Q. Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

  • Annie Besant
  • Debendranath Tagore
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  • Sarojini Naidu

Answer: (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Bethune College:
  • The “Hindu Female School,” later known as Bethune School and now Bethune College, was a pioneering institution founded in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1849, dedicated to promoting women’s education and later became the first women’s college in Asia.
  • It is the oldest women’s college in India. It was established as a girls’ school in 1849,  and as a college in 1879.
  • The college was founded as the Calcutta Female School in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, with the support of social reformers like Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee. 
    • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, as the Secretary of the Hindu Female School, played a crucial role in the development and success of the school.