Universities and colleges of West Bengal College, Calcutta. These institutions played a significant role in what came to be known as the Young Bengal Movement and the Bengal Renaissance. La Martiniere Calcutta was established in 1836. The oldest medical school in Asia, the Calcutta Medical College was set up in 1835. In 1857, the University of Calcutta was established as the first full-fledged multi-disciplinary university in south Asia. It was modelled on the lines of the University of London. Today it is amongst the largest multidisciplinary universities of India and offers some of the widest number of academic disciplines for study. John Bethune established a school
Kashipur, West Bengal in 2000, is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University. It offers courses in arts and science. Santali and music are amongst the subjects taught. In 1872, Michael Madhusudan Dutt had worked with Kashipur Raj for a short period. Kashipur Raj High School is a higher secondary school established in 1943. Kashipur, West Bengal Kashipur is a village, with a police station, in Kashipur CD Block in Raghunathpur subdivision of Purulia district in West Bengal, India. Kalloli, where the CD Block headquarters are located, is close to Kashipur. The Pachakot Raj had ruled from their capital at Garh Panchkot from 940