Scottish Church College

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Scottish Church College

Emblem of the Scottish Church College

Latin: Collegium Ecclesiae Scoticae

Former names

| 1830: General Assembly's Institution
1843: Free Church Institution
1863: Duff College
1908: Scottish Churches College
1929: Scottish Church College
Motto| Nec Tamen Consumebatur[1] (Latin)

Motto in English

| "The bush burns, but is not consumed"
Type| Public
Established| 13 July 1830; 193 years ago (13 July 1830)
Founder| Alexander Duff

Religious affiliation

| Church of North India, Presbyterian

Academic affiliation

| University of Calcutta
Principal| Dr. Madhumanjari Mandal

Administrative staff

| 164
Undergraduates| 1518 (As of 2016–17)
Postgraduates| 97 (As of 2017–18)
Address|

1 & 3, Urquhart Square, Manicktala, Azad Hind Bag

Kolkata

West Bengal

India

22°32′54″N 88°21′21″E﻿ / ﻿22.54837°N 88.35596°E﻿ / 22.54837; 88.35596
Campus| Urban
Language| English, Bengali, Hindi
Nickname| The Caledonians
Website| www.scottishchurch.ac.in

Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in Asia.[2][3] It has been rated (A) by the Indian National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Students and alumni call themselves "Caledonians" in the name of the college festival, "Caledonia".

## Foundation[edit]

The origins are traceable to the life of Alexander Duff (1806–1878), the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland, to India. Known initially as the General Assembly's Institution, it was founded on 13 July 1830.[4] Alexander Duff was born on 25 April 1806, in Moulin, Perthshire, located in the Scottish countryside. He attended the University of St Andrews where after graduation, he opted for a missionary life.[4] Subsequently, he undertook his evangelical mission to India. In a voyage that involved two shipwrecks (first on the ship Lady Holland off Dassen Island, near Cape Town, and later on the ship Moira, near the Ganges delta) and the loss of his personal library consisting of 800 volumes (of which 40 survived), and college prizes, he arrived in Calcutta on 27 May 1830.[5][6]

Supported by the Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck,[5] Rev. Alexander Duff opened his institution in Feringhi Kamal Bose's house, located in upper Chitpore Road, near Jorasanko. In 1836 the institution was moved to Gorachand Bysack's house at Garanhatta.[4] Mr. MacFarlane, the Chief-Magistrate of Calcutta, laid the foundation stone on 23 February 1837. Mr. John Gray, elected by Messrs. Burn & Co. and superintended by Captain John Thomson of the East India Company designed the building. It is possible that he may have been inspired by the facade of the Holy House of Mercy in Macau, which reflects the influence of Portuguese ⁰. Traces of English Palladianism are also evident in the design of the college. The construction of the building was completed in 1839.[4]

Alexander Duff (1806–1878)

## Historical context[edit]

In the early 1800s, under the regime of the East India Company, English education and Missionary activities were initially suspect.[4] While the East India Company supported Orientalist instruction in the vernacular languages like Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit, and helped to establish institutions like Calcutta Madrasah College, and Sanskrit College, in general, colonial administrative policy discouraged the dissemination of knowledge in their language, that is in English. The general apathy of the Company towards the cause of education and improvement of natives is in many ways, the background for the agency of missionaries like Duff.[7]

Inspired by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Reverend Alexander Duff, then a young missionary, arrived in India's colonial capital to set up an English-medium institution. Though Bengalis had shown some interest in the spread of Western education from the beginning of the 19th century, both the local church and government officers were skeptical about the high-caste Bengali's response to the idea of an English-medium institution.[4] While Orientalists like James Prinsep were supportive of the idea of vernacular education, Duff and prominent Indians like Raja Ram Mohan Roy supported the use of English as a medium of instruction.[4][disputed - discuss] His emphasis on the use of English on Indian soil was prophetic:

> The English language, I repeat it, is the lever which, as the instrument of conveying the entire range of knowledge, is destined to move all Hindustan.[8]

