John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), previously John Elliot Drinkwater, a barrister and law member of the Governor-General's Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education in 19th-century India. When his father added 'Bethune' to his name, he did likewise. In 1849, Bethune founded an institution for women's education in Calcutta (now Kolkata), then the capital of British India. The institute later bore his name and became famous as Bethune College.
Bethune Collegiate School was established in 1849. The school is affiliated to W.B.B.S.E. and W.B.C.H.S.E. The midium of instruction is Bengali. This is a girls school. Bethune Collegiate School is a leading girl's school in north Kolkata. It was started as the Hindu Female School and blossomed into the Bethune School on 7 May 1849. The School was founded by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune.
Bethune College is a women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and in 1879 developed into the first women's college in India, after whom it is named as Bethune College. It is located in Kolkata, and is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.
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