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Foundation of the University of Calcutta
The Court of Directors of the East India Company sent a despatch in July¸ 1854 to the Governor-General of India in Council¸ suggesting the establishment of the Universities of Calcutta¸ Madras and Bombay.
In pursuance of that despatch¸ the University of Calcutta was founded on JANUARY 24¸ 1857.
The University adopted in the first instance¸ the pattern of the University of London and gradually introduced modifications in its constitution