Raja Ram Mohan Roy helped Duff by organizing the venue and bringing in the first batch of students. He also assured the guardians that reading the King James's Bible did not necessarily imply religious conversion, unless that was based on inner spiritual conviction. Imbibing the tenets of the Scottish educational system that shaped his ideals, Duff was, unlike the missionaries and scholars at the Serampore College, wholeheartedly committed to the cause of instruction in the English language, as that facilitated the advanced study of European religion, literature and science. By carefully selecting teachers, European and Indian, who brought out the best of Christian and secular understandings, and by emphasizing advanced pedagogical techniques that emphasized the Socratic method of classroom debate, inquiry, and rational thinking, Duff and his followers established an educational system, whose impact in spreading progressive values in contemporary Bengal would be profound.[9] Although his ultimate aim was the spread of English education, Duff was aware that a foreign language could not be mastered without command of the native language. Hence in his General Assembly's Institution (as later in his Free Church Institution), teaching and learning in the dominant vernacular Bengali language was also emphasized. Duff and his successors also underscored the necessity of sports among his students.[10] When he introduced political economy as a subject in the curricula, his faced his church's criticism.

The great social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy supported Reverend Duff in his efforts.

In 1840, Duff returned to India. At the Disruption of 1843, Duff sided with the Free Church. He gave up the college buildings, with all their effects and established a new institution, called the Free Church Institution.[5] He had the support of Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Lawrence, and the encouragement of seeing a new band of converts, including several young men born of high caste. In 1844, governor-general Viscount Hardinge opened government appointments to all who had studied in institutions similar to Duff's institution. In the same year, Duff co-founded the Calcutta Review, of which he served as editor from 1845 to 1849. In 1857, when the University of Calcutta was established, the Free Church Institution was one of its earliest affiliates, and Duff would also serve in the university's first senate.[11] These two institutions founded by Duff, i.e., the General Assembly's Institution and the Free Church Institution would be merged later to form the Scottish Churches College. After the unification of the Church of Scotland in 1929, the institution would be known as Scottish Church College.[4]

Along with Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the great social reformer often called the father of modern India, Dr. Duff supported Lord Macaulay in drafting his influential Minute for the introduction of English education in India. Eminent contemporary and successive missionary scholars from Scotland, notably Dr. Ogilvie, Dr. Hastie,[12] Dr. Macdonald, Dr. Stephen, Dr. Watt, and William Spence Urquhart contributed in spreading liberal Western education. The institutions founded by Duff have been coterminous with other contemporary institutions like the Serampore College, and the Hindu College in ushering the spirit of intellectual inquiry and a general acceptance of the ideals of the Enlightenment among Bengali Hindus, the then dominant indigenous ethno-linguistic group in the Company administered Indian territories. This exchange of ideas and ideals, and adoption of progressive values that would eventually influence many social reform movements in South Asia, has been widely regarded by historians specializing in nineteenth century India, as the epochs of the Young Bengal Movement and later, the Bengal Renaissance.[13]

Duff's contemporaries included Reverend Mackay, Reverend Ewart and Reverend Thomas Smith. Till the early 20th century the norm was to bring teachers from Scotland, and this brought forth scholars like William Spence Urquhart, Henry Stephen, H.M. Percival etc. Indian scholars were also engaged as teachers by the college authorities, and the notable faculty includes names like Surendranath Banerjee, Kalicharan Bandyopadhyay, Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Gouri Shankar Dey, Adhar Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Sushil Chandra Dutta, Mohimohan Basu, Sudhir Kumar Dasgupta, Nirmal Chandra Bhattacharya, Bholanath Mukhopadhyay and Kalidas Nag, all of whom had all contributed to enhancing the academic standards of the college.[14]

The college authorities played a pioneering role in promoting gender equality by emphasizing the significance of women's education. During much of the nineteenth century, the college remained the only institution of its kind in the city of Calcutta (and indeed in the country) to promote the cause of co-education.[5][15] Female students comprise half the present roll strength of the college. With the added interest of the missionaries in educational work and social welfare, the college stands as a monument to Indo-Scottish co-operation.

