The Revival
Durga Mohan Das, Dwarkanath Ganguly, Ananda Mohan Bose, Monomhun Ghosh and Annadacharan Khastagir were actively involved in the revival of the Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya as Banga Mahila Vidyalaya. The education imparted was of a higher standard, its students following the course meant for Entrance (school leaving or university entrance) Examinations.
The Report on Public Instruction for 1876-77 prepared by the Education department said, that Banga Mahila Vidyalaya was “in every sense the most advanced school in Bengal. It was formerly managed in Calcutta by Miss Akroyd, and lately revived by some Bengali gentlemen who desire to see girls appearing at the university examination and finishing their education at the new college for women in Cambridge… It is the first attempt to establish a higher English boarding school for girls.”
Among the prominent students of the school were Kadambini Bose, a cousin of Monomohun Ghosh, Sarala Das and Abala Das, daughters of Durga Mohan Das, and Subarnaprova Bose, sister of Jagadish Chandra Bose and later wife of Mohini Mohan Bose.” Kadambini Bose became the first woman in India to pass the Entrance Examination in 1878.
Banga Mahila Vidyalaya was located in Ballygunj.
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