| The history of Presidency
College dates back to the nineteenth century. It was first
established as Hindoo College in 1816 and later rechristened
Presidency College in 1855. However, the Alumni Association
of the College did not come into existence at that time. An
attempt of sorts was made on January 1, 1875 when a re-union
of past students took place in 'Marakata Kunja'-Emerald Bower
? of the Tagores. The occasion has been made memorable by
Rajnarayan Basu, in the History of the Presidency College.
On the College Founders' Day ? January 20 of 1915, some
alumni, under the leadership of Prafulla Chandra Ghosh,
decided to establish an Old Boys Association. Unfortunately,
nothing came out of that move. In 1925, a similar initiative
taken by the same Professor met with identical fate. On
March 20, 1926 some sort of an 'alumni meet' took place
when the college arranged a gathering of 'Veteran graduates
of fifty years' standing.
A more organized attempt was made in 1934 and a Presidency
College Association was formed with Surendra Nath Mallick
as Chairman and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis as Secretary.
But unfortunately once again the endeavour proved to be
ephemeral. On January 19, 1951, a meeting of the former
students of the College was called by a Press Notice. It
was held in the Physics lecture Theatre with Mahmood Ahmad
(1903-1908), the senior-most alumnus present in the chair
At long last the Presidency College got an Alumni Association
that has been functioning without any interruption from
its inception in 1951 till to day.
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