### Postage stamp[edit]

On 27 September 1980, the Indian Postal Service released a commemorative stamp of the college.[16]

## Campus and infrastructure[edit]

### Buildings[edit]

Scottish Church College main building Scottish Church College Assembly Hall

The main building houses the economics, history, political science, philosophy, zoology, botany, mathematics, English, Sanskrit and Bengali departments. A separate Science annex building houses the departments of physics and chemistry. Situated in the main campus, the central library of the college is computerized. The biological science departments are in possession of a museum and a 'poly-house'. The college is encompassed by a garden and a lawn. Many medicinal plants are grown in the garden under the care of the botany department. There are rare and non-native plants in the garden as well. The Scottish Church College campus is a 'green' campus with solar lighting.[17] A separate building houses the department of teacher education.[17]

Scottish Church College Millennium Building

## Halls of residence[edit]

The college presently has four hostels for its students, all of which are situated near the college. Previously, another hostel, Students' Residence (for Girls) was present. They have recreational common rooms with audio-visual equipment.

* Lady Jane Dundas Hostel (For-Girls only): 71/1 Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata-6.
* Duff Hostel: 32/8, Abhedananda Road, Kolkata-6.(Beadon Street)
* Ogilvie Hostel: 31/2, Hurtaki Bagan Lane, Kolkata-6.
* Wann Hostel: 32/8 Abhendananda Road, Kolkata-6. (Beadon Street)[18]

## College publications[edit]

The college publications are annual and consists of contributions from students and staffs.

* The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, a refereed international academic journal with an interdisciplinary approach which publishes research articles written by both experienced and young scholars all over the world, is annually published by the college. The journal discusses issues from points of view such as liberalism, empiricism, positivism, Marxism, structuralism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, deconstruction, feminism, subaltern studies school and postcolonialism. The advisory board consists of personalities such as Amartya Sen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Amiya Kumar Bagchi.[19][16]
* Sanket, a short magazine, is published annually by the Scottish Church College Literary society. It was first published in 2015.

## Extra-curricular activities[edit]

### National Service Scheme[edit]

Four faculty members and three library staff are involved with social work at an informal level in their neighbourhood. The NSS Unit organised several environment/health/hygiene-related programmes in the college in collaboration with the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and the college's department of Teacher Education.[20] The volunteers of the college NSS unit participated in North-East Youth Festival, held at Arunachal Pradesh in 2012 and NSS Mega Camp held at Assam in 2013. Some of them also took part in Rock Climbing and Adventure camp at Balasore, Odisha (India) and were awarded the title of "Basic Mountaineer".

The college received four awards from the University of Calcutta for its activities in NSS. Prof. U.N. Nandi became the Best Program Officer in 2009. Parag Chatterjee, a student of Computer Science and the NSS student leader (2011–2013), was awarded "Best Volunteer" by the university.[21]

## Awards and recognition[edit]

Indian postage stamp of 1980, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the college

In 2006, the University Grants Commission (India) accepted the recommendations of the University of Calcutta to regard the college as "College with Potential for Excellence".[4][22][23]

## Alumni[edit]

Main article: List of alumni of Scottish Church College

## Status and initiatives[edit]

* Until 1953, administrative control over the college was exercised by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland. This was exercised by a local council consisting of representatives of the Church of Scotland and the United Church of Northern India. Later the Foreign Mission Committee of Church of Scotland relinquished its authority to the United Church of Northern India, and in 1970, the United Church of Northern India joined the Church of North India as a constituent body. This made the Church of North India the de facto and de jure successor (to the Church of Scotland) in running the administration of the college. As the college was founded on Christian (Protestant and Presbyterian) foundations, it derives its legal authority and status as a religious minority institution as defined by the scope of Article 30 of the Constitution of India.[4]
* On 27 September 1980, the Indian Postal Service released a commemorative stamp on the college.
* In 2003, the college buildings and premises underwent renovation, with the financial support of the alumni and well-wishers.[16][24]
* In 2004, the general section of the college was awarded grade 'A' after accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.[25] The same grade was awarded upon reaccreditation in 2014.
* Since 2004, the college has been a member of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and is a participant in that organization's Asian University Leadership Program.[4][26][27]
* In 2011, the Scottish Government instituted a Centre of Tagore Studies in Edinburgh's Napier University, to facilitate integrated research on Rabindranath Tagore's works and philosophy. In Calcutta, this scholarly initiative (with student exchange programs) was extended to the college, involving the departments of English, Bengali and philosophy.[20][28][29]
* The University Grants Commission sponsors the construction of the Quarto Sept Centennial Jubilee Building project of the college. The building plan has been approved by the Heritage Committee of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for necessary approval. The construction of the new building has been completed with modern equipments and audio-visual system worth for having special lectures which can also be broadcast to other colleges through online.[30] The building was Inaugurated by the Members of college administrative body (College Rector Dr.J.Abraham and Principal alongside)
* Scottish Church College celebrated its 184th Foundation Day and its first Alexander Duff Memorial Lecture on 13 July 2013. The college welcomed Dr.S.C.Jamir, the Honorable Governor of Odisha and an alumnus of the college, who delivered the first Alexander Duff Memorial Lecture.

