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{{short description|Public medical college and tertiary teaching hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
| former_name = Medical College, Bengal
| image_name = Medical College, Bengal Logo.svg
| image_size = 200px
| motto = {{lang|la|Cum Humanitate Scientia}} ([[Latin]])
| mottoeng = Humanity and Science
| type = [[Public]] [[Medical College]] & [[Hospital]]
| established = {{Start date and age|28 January 1835}}
| founder = [[Lord William Bentinck]]
| principal = Dr. Indranil Biswas
| budget = {{INRConvert|235.27|c}}<br />{{small|([[Fiscal year|FY]]2023–24 est.)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| faculty = 271 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| students = 1,906 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2025 |url=https://www.medicalcollegekolkata.in/Download_file/file_doc/MedicalCollege20250225-.pdf |publisher=NIRF}}</ref>
| undergrad = 1,250 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 635 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 21 ({{small|2025}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| campus = [[Metropolis]]<br />{{small|{{convert|26|acre|ha}}}}
| address = 88, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College St]], College Square, [[Kolkata]] 700001
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5736|N|88.3619|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| academic_affiliations = [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]
| top_free_label = Recognition
| top_free = {{hlist| [[National Medical Commission|NMC]] | [[Indian Nursing Council|INC]]}}
| website = {{Official URL}}|
}}

'''Medical College, Kolkata''', also known as '''Calcutta Medical College''', is a [[Public university|public]] [[medical school|medical college]] and [[hospital]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Established in 1835 by [[Lord William Bentinck]], it is one of the oldest medical colleges to teach [[modern medicine]] in Asia.

== History ==
[[File:CMC administrative.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Front facade of the administrative block]]
The medical college was established in 1835, classes began on 1 June of that year. Dr. Mountford Joseph Bramley was the first superintendent of the college. Apart from Dr. Bramley and Dr. Goodeve, there were two other native teachers, [[Madhusudan Gupta]] and Nabakrishna Gupta, both educated in Western medicine. Madhusudan Gupta is famous in history as the 'first Indian to perform dissection' in the medical college. Initially, students were admitted to the college through an examination. Most of the one hundred candidates were from [[Hare School]], [[Hindu School, Kolkata|Hindu College]], Scotch Assembly School (now [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]]). A total of 49 people were admitted as 'foundation students'.

==Politics==
[[File:Martyr of Vietnam Day Police Firing-Sree Dhiraranjan Sen.jpg|thumb|Plaque in memory of Sree Dhiraranjan Sen]]
Student politics is rooted in tradition, with many students participating in the Indian freedom struggle.<ref name=Dasgupta>{{cite book|last1=Dāśagupta|first1=Hīrena|last2=Adhikārī|first2=Harinārāẏaṇa|title=Bhāratīẏa Upamāhādeśera chātra āndolana|date=2008|publisher=Ryāḍikyāla|location=Kalakātā|isbn=978-8185459806|trans-title=Student Movement in Indian Sub-continent|language=bn}}</ref> Anti-British movements were implemented with the programmes of Bengal Provincial Students' Federation (BPSF),<ref name=Dasgupta/> the Bengal branch of [[All India Students Federation|All India Students' Federation]]. Student politics was initially focused on the independence of India.<ref name=Dasgupta/> In 1947, Sree Dhiraranjan Sen, a student of the college, died during a Vietnam Day police firing.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bengal Legislative Council Debates (1947)|date=1947|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47479/page/n682 79]–88|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47479}}</ref> The Vietnam Students’ Association passed a resolution in its Hanoi session in memory of Sen in March 1947.<ref>{{cite book|title=ভারতের ছাত্র আন্দোলনের ইতিহাস|trans-title=History of India's student movement|first=Gautam|last=Chattopadhyay|language=bn}}</ref>

Student politics were highly influenced by the partition of Bengal and communal riots during and after the [[partition of India]].<ref name=PRC>{{cite book|title=পিপলস্ রিলিফ কমিটি দ্যুতিময় ইতিবৃত্ত|trans-title=People's Relief Committee:A Glowing Account|publisher=People's Relief Committee|first1=Purnendu|last1=Jha|first2=Naresh|last2=Banerjee|pages=11, 42–61|language=bn|year=2003}}</ref> Between 1946 and 1952, the college's doctors stood for communal harmony and worked hard in the refugee colonies. During 1952, ex-students of the college, among them [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] who became the second [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister of West Bengal]], established the Students' Health Home for the welfare of students.<ref name=PRC/><ref>{{cite book|title=স্টুডেন্টস্ হেলথ হোম(প্রথম দশক)|trans-title=Students' Health Home (The First Decade)|first=Pashupatinath|last=Chattopadhaya|publisher=Arun Sen Memorial Committee|language=bn|year=2001}}</ref>

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the college became a centre of leftist and far-left politics.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chakraborty|first1=Shyamal|title=60–70 Er Chatra Andolan|date=2011|publisher=N.B.A Pvt Ltd|isbn=9788176262408|language=bn}}</ref> Student politics was highly influenced by the [[Naxalbari uprising]] in the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitra|first1=Saibal|title=Saater Chhatra Andolon|trans-title=An essay on Student Movement of Sixties|isbn=81-7990-069-X|language=bn}}</ref>
[[File:Main building of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital 03.jpg|thumb|Main building of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital]]

