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</style><span lang="bn-Beng" class="Beng">কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়</span><br>University of Calcutta<br><small>Universität Kolkata</small>
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<th>Motto
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<td><i>Advancement of Learning</i>
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<th>Gründung
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<td>24. Januar 1857<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Trägerschaft
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<td>staatlich
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<th>Ort
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<td><a href="Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, <a href="Westbengalen" title="Westbengalen">Westbengalen</a>, <a href="Indien" title="Indien">Indien</a>
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<th>Kanzler (<i>chancellor</i>)
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<td>Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Studierende
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<td>ca. 100.000<sup id="cite_ref-uni_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uni-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Mitarbeiter
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<td>5.500<sup id="cite_ref-uni_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uni-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Website
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<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.caluniv.ac.in">www.caluniv.ac.in</a>
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<p>Die <b>University of Calcutta</b> (<a href="Bengalische_Sprache" title="Bengalische Sprache">Bengalisch</a> <span lang="bn-Beng" class="Beng">কলিকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়</span>, <a href="Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r185776446">
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</style><span lang="hi-Deva" class="Deva">कोलकाता विश्वविद्यालय</span>) ist eine staatliche <a href="Universit%C3%A4t" title="Universität">Universität</a> in <a href="Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, im <a href="Indien" title="Indien">indischen</a> Bundesstaat <a href="Westbengalen" title="Westbengalen">Westbengalen</a>. Mit gut 100.000 <a href="Undergraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Undergraduate">Undergraduate</a>-Studierenden und 5500 <a href="Postgraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Postgraduate">Postgraduate</a>-Studierenden ist sie eine der wichtigsten Hochschulen im Osten <a href="Indien" title="Indien">Indiens</a>. Sie wurde am 24. Januar <a href="1857" title="1857">1857</a> nach dem Modell der <a href="University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a> gegründet und ist damit die älteste Universität Indiens nach europäischem Konzept.
</p><p>Neben den wichtigsten Campusstandorten in der <i>College Street</i>, in Rajabazar (<i>Rajabazar Science College Campus</i>) und <a href="Alipore" class="mw-redirect" title="Alipore">Alipore</a>, gibt es weitere Außenstellen in der Umgebung von <a href="Kalkutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalkutta">Kalkutta</a>, sowie zahlreiche unter dem Dach der Universität angegliederte Colleges. Das renommierteste von ihnen ist das Presidency College, das seit 1817 besteht und seit 1855 diesen Namen trägt.
</p><p>Die Universität gehört zu den anerkanntesten Hochschulen Indiens.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Berühmte_Absolventen"><span id="Ber.C3.BChmte_Absolventen"></span>Berühmte Absolventen</h2></div>
<p>Nobelpreisträger:
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<ul><li><a href="Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> (1861–1941), Nobelpreis für Literatur (1913)</li>
<li><a href="C._V._Raman" title="C. V. Raman">C. V. Raman</a> (1888–1970), Nobelpreis für Physik (1930)</li>
<li><a href="Amartya_Sen" title="Amartya Sen">Amartya Sen</a> (* 1933), Nobelpreis für Wirtschaftswissenschaften (1998)</li></ul>
<p>Weitere bekannte Alumni:
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<ul><li><a href="Heinrich_Blochmann" title="Heinrich Blochmann">Heinrich Blochmann</a> (1838–1878), Iranist</li>
<li>Sayyid Husain Ali Bilgrami (<i>Imud ul-Mulk;</i> 1842–1926), Minister in <a href="Hyderabad_(Staat)" title="Hyderabad (Staat)">Hyderabad</a></li>
<li><a href="Jagadish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagadish Chandra Bose">Jagadish Chandra Bose</a> (1858–1937), Physiker und Botaniker</li>
<li><a href="Jadunath_Sarkar" title="Jadunath Sarkar">Jadunath Sarkar</a> (1870–1958), indischer Historiker</li>
<li><a href="Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a> (1884–1963), ehemaliger Präsident Indiens</li>
<li><a href="S._Radhakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Radhakrishnan">S. Radhakrishnan</a> (1888–1975), ehemaliger Präsident Indiens</li>
<li><a href="Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a> (1893–1972), Physiker</li>
<li><a href="Meghnad_Saha" title="Meghnad Saha">Meghnad Saha</a> (1893–1956), Physiker</li>
<li><a href="Yogananda" title="Yogananda">Yogananda</a> (1893–1952), religiöser Lehrer</li>
<li><a href="Satyendranath_Bose" title="Satyendranath Bose">Satyendranath Bose</a> (1894–1974), Physiker</li>
<li><a href="Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a> (1901–1953), indischer Politiker und Minister</li>
<li><a href="Mircea_Eliade" title="Mircea Eliade">Mircea Eliade</a> (1907–1986), Philosoph</li>
<li><a href="Jyoti_Basu" title="Jyoti Basu">Jyoti Basu</a> (1914–2010), ehemaliger <a href="Liste_der_Chief_Minister_in_Indien" title="Liste der Chief Minister in Indien">Chief Minister von Westbengalen</a></li>
<li><a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1921–1992), Regisseur</li>
<li><a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> (1923–2018), Regisseur</li>
<li><a href="Pranab_Bardhan" title="Pranab Bardhan">Pranab Bardhan</a> (* 1939), Wirtschaftswissenschaftler</li>
<li><a href="Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak" title="Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak">Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak</a> (* 1942), Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Philosophin</li>
<li><a href="Lakshmi_Mittal" title="Lakshmi Mittal">Lakshmi Mittal</a> (* 1950), Unternehmer</li>
<li><a href="Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> (* 1973), Tennisspieler</li></ul>
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