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UPSC 2009: In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
(a)Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(b)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c)Keshab Chandra Sen
(d)Raja Rammohan Roy
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Raja Rammohan Roy collaborated with educationist David Hare and missionary Alexander Duff to establish Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817 (later Presidency College). The other personalities were associated with Bengal’s renaissance but not with the college’s founding. Therefore option (d) is correct. ([drishtiias.com](https://www.drishtiias.com/current-affairs-news-analysis-editorials/news-analysis/23-05-2022?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2009, GS Paper 1, as Question 52. It falls under Modern History > Social & Religious Reform Movements.
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