== Rankings ==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college

|NIRF_M_2024=44}}
Medical College, Kolkata was ranked 41st among Medical Institutions by ''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' (NIRF) in 2025.<ref>https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/MedicalRanking.html</ref>

==Achievements==
In February 2023, Dr. Sudip Das, a professor of ENT Department from the institution, gets a patent for developing a simple and innovative device.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yengkhom |first=Sumati |date=6 Feb 2023 |title=Medical College Hospital Kolkata professor gets patent for developing ENT device |work=[[The Times of India]] Feb 6, 2023, 07:29 IST |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/medical-college-hospital-kolkata-professor-gets-patent-for-developing-ent-device/articleshow/97632187.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |access-date=6 Feb 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208042641/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/medical-college-hospital-kolkata-professor-gets-patent-for-developing-ent-device/articleshow/97632187.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

On December 2024 institutions has been recognized as the best medical college in Eastern India by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), achieving a score of 70%. This acknowledgment highlights CMCH's excellence in research and overall performance, boosting its reputation and the standard of medical education in the region.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rajput |first=Kajal |date=25 March 2025 |title=ICMR Recognizes 2 Bengal Hospitals as Top Research Institutes in Eastern India |url=https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/hospital-diagnostics/icmr-recognizes-2-bengal-hospitals-as-top-research-institutes-in-eastern-india-145469 |access-date=25 March 2025 |work=Medical Dialogues 2025-03-25 07:16 GMT |location=[[Kolkata]]}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=June 2023}}
* [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], noted physician and the 2nd [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]
* [[Lamu Amatya]], First Nepalese nurse<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-01 |title=Government declares late Lamu Amatya Nepal's first nurse |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/government-declares-late-lamu-amatya-nepals-first-nurse |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=thehimalayantimes.com |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013151938/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/government-declares-late-lamu-amatya-nepals-first-nurse |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Pasupati Bose]], Indian physician and professor of anatomy
* [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], discoverer of the treatment of [[Kala-azar]]
* [[Aroup Chatterjee]], British Indian atheist physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story''
* [[Nirmal Kumar Dutta]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] winner (1965) and the Director of [[Haffkine Institute]]
* [[Lionel Emmett]], member of the Indian [[field hockey]] team in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Subhendu Chatterjee]], film actor and physician
* [[Muhammad Ibrahim]], former Principal of [[Sir Salimullah Medical College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/38899/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE|title=একজন ডা. ইব্রাহিম|website=Daily Inqilab|language=bn|access-date=2023-05-04|archive-date=4 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504095114/https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/38899/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri|Sri Yukteshwar Giri]], Indian Yogi
* [[Dipyaman Ganguly]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] winner (2022) <ref name="Profile on SERB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.serb.gov.in/pdfs/ramanujan2014/Dipyaman-Ganguly.pdf |title=Profile on SERB |date=2018-12-27 |website=Scientific and Engineering Research Board |access-date=2018-12-27 |archive-date=31 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831084017/http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/ramanujan2014/Dipyaman-Ganguly.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Kadambini Ganguly]], the first certified [[South Asia]]n female physician qualified for Western medical practice
* [[Madhusudan Gupta]], the first Indian trained in Western medicine to dissect a human corpse.
* [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]], founder of [[Hare School]]
* [[K. B. Hedgewar]], also known as Doctorji, was the founding [[List of Sarsanghchalaks of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|Sarsanghachalak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]. 
* [[Vikram Marwah]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee, conferred [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] by the [[President of India]]
* [[Nurul Islam (physician)|Nurul Islam]], [[National Professor]] of Bangladesh<ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/01/24/national-prof-nurul-islam-dies|title=National Prof Nurul Islam dies|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=2023-05-01|newspaper=bdnews24.com|author=Mintu Chowdhury|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503005246/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/01/24/national-prof-nurul-islam-dies|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Kamaleshwar Mukherjee]], filmmaker
* [[Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay]]
* [[N. C. Paul]], first physician to examine yoga
* [[Sisir Kumar Bose]], noted paediatrician, nephew of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and son of [[Sarat Chandra Bose]]
* [[Ram Baran Yadav]], first [[President of Nepal]]
* [[Fazle Haque]], West Bengal state minister<ref name=bio>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in India|page=229|publisher=[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[Narendra Nath Dutta]], physician and industrialist

==See also==
*[[Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital]]
*[[Calcutta Unani Medical College and Hospital]]
*[[Ezra Hospital]]
*[[List of hospitals in India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* David Arnold, ''Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth Century India'', Delhi, 1993
* Calcutta Medical College, ''The Centenary of the Medical College, Bengal, 1835–1934''. Calcutta, 1935
* {{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Anirban|last2=Sen|first2=Samita|editor=Dasgupta, Uma|title=Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrx3wLz4itkC|year=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-2818-5|pages=477–522|chapter=A history of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, 1835–1936}}
* Poonam Bala, ''Imperialism and Medicine in Bengal: A Socio-Historical Perspective'', New Delhi, 1991
* Sen, S.N., ''Scientific and Technical Education in India 1781–1900'', Indian National Science Academy, 1991

==External links==
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* {{official website}}

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