March 15, 2019
Schools, College, Forts established in British Era
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Before 1800
| Year | Organisation | Founder | Place / Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1644 | Fort St. George | 1st Fort by British Chennai | |
| 1669 | Mahim Fort | Mumbai | |
| 1680 | Sewri Fort | Mumbai | |
| 1683 | Thalassery Fort | Kannur | |
| 1696 | Anchuthengu Fort | Verkala, Malabar | |
| 1706 | Fort William | Charles Eyre started | Kolkata |
| 1781 | Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University) | Warren Hastings | |
| 1784 | Asiatic Society 15th Jan | William Jones | Kolkata |
| 1791 | Sanskrit College | Jonathan Duncan | Varanasi |
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1800 to 1857
| Year | Organisation | Founder | Place / Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | Fort William College | Wellesley | Calcutta |
| 1814 | Indian Museum | Kolkata | |
| 1817 | School Book Society | David Hare Radhakanta Deb | Chinsurah, West Bengal |
| 1817 | Hindu College | Rani Rashmoni Ram Mohan Roy David Hare | Presidency University |
| 1820 | Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India | Rev William Carey | |
| 1822 | The Native Medical Institution | Lord Hastings | Kolkata |
| 1823 | Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry | French | Pondichery Oldest medical college in Asia for Western medicine |
| 1824 | Sanskrit College | Lord Amherst Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharyya | Kolkata Recommended by Macaulay |
| 1825 | Vedanta College | Ram Mohan Roy | |
| 1830 | Scottish Church College | ||
| 1835 | Medical College | Bentinck | Kolkata 2nd oldest medical college in India |
| 1836 | Calcutta Public Library | Dwarkanath Tagore | |
| 1841 | Dhaka College | Daniel Wilson Dr. James Taylor | |
| 1849 | Hindu Female School | Bethune | Bethune school |
| 1854 | Government College of Art & Craft | Chitpur, Kolkata | |
| 1856 | Indian Institute of Engineering | Shibpur, Howrah | |
| 1857 | Calcutta University 24 Jan | Lord Canning | |
| University of Mumbai 18 July | |||
| University of Madras 5 Sept |
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1858 to 1900
| Year | Organisation | Founder | Place / Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1862 | High Courts | Lord Lawrence | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras |
| 1866 | High Courts | Allahabad | |
| 1868 | Kolkata GPO | designed by Walter B. Grenville | |
| 1869 | Rajkumar college | Mayo | Rajkot political training of Indian Princes |
| 1869 | Mayo College | Mayo | Ajmer |
| 1869 | La Martiniere Girls' School | Lucknow | |
| 1871 | Statistical Survey of India | Lord Mayo | census 1871 |
| 1877 | Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College | Syed Ahmad Khan | Aligarh, Mordan School, 1875 |
| 1883 | Bombay Natural History Society | Bombay | |
| 1885 | Fergusson College | Bal Gangadhar Tilak Deccan Education Society | Pune |
| 1898 | Central Hindu School | Annie Besant | Benaras |
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1901 to 1947
| Year | Organisation | Founder | Place / Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Gurukula Kangri University | Swami Shraddhanand | Haridwar |
| 1903 | National Library of India | Lord Curzon | Belvedere Estate, Kolkata Imperial Library till 1953 |
| 1907 | Indian Society Of Oriental Art | Gaganendranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore | Kolkata |
| 1914 | Calcutta Science College | Asutosh Mukherjee | Kolkata |
| 1916 | Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) University | Dhondo Keshav Karve | Poona 1st Women’s University |
| 1916 | Benaras Hindu Univercity | Madan Mohan Malavya | Benaras |
| 1917 | Bose Institute | Jagdish Chandra Bose | Kolkata |
| 1920 | Jamia Millia Islamia University | Hakim Ajmal Khan | Alighar |
| 1921 | Visva-Bharati University | Rabindranath Tagore | Bolpur, West Bengal |
| 1921 | Bihar Vidyapith | ||
| 1921 | Kashi Vidyapith | Shiv Gupta Bhagwan Das | Varanasi |
| 1937 | Federal Court | Delhi |