Raja Peary Mohan College

Raja Peary Mohan College
Type	Government
Established	20 June 1887;137 years ago
Principal	Dr. Sudip Kumar Chakrabarty
Address	1, Acharya Dhruba Pal Road, Kotrung, Uttarpara , West Bengal , India; 22°39′21″N88°20′57″E / 22.65583°N 88.34917°E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Calcutta
Website	RPMCollege.edu.in
	Location in West Bengal Raja Peary Mohan College (India)

Last updated March 07, 2025

Raja Peary Mohan College^[1] is a general purpose college in Hooghly District of West Bengal, India under the University of Calcutta. It offers undergraduate level courses in various arts, commerce and science subjects. The college is a popular institution for undergraduate study in the neighborhood of Uttarpara, the Hooghly district, Howrah and the North 24 Parganas.

History

The college was established in 1881 by late Raja Joy Krishna Mukherjee (who was the father of Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee), a leading social reformer and educationist of colonial Bengal, when it was under the British rule.^[2]

Departments and courses

The college offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and aims at imparting education to the undergraduates of lower- and middle-class people of Uttarpara and its adjoining areas.^[3]

Science

Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science & Application, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, and Economics.

Arts & Commerce

Arts and Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, and Commerce.

References

↑ "Home". rpmcollege.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
↑ "History of Raja Peary Mohan College" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.
↑ "Courses Offered, Raja Peary Mohan College" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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[1] "Home". rpmcollege.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.

[2] "History of Raja Peary Mohan College" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.

[3] "Courses Offered, Raja Peary Mohan College" . Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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