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Founding of the Institution

Name: Founding of the Institution
Start: 1830-07-13
Location: Jorasanko neighbourhood

When: 13 July 1830
Where: Jorasanko neighbourhood
Part of: General Assembly's Institution founded in Calcutta

Alexander Duff founded the General Assembly's Institution in Calcutta on 13 July 1830, initially in a house on upper Chitpur Road.

Duff arrived in Calcutta on 27 May 1830 after a voyage involving two shipwrecks. He opened his institution in a house located at upper Chitpur Road in the Jorasanko neighbourhood. The school soon began to expand into a missionary college known as the General Assembly's Institution.

Sources

Alexander Duff (missionary) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-19

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