## In popular culture[edit]

### In fiction[edit]

* Satyajit Ray's fictional scientist-cum-investigator Professor Shonku started his career as a professor of physics at the Scottish Church College.
* Satyajit Ray's fictional private investigator Feluda was a student of the Scottish Church College.
* Samaresh Majumdar's bestselling novel Kalbela, which explores Calcutta's culture, politics and society in the aftermath of the 1970s Naxalite movement, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984.[31] It featured the college as a backdrop in the storyline.
* Samaresh Majumdar's Animesh quartet, a series of four novels (Uttoradhikar, Kalbela and Kalpurush, and Mousholkal), revolves around the life and experiences of Animesh Mitra, an alumnus, who witnesses the tumultuous socio-political transformations in post-independence West Bengal.

### In non-fiction[edit]

* Kaalbela: Calcutta My Love, a 2009 Bengali film directed by Goutam Ghose on the events of the 1970s Naxalite movement, had scenes which were shot at the college.[32]
* Egaro: The Immortal Eleven was a 2011 sports film in Bengali directed by Arun Roy, that was based on the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's victory over the East Yorkshire Regiment in the finals of the 1911 IFA Shield.[33] Three members of the winning team were students of the college. The film also showed the college as a background.[34]
* Natoker Moto was a 2015 biographical Bengali language film, which was roughly based on the life and tragic death of Keya Chakraborty, an alumna,[35][36] who subsequently became a prominent theatre personality. The character based on her is called Kheya in the film.

## See also[edit]

* Scottish Church Collegiate School, the twin institution of the college, also founded by Reverend Alexander Duff
* Category:Academic staff of Scottish Church College

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Saint Columba's main doorway". Archived from the original on 12 May 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2005.
2. ^ Basu 2008, p. 35
3. ^ Matilal 2008, pp. 19–20
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Sen, Asit and John Abraham. Glimpses of college history, 2008 (1980). Retrieved on 2009-10-03" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
5. ^ a b c d Pitlochry Church of Scotland's obituary of Alexander Duff Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ The missionary’s mission in Calcutta
7. ^ Matilal 2008, p. 17
8. ^ Basu 2008, pp. 33–34
9. ^ Sardella, Ferdinando. Rise of Nondualism in Bengal in Modern Hindu Personalism: The History, Thought and Life of Bhaktisiddhanta. Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. 39–40.
10. ^ Bandyopadhyay 2008, pp. 74–75
11. ^ A Tradition of Notable Firsts Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ Master visionary[usurped]
13. ^ Basu 2008, p. 35
14. ^ Basu 2008, p. 35
15. ^ Manna, Mausumi, Women's Education through Co-Education: the Pioneering College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008, pp. 107–116
16. ^ a b c Datta 2008, pp. 559–561: "Photo Gallery"
17. ^ a b Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources
18. ^ "College Hostels - Scottish Church College | Kolkata". www.scottishchurch.ac.in. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
19. ^ Basu 2008, p. 35
20. ^ a b .Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension
21. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
22. ^ Star tag on six colleges
23. ^ Half in, half out in college tag race
24. ^ Abraham 2008, p. 4
25. ^ Abraham 2008, p. 6
26. ^ United Board Partner Institutions Archived 14 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
27. ^ Abraham 2008, p. 8
28. ^ Tagore drew inspiration from Scottish bard for his poem – article in the Times of India
29. ^ Glasgow tie-up for CU – article in the Calcutta Telegraph
30. ^ The College Annual Day 2012–13
31. ^ Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007 Archived 16 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
32. ^ Article in The Telegraph on the film Kaalbela
33. ^ The death anniversary of Indian Football's first legend
34. ^ Football scores at the box office in cricket-mad India
35. ^ Datta 2008, p. 589: "Some Alumni of Scottish Church College"
36. ^ Datta 2008, p. 573: "Teaching Staff: English"

