Basirhat College

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education

Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man - Swamy Vivekananda

Welcome to Basirhat College

In mid-November 1947 Basirhat College was founded and since then it has been standing for more than half a century on the banks of river Icchamati, which flows by this ancient seat of learning and culture that has witnessed many souls of the soil rise to eminence.

Course Offered

The College offers both Honours and General Courses of study in 3 streams, viz. Science, Arts and Commerce.

The College runs three sections viz., Morning, Day and Evening

Library

The College Library is just sufficient to meet the immediate requirements of the students. The books – both text &reference, journals, collection of papers would amount to about 20,000 to which every year materials are added from the UGC Grant and the College fund..

Department of History

DESCRIPTION ACTICITIES FACULTY

Description:

Year of Establishment: 1947

Courses Taught: 3 yr. Honours and General B.A. Degree Course

Success Rate:

		Hons	General
Part - 1	2006	91.46%	64.75%
Part – 2	2007	87.00%	68.80%
Part - 3	2008	98.30%	86.88%

Activities:

Seminars:

20.03.04
Topic: Historical Perspective of Peasant Movements in Colonial Bengal

Speaker: Dr. Ranjit Sen, University of Calcutta

20.03.04
Topic: Socio Economic Perspective and Political Significance of Share-Croppers’ Movement in Colonial Bengal

Speaker: Prof. Susanta Das, Rabindra Bharati University

Faculty:

Smt. Kanta Chatterjee, Associate Professor

Specialisation: Economic History of India

Publication:

Articles: 2

Sri Saumitra Sanyal, Associate Professor

Specialisation: Late Mediaval Indian History

Publication:

Articles: 2

Dr. Nilendu Sengupta, Assistant Professor

Specialisation: Modern India

Publication:

Articles: 7

Smt. Sukanya Majumdar, Assistant Professor
Specialisation: Ancient Indian history