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| name = Chandramukhi Bose<br />
| image = Chandramukhi Bose.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 1860<br />
| birth_place = [[Dehradun]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = 3 February 1944<br />
| death_place = Dehradun, British India<br />
| occupation = Educationist <br />
| spouse = Pandit Keswaranand Mamgain<br />
| alma_mater = [[Scottish Church College|Duff College]]<br />[[University of Calcutta]]<br />
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'''Chandramukhi Bose''' ({{lang-bn|চন্দ্রমুখী বসু}}; 1860 – 3 February 1944, a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] from [[Dehradun]], which was located in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]]) was one of the first two female graduates of the [[British Empire|British India]]. In 1882, along with [[Kadambini Ganguly]], she passed the examination of the Bachelor's degree in arts ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) from [[University of Calcutta]]. Their formal degrees were handed during the convocation of the University in 1883.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
The daughter of Bhuban Mohan Bose, she passed the First Arts examination from Dehradun Native Christian School in 1880.<ref name = "Bose152">Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, p152, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref> At that time [[Bethune College|Bethune School]], to which she wanted to enter; did not admit non-Hindu girls, and as such she had to be admitted at the First Arts (F.A.) level in Reverend [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]]'s Free Church Institution (now the [[Scottish Church College]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Glimpses of college history|url=http://www.scottishchurch.ac.in/college_history.php|accessdate=2020-08-21|website=scottishchurch.ac.in|publisher=Scottish Church College Kolkata}}</ref> In 1876, because of the discriminatory official stances towards gender, she had to be given special permission to appear for the F.A. examination. As the only girl to appear for the examination that year, she had ranked first, but the university had to hold a series of meetings to decide whether her results could be published. Before Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Bose had already cleared her Entrance Examination in 1876, although the university refused to enlist her as a successful candidate. Only the university's changed resolution in 1878 allowed her to study further<ref>Manna, Mausumi, (2008) ''Women's Education through Co-Education: the Pioneering College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, page 108</ref><ref name=Teaching_Girls>{{cite web<br />
| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130402/jsp/opinion/story_16721248.jsp#.UVpP8zNTCSo<br />
| title = Teaching girls to take on an unequal society<br />
| accessdate = 2013-04-02 | last = | first = | work = The Telegraph, Calcutta | publisher = The Telegraph, 2 April 2013 }}</ref> After she passed her F.A. examination, she moved to Bethune College for the degree course, along with Kadambini Ganguly.<ref name = "Bose152"/> After her graduation, she was the only (and first) woman to pass MA from the [[University of Calcutta]], and the British empire in 1884.<ref name = "Bose152"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
She started her career as a lecturer in Bethune College (it was still part of Bethune School) in 1886. The college was separated from the school in 1888.<ref name = "Bose152"/> She became the principal, thus becoming the [[Firsts in India|first]] female head of an undergraduate academic establishment in South Asia.<br />
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She retired in 1891 because of bad health and spent the rest of her life in Dehradun.<ref name = "Bose152"/><br />
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==Sisters==<br />
Two of her sisters, Bidhumukhi and Bindubasini, were also renowned. Bidhumukhi Bose and Virginia Mary Mitra (Nandi), graduated in 1890, were among the earliest women medical graduates from [[Calcutta Medical College]]. Thereafter, Bindubasini Bose graduated from Calcutta Medical College in 1891.<ref>Bose, Anjali (editor), ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol II, 1996/2004,{{in lang|bn}}, p215, 219, {{ISBN|81-86806-99-7}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Rachana |year=2012 |chapter=Bethune College |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bethune_College |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091222083113/http://scottishchurch.ac.in/College%20History02.pdf History of Scottish Church College]<br />
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