EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The University of Calcutta was the first university in India located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established on 24 Jan 1857.

Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest Western institution that can be called a university was a famous medical school that arose at Salerno, Italy, in the 9th century and drew students from all over Europe. It remained merely a medical school, however. The first true university in the West was founded at Bologna late in the 11th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest of these were the Universities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras-all founded in 1857 and the Universities of Punjab and Allahabad were incorporated in the lines of the old universities in 1882 and 1887.