Kashipur Michael Madhusudan Mahavidyalaya

Kashipur Michael Madhusudan Mahavidyalaya, an institution for imparting undergraduate education, was founded in Kashipur (situated about 8 km away from the Adra railway station) in the district of Purulia of West Bengal, on 26 September, 2000, with the sincere help and active cooperation of the people in and around Kashipur. The then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Sri Buddhadev Bhattacharya ceremoniously opened the gate on 7 January 2001. In the month of September of 1872 the famous poet, Michael Madhusudan Datta took charge as the Legal Advisor to the Panchakoteraj Estate from Raja Nilmani Singh Deo of Panchakote. Later he was promoted to the prestigious office of the Treasurer. Although the tenure was not all that happy and satisfying to Madhusudan, he obtained within a short time some pleasure and interest in the life of the people living around, as well as the nature and the place itself ? the evidence of which could be found in some of his sonnets. As a token of remembrance of the association between the place and the poet, the Mahavidyalaya was named ?Kashipur Michael Madhusudan Mahavidyalaya?.