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- ↑ Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, "Other Universities", Chapter XVI, Calcutta University, Three Missionaries, Carey, Marshman and Ward started the first Mission college at Serampore in 1818, and 9 years later it received a charter from the King of Denmark empowering it to grant degree. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ The UGC Commission noted that the Theological degrees granted by Serampore College had not been included among the degrees to be notified by the Commission under Section 22 (3) of the U.G.C. Act and that therefore there would be no bar to the College continuing to award these degrees. https://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/pages/index/ugc-and-serampore-college
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "University Grants commission ::UGC ACT 1956". www.ugc.ac.in.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India". www.ugc.ac.in.
- ↑ "University Grants commission ::UGC ACT 1956". www.ugc.ac.in.
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- ↑ Bible Presbyterian Council College
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