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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has been conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters Award by Calcutta University?
A
Rohini Pande
B
Sendhil Mullainathan
C
Michael Kremer
D
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first university library began functioning in the 1870s. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Joddu Nath Bose became the first graduates of the university in 1858, and Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu were the first Indian female graduates in 1882.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is 1857. The University of Calcutta was established in 1857. A 41-member Senate was formed as the policy-making body of the university. The land for the establishment of the university was given by Maharaja Maheshwar Singh Bahadur, who was a Maharaja of Darbhanga.

Detailed explanation-3: -The vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, a university in Kolkata, India, is the executive head of the university. Following the establishment in 1857, James William Colvile served as the first vice-chancellor of the university.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee - Wikipedia.

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