Lady Brabourne College
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| type = Undergraduate college
| established = {{start date and age|1939}}
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| affiliation = University of Calcutta
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| address = P-1/2, Suhrawardy Avenue, Beniapukur
| city = Kolkata
| state = West Bengal
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| postcode = 700017
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Lady Brabourne College (LBC) is an institution for women's education in Kolkata, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees from the University of Calcutta. It is a state government administered college and is in one of the more cosmopolitan localities of the city.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ladybrabourne.com/|title=Ladybrabourne College|website=www.ladybrabourne.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}
History
Lady Brabourne College was established in July 1939 at a rented house in Park Circus in Calcutta (now Kolkata), following the initiative of the then Prime Minister of Bengal, A. K. Fazlul Huq. It was named after Doreen, Baroness Brabourne, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who was the wife of The 5th Baron Brabourne, the then Governor of Bengal.
Lord Brabourne died on 23 February 1939. Sir John Herbert, the next Governor, laid down the foundation stone of the college on 26 August 1939. The college had 50 percent reserved seats for Muslim women and the rest for Hindus, Parsees, Sikhs, Jains and other ethnic communities.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/07/04/education.htm|title=Brabourne's Bengali Muslim Women : Holding the Mast of Education|work=The Daily Star|date=2010-07-23|author=Tamanna Khan|access-date=2019-03-17}}
The hostel facility was kept exclusively for Muslims. The college started admitting Hindu students due to shortage of Muslim students.{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lady_Brabourne_College|title=Lady Brabourne College|last=Mukherjee|first=Hena|date=2015-03-11|website=Banglapedia|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-01-05}} It has since become difficult for Muslim students to get admission to the college according to the All India Minority Association.{{Cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2017sep27/417154.html|title=Aliah University no longer under Minority Affairs department, Muslims fear this will impact minority enrollment|website=twocircles.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-05}} In 2017 the college, along with others affiliated with the University of Calcutta, was given the authority to award the degree of doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.).{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lady-Brabourne-College-and-Bethune-College|title=Lady Brabourne College and Bethune College: Latest News, Videos and Photos|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-01-05}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Official website|http://www.ladybrabourne.com/}}
{{University of Calcutta}}
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Category:Universities and colleges in Kolkata
Category:Women's universities and colleges in West Bengal
Category:University of Calcutta affiliates
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1939
Category:1939 establishments in India
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