## Sources[edit]

* Abraham, John (2008), "A Foreword", in Datta, Asit (ed.), 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369
* Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2008), "Games Ethic in Bengal: A Commentary on the sporting tradition of the Scottish Church College", in Datta, Asit (ed.), 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369
* Basu, Pradip (2008), "The Question of Colonial Modernity and Scottish Church College", in Datta, Asit (ed.), 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369
* Datta, Asit, ed. (2008), 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369
* Matilal, Anup (2008), "The Scottish Church College: A Brief Discourse on the Origins of an Institution", in Datta, Asit (ed.), 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369

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* Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
* William Paton

Works|

* Andhra Christian College
* Eccles Establishment
* Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj
* Gossner Theological College
* Madras Christian College
* Serampore College
* Scottish Church College
* Scott Christian College
* St. Stephen's College
* Wilson College

Missionary agencies|

* American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
* American Board
* Australian Baptist Missionary Society
* Baptist Missionary Society
* Canadian Baptist Mission
* Church of England Zenana Missionary Society
* Church Mission Society
* Scottish General Assembly
* London Missionary Society
* Mission to the World
* New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society
* United Society Partners in the Gospel

Pivotal events|

* Indian Rebellion of 1857
* Indian Republic
* Interactions with Ayyavazhi

Indian Protestants|

* Krishna Mohan Banerjee
* Jashwant Rao Chitambar
* P. C. John
* A. B. Masilamani
* Krishna Pal
* Victor Premasagar
* Pandita Ramabai
* Bakht Singh
* Sadhu Sundar Singh
* Y. D. Tiwari

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Satyajit Ray's Professor Shonku

Books|

* Professor Shonku
* "Byomjatrir Diary" 1965
* Professor Shonkur Kandokarkhana (1970)
* Shabash Professor Shonku (1974)
* Mahasankatey Shonku (1977)
* Swayang Professor Shonku (1980)
* Shonku Ekai Aksho (1983)
* Punashcha Professor Shonku (1993)
* Selam Professor Shonku (1995)

Characters|

* Professor Shonku

Films|

| Dhritiman|

* Professor Shonku O El Dorado (2019)

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Related|

* Miracurall
* List of Adventures
* Scottish Church College

* Category

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* t
* e

Satyajit Ray's Feluda

Novels|

* Badshahi Angti (1969)
* Gangtokey Gondogol (1971)
* Sonar Kella (1971)
* Baksho Rahashya (1972)
* Kailashey Kelenkari (1974)
* Royal Bengal Rahashya (1974)
* Gosainpur Sargaram (1976)
* Chhinnamastar Abhishap (1978)
* Hatyapuri (1979)
* Tintorettor Jishu (1983)
* Golapi Mukta Rahasya (1989)
* Robertsoner Ruby (1992)

Short stories|

* "Feluda'r Goendagiri" (1965-66)
* "Ghurghutiyar Ghatona" (1975)
* "Golokdham Rahasya" (1980)
* "Jahangirer Swarnamudra" (1983)
* "Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo" (1983)
* "Bhuswargo Bhayankar" (1987)
* "Golapi Mukta Rahasya"
* "London e Feluda" (1989)

Films|

| Soumitra|

* Sonar Kella (1974)
* Joy Baba Felunath (1979)

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Sabyasachi|

* Baksho Rahashya (1996)
* Bombaiyer Bombete (2003)
* Kailashey Kelenkari (2007)
* Tintorettor Jishu (2008)
* Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010)
* Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011)
* Double Feluda (2016)

Abir|

* Badshahi Angti (2014)

Indraneil|

* Hatyapuri (2022)

TV|

| Kapoor|

* Kissa Kathmandu Mein (1986-87)

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Rubel|

* Noyon Rahasya-Feluda (2017)

Characters|

* Feluda
* Lalmohan 'Jatayu' Ganguly
* Topshe

Music|

* "Feluda Theme"
* "Feludar Gaan"
* "Calcium"
* "Feluda Pherot"

Documentary|

* Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective (2019)

Related|

* Jatayu Jindabad (2009)
* Scottish Church College

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Czech Republic

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