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Bethune College
image from Bethune School and College Centenary Volume 1949
Motto	Viddaya Vindatey Amritam
Established	1849
Location	Kolkata, India
Affiliations	University of Calcutta
Website	http://www.bethunecollege.ac.in/

Bethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune and in 1879 developed as the first women's college in India. It is located at 181, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata -700006, just opposite the current campus of Scottish Church College, Calcutta. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

Famous alumnae

Kadambini Ganguly, First woman physician of South Asia to be trained in the European system of medicine
Phulrenu Guha - Minister of State for Social Welfare, Government of India, 1970-1972
Chandramukhi Basu, Principal of Bethune College and first woman head of a South Asian college
Kamini Roy, - Vice President of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad and first woman honours graduate in India
Pritilata Waddedar - Revolutionary and martyr in the freedom struggle
Kamala Das Gupta, freedom fighter
Bijoya Ray, Playback singer
Leela Roy - Social worker, freedom fighter
Tista Das - Actress and social activist

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