Anandamohan Bose, founder of the City College, Kolkata, was a supporter of the Brahmo religion during his student life.

In 1869, he officially adopted the Brahmo religion along with his wife Swarnaprabha Devi (sister of Jagadish Chandra Bose).

By the year 1920, the college began offering different undergraduate (BA/B.Sc) degree courses in arts and science.

It is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century.

[4] City College was featured in Satyajit Ray's 1956 drama film Aparajito The college offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and aims at imparting education to the undergraduates and postgraduates of upper-, lower- and middle-class people of Kolkata and its adjoining areas.

[5] Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, and Economics.