Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad

male, deceased (1963)
Firsts in India, constitution, Bharat Ratna recipient, president of india, independence activist, Constituent Assembly of India…University of Calcutta alumni, CalcuttaUniversity, joined the Presidency College, Calcutta
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. Rajendra Prasad was an independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party, played a...
C. R. Rao

C. R. Rao

male, 89 years old
Cramér-Rao bound, King's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Cramér-Rao inequality, Erdős number 2, National Medal of Science recipient…CalcuttaUniversity, cambridge university, Pennsylvania State University faculty, andhra university, Penn State University
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (born September 10, 1920) is a famous Indian statistician and currently professor emeritus at Penn State University. He...
Sunil Gangopadhyay

Sunil Gangopadhyay

male, 75 years old
University of Calcutta, Arjun, Pratidwandi, Aranyer Din-Raatri, Ananda Bazar group, Neera, Murmur in the Woods…University of Calcutta alumni, CalcuttaUniversity
Sunil Gangopadhyay was born on 7 September, 1934 in Faridpur in what is now Bangladesh. Sunil got his Master's degree in Bengali from the...
Surendranath Banerjea

Surendranath Banerjea

male, deceased (1925)
Indian, Sir Surendranath Banerjee, activist, Indian National Association, british raj, Indian National Congress…University of Calcutta alumni, CalcuttaUniversity, born on November 10, 1848 in Calcutta, graduated from the Calcutta University
Sir Surendranath Banerjee (November 10 1848 - August 6 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded...
Stanley Jackson

Stanley Jackson

male, deceased (1947)
Bishop of Knaresborough, test cricketer, Test cricket, Test match, Conservative MP, Yorkshire County Cricket Club…University of Calcutta, CalcuttaUniversity, Cambridge University cricketer, University of Cambridge, cambridge university
Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (born 21 November 1870 in Leeds, died 9 March 1947 in London), known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his...
Sisir Kumar Mitra

Sisir Kumar Mitra

male, deceased (1963)
Presidency College, Kolkata, physicist, Indian, University of Paris, Shishirkumar Mitra, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics…Calcutta, India, University of Calcutta alumni, CalcuttaUniversity, University College of Science
Sisir Kumar Mitra [or "Shishirkumar Mitra"] (October 24, 1890-August 13 1963) was an Indian physicist. He was born and raised in Calcutta, India....
Suchitra Bhattacharya

Suchitra Bhattacharya

female, 59 years old
novelist, Uro Megh, Alochhaya, Neel Ghurni, Chhera Taar, Aleek Shukh…CalcuttaUniversity
Suchitra Bhattacharya (born 10 January 1950 in Bhagalpur, Bihar) is an Indian novelist. Suchitra Bhattacharya was interested in writing from her...

Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya

male, deceased (1949)
philosopher, Hindu, illusion, maya, brahman, CalcuttaUniversity…University of Calcutta alumni
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (May 12, 1875 - December 11, 1949) was a philosopher at Calcutta University who studied one of the central questions...
Amlan Dutta

Amlan Dutta

male
writer, bengali, CalcuttaUniversity, North Bengal University, visva Bharati, University of Calcutta alumni
Amlan Dutta was born in the Comilla district of undivided India in the year 1924. He was a top ranker at the university. He started his career in...