Consider the following statements:
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for depressed classes.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Neither of above
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Bethune College is the first women's college in Asia. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and in 1879 developed into the first women's college in India, after whom it is named as Bethune College.
Born to an orthodox Brahmin family,Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was educated at Hooghly Mohsin College founded by Bengali philanthropist Muhammad Mohsin and Presidency College, Calcutta. He was one of the first graduates of the University of Calcutta. From 1858, until his retirement in 1891, he served as a deputy magistrate and deputy collector in the Government of British India
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