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bankura Christian College''', established in 1903,<ref name=UGC>{{cite web|title=Colleges in West Bengal|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/recog_College.aspx|work=University Grants Commission|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> is the oldest college in [[Bankura district]] in India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated with the [[Bankura University]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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| J. Mitchell || 1903-1910<br />
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| A. E. Brown || 1910-1927<br />
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| A. R. Spooner || 1927-1933<br />
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| William Bailey || 1933-1937<br />
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| C. F. Ball || 1937-1943<br />
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| W. J. Culshow || 1943-1949<br />
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| A. K. Mundle || 1949-1966<br />
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| R. N. Das || 1966-1971<br />
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| R. L. Sarkar || 1971-1971<br />
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| S. Singh || 1971-1981<br />
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| Teacher-in-charge || 1981-1985<br />
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| Mark Mir || 1985-1987<br />
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| Teacher-in-charge || 1987-1992<br />
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| Dr. Richard R. N. Bajpai || 1992–2014<br />
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| Dr Fatik Baran Mandal || 2014-2018<br />
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Bankura Christian College was established by the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1903 to prepare students for the F. A. Examination only. On July 16, 1906, by the Honourable Mr. Lancelot Hare, Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, laid the foundation stone of the college building on a land of 115 bighas near the center of the town.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Application from the Wesleyan Mission College, Bankura, for Affiliation to the Calcutta University|url=https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2729140|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first college to be established in [[Bankura district]]. <br />
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The application from the Wesleyan Mission College, Bankura, for affiliation to the Calcutta University was granted in April 1907. The affiliation was for the standard of the Intermediate Examination in Arts in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Logic and Mathematics and up to the B. A. Standard in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Political Economy and Political Philosophy and Mental and Moral Philosophy, and also up to the standard of the F. A. Examination in 1908 in the subjects of English, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Mathematics and Physics and Chemistry.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1961, the affiliation was changed to [[Burdwan University]] and since 2017, the college is affiliated to Bankura University.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/ | title=Bankura Christian College | accessdate=23 April 2012}}</ref> <br />
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==Departments==<br />
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Subjects available under Bankura University at Bankura Christian College are as follows:<br />
You can search here ~<br />
http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/faculty_member.aspx<br />
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===B.Sc Hons===<br />
http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/faculty_subject_department.aspx?department_name=SCIENCE<br />
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*Chemistry<br />
*Physics<br />
*Mathematics<br />
*Computer Science<br />
*Botany<br />
*Zoology<br />
*Nutrition<br />
*Physiology<br />
*Geography<br />
*Economics<br />
*Electronics<br />
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===B.A Hons===<br />
http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/faculty_subject_department.aspx?department_name=ARTS<br />
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*Bengali<br />
*English<br />
*Sanskrit<br />
*History<br />
*Physical Education<br />
*Political science<br />
*Philosophy<br />
*Sociology<br />
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===B.PEd===<br />
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==Real-time weather reporting==<br />
The Geography Department started real-time weather reporting of Bankura District in 2012.<br />
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==Netaji Subhas Open University==<br />
Bankura Christian College is an authorized study center of Netaji Subhas Open University (N.S.O.U.) since 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Study Centre List |url=http://wbnsou.ac.in/wbnsou/pdfcontainer/bbwaattachedsc18062012.pdf |work=Netaji Subhas Open University |accessdate=30 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101100445/http://wbnsou.ac.in/wbnsou/pdfcontainer/bbwaattachedsc18062012.pdf |archivedate=1 November 2013 }}</ref> Subjects available under N.S.O.U. at Bankura Christian College are as follows:<br />
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===Master of Arts===<br />
*Bengali<br />
*English<br />
*English Language Teaching<br />
*Pol. Science<br />
*History<br />
*Public Administration<br />
*Social Work<br />
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===Master of Science===<br />
*Mathematics<br />
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===Master of Commerce===<br />
*Commerce<br />
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===Bachelor of Arts===<br />
*Bengali<br />
*English<br />
*English Language Teaching<br />
*Pol. Science<br />
*History<br />
*Public Administration<br />
*Social Work<br />
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===Certificate Course===<br />
*Bachelor’s Preparatory Programme<br />
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===Bachelor of Library Science (BLIS)===<br />
*Library Science<br />
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==Computer center==<br />
The college has introduced Webel Informatics Ltd to manage computers.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Computer Center|url=http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/webel.htm|work=Bankura Christian College|accessdate=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102025344/http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/webel.htm|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Journals==<br />
The English Department publishes two international journals: ''Wesleyan Journal of Research'' and ''Appropriations Journal''.<br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
* [[Dinesh Chandra Gorai]], former [[Anglican Diocese of Calcutta|Bishop of Calcutta]]<br />
* [[Khudiram Das]], scholar, educationist, critic, litterateur, an authority on Rabindra literature and linguistic expert.<br />
* [[Manik Bandopadhyay]], notable writer, novelist.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal]]<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Education in West Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|http://www.bankurachristiancollege.in/}}<br />
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{{Bankura University}}<br />
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