Schools, College, Forts established in British Era

College & Forts in Modern India (List)

18th-century sketch of Fort St. George, Chennai
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Before 1800

YearOrganisationFounderPlace / Remarks
1644Fort St. George1st Fort by British
Chennai
1669Mahim FortMumbai
1680Sewri FortMumbai
1683Thalassery FortKannur
1696Anchuthengu FortVerkala, Malabar
1706Fort WilliamCharles Eyre startedKolkata
1781Calcutta Madrasa
(Aliah University)
Warren Hastings
1784Asiatic Society
15th Jan
William JonesKolkata
1791Sanskrit CollegeJonathan DuncanVaranasi

 


 

1800 to 1857

YearOrganisationFounderPlace / Remarks
1800Fort William CollegeWellesleyCalcutta
1814Indian MuseumKolkata
1817School Book SocietyDavid Hare
Radhakanta Deb
Chinsurah, West Bengal
1817Hindu CollegeRani Rashmoni
Ram Mohan Roy
David Hare
Presidency University
1820Agricultural and Horticultural Society of IndiaRev William Carey
1822The Native Medical InstitutionLord HastingsKolkata
1823Ecole de Médicine de PondichéryFrenchPondichery
Oldest medical college in Asia for Western medicine
1824Sanskrit CollegeLord Amherst
Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharyya
Kolkata
Recommended by Macaulay
1825Vedanta CollegeRam Mohan Roy
1830Scottish Church College
1835Medical CollegeBentinckKolkata
2nd oldest medical college in India
1836Calcutta Public LibraryDwarkanath Tagore
1841Dhaka CollegeDaniel Wilson
Dr. James Taylor
1849Hindu Female SchoolBethuneBethune school
1854Government College of Art & CraftChitpur, Kolkata
1856Indian Institute of EngineeringShibpur, Howrah
1857Calcutta University
24 Jan
Lord Canning
University of Mumbai
18 July
University of Madras
5 Sept

 


 

1858 to 1900

YearOrganisationFounderPlace / Remarks
1862High CourtsLord LawrenceCalcutta, Bombay, Madras
1866High CourtsAllahabad
1868Kolkata GPOdesigned by Walter B. Grenville
1869Rajkumar collegeMayoRajkot
political training of Indian Princes
1869Mayo CollegeMayoAjmer
1869La Martiniere Girls' SchoolLucknow
1871Statistical Survey of IndiaLord Mayocensus 1871
1877Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental CollegeSyed Ahmad KhanAligarh, Mordan School, 1875
1883Bombay Natural History SocietyBombay
1885Fergusson CollegeBal Gangadhar Tilak
Deccan Education Society
Pune
1898Central Hindu SchoolAnnie BesantBenaras

 


 

1901 to 1947

YearOrganisationFounderPlace / Remarks
1902Gurukula Kangri UniversitySwami ShraddhanandHaridwar
1903National Library of IndiaLord CurzonBelvedere Estate, Kolkata
Imperial Library till 1953
1907Indian Society Of Oriental ArtGaganendranath Tagore
Abanindranath Tagore
Kolkata
1914Calcutta Science CollegeAsutosh MukherjeeKolkata
1916Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) UniversityDhondo Keshav KarvePoona
1st Women’s University
1916Benaras Hindu UnivercityMadan Mohan MalavyaBenaras
1917Bose InstituteJagdish Chandra BoseKolkata
1920Jamia Millia Islamia UniversityHakim Ajmal KhanAlighar
1921Visva-Bharati UniversityRabindranath TagoreBolpur, West Bengal
1921Bihar Vidyapith
1921Kashi VidyapithShiv Gupta
Bhagwan Das
Varanasi
1937Federal CourtDelhi
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