Bethune College is the first women's college in India. It was founded as a school in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and in 1879 developed into the first women's college in India, after whom it is named as Bethune College. Bethune College was founded by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, who had arrived in India in April 1848 as the Law Member of the Governor General's Council.[1] He received the support of Pandit Madan Mohan Tarkalankar, Ramgopal Ghosh, Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee and other eminent personalities in his effort to promote women's education.