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IIT Kharagpur
Also known as IIT KGP
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, opened on 18 August 1951 in the former Hijli Detention Camp — the colonial prison that had held Satyendra Nath Bose and other Bengali nationalists. The first of the five Sarkar Committee IITs, and the model for the rest. Nehru declared on 21 April 1956: 'Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands this fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making.' Current faculty of 700 across 19 departments; the Vikramshila school at IIT KGP is a nod to the Pala monastic university.
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- Historical linkSatyendra Nath Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose was interned by the British in the Hijli Detention Camp (later the site of IIT Kharagpur) during the independence movement.
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