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| name = Krishnagar Government College<br />
| image = Krishnanagar Govt college.jpg<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1846}}<br />
| type = Undergraduate college, postgraduate college<br />
| principal = Sobhan Niyogi<ref>{{cite web |title=:: Krishnagar Government College |url=https://www.krishnagargovtcollege.org/home_profile.php |website=www.krishnagargovtcollege.org |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref><br />
| address = College St, Nagendranagar<br />
| city = [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]] <br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India <br />
| postcode = 741101<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|23.4094802|N|88.4860539|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title,inline}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India<br />
| campus = Urban <br />
| affiliations = [[University of Kalyani]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]], [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] <br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.krishnagargovtcollege.org/}} <br />
|}}<br />
'''Krishnagar Government College''', established in 1846,<ref name=UGC/> is the oldest college in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]] . It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences and also some postgraduate courses. At first the college was under the affiliation of [[University of Calcutta]]. Presently it is affiliated to [[University of Kalyani]] (KU), National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and University Grant Commission (UGC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated College of University of Kalyani |url=http://www.klyuniv.ac.in/list_colleges.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301165259/http://www.klyuniv.ac.in/list_colleges.html |archive-date=1 March 2012 }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Krishnagar Government College is the oldest college of the district. In 1846 [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Lord Hardinge]] approved the establishment proposal of the college. Nadia Raj Srishchandra Roy and [[Maharani Swarnamoyee]] Devi from [[Cossimbazar]] estate donated the land for it. The palatial building was made in 1856. The first principal was [[David Lester Richardson]], famous educationist, ex-principal of the [[Presidency College, Calcutta]]. After that Marcus Gustavus Rochfort, Loper Lethbridge, Umesh Chandra Dutta, Jyoti Bhusan Bhadury, R.N Gilcriest, Eagerton Smith, Rakhalraj Biswas, and Satish Chandra De glorified the post. Notable personalities of the national freedom struggle, activists of political and social movements, academicians, and intellectuals came out from the college. [[Ramtanu Lahiri]], [[Md. Abdul Hai]], [[Bishnu Dey]], [[Subodh Chandra Sengupta]], [[Khudiram Das]], [[Sudhir Chakravarti]] were among the notable faculty members of the college.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Krishnanagar College Magazine 1973 (Bengali) [[Sudhir Chakraborty]]|publisher=Patrika Parishad|year=1973|location=Krishnanagar, Nadia|pages=112, 113}}</ref><br />
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==Academics==<br />
Krishnagar Government College offers three-year undergraduate courses in the field of arts and science alongwith honours; and two year post graduation courses. The college has 16 academic departments offering 19 major programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=College Prospectus - 2020 |url=http://www.krishnagargovtcollege.org/Prospectus_2020_Final%20(website).pdf |website=krishnagargovtcollege.org |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Accreditation==<br />
Krishnagar Government College was awarded an A (CGPA: 3.17, 2015) grade by the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] (NAAC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Institutions Accredited / Re-accredited by NAAC with validity |url=http://www.naac.gov.in/sites/naac.gov.in/files/Institutions_Accredited_by_NAAC_with_validity.pdf |publisher=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512054040/http://www.naac.gov.in/sites/naac.gov.in/files/Institutions_Accredited_by_NAAC_with_validity.pdf |archive-date=12 May 2012 }}</ref> The college is recognized by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC).<ref name=UGC>[http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/browse_reco_colleges.php?st=West%20Bengal Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116042454/http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/browse_reco_colleges.php?st=West%20Bengal |date=16 November 2011 }}</ref> The college was also named a "college with potential for excellence" in 2010.<ref name="Krishnagar Government College">{{Cite web|url=http://www.krishnagargovtcollege.org/index.php|title=Krishnagar Government College|website=www.krishnagargovtcollege.org|access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> The college also has a long list of alumni members.<ref name="Krishnagar Government College"/><br />
== Notable alumni ==<br />
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* [[Dwijendralal Ray]]<br />
* [[Monomohun Ghose]]<br />
* [[Lalmohan Ghosh]]<br />
* [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]]<br />
* [[Anil Biswas (politician)|Anil Biswas]]<br />
* [[Pramatha Nath Bose]]<br />
* [[Dinendra Kumar Roy]]<br />
* [[Narayan Sanyal]]<br />
*[[Sudhir Chakravarti]]<br />
* [[Hemanta Kumar Sarkar]]<br />
* [[Pramod Ranjan Sengupta]]<br />
* [[Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan]]<br />
* [[Dilip Bagchi]]<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 />
*[[Krishnagar Women's College]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.krishnagargovtcollege.org/ Krishnagar Government College]<br />
*[http://www.klyuniv.ac.in/ University of Kalyani]<br />
*[http://www.ugc.ac.in/ University Grants Commission]<br />
*[http://www.naac.gov.in/ National Assessment and Accreditation Council]<br />
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