Convocation Addresses Delivered

Date	Name
December 11, 1858	James William Colvile
March 6, 1860	William Ritchie
March 6, 1860	Charles John Earl Canning
April 2, 1862	G.E.L. Cotton
April 2, 1862	John Peter Grant
March 16, 1863	C.J. Erskine
March 11, 1864	H.S. Maine
March 11, 1865	H.S. Maine
March 17, 1866	H.S. Maine
March 9, 1867	H.S. Maine
February 29, 1868	W.S. Seton-Karr
February 27, 1869	W.S. Seton-Karr
February 27, 1869	Richard Southwell Bourke
February 26, 1870	E.C. Bayley
March 18, 1871	E.C. Bayley
March 16, 1872	E.C. Bayley
March 12, 1873	E.C. Bayley
March 12, 1873	Thomas G. Baring
March 21, 1874	E.C. Bayley
March 13, 1875	E.C. Bayley
January 3, 1876	Arthur Hobhouse
March 11, 1876	Arthur Hobhouse
March 10, 1877	Arthur Hobhouse
March 10, 1877	Edward Robert Lytton
March 16, 1878	William Markby
March 15, 1879	Alexander Arbuthnot
March 13, 1880	Alexander Arbuthnot
March 19, 1881	Arthur Wilson
March 11, 1882	G. F. S. Robinson
March 10, 1883	H. J. Reynolds
March 15, 1884	H. J. Reynolds
December 19, 1885	C.P. Ilbert
January 8, 1887	Frederick Temple
January 8, 1887	W.W. Hunter
January 14, 1888	Henry Charles Keith
January 14, 1888	William Comer Petheram
January 19, 1889	Henry Charles Keith
January 19, 1889	William Comer Petheram
January 18, 1890	Gooroodass Banerjee
January 18, 1890	Henry Charles Keith
January 24, 1891	Henry Charles Keith
January 24, 1891	Gooroodass Banerjee
January 23, 1892	Henry Charles Keith
January 23, 1892	Gooroodass Banerjee
January 28, 1893	Henry Charles Keith
January 28, 1893	Jones Quain Pigot
February 3, 1894	Victor Alexander Bruce
February 3, 1894	Alfred Croft
January 26, 1895	Alfred Croft
February 22, 1896	Alfred Croft
February 20, 1897	Victor Alexander Bruce
February 20, 1897	E.J. Trevelyan
February 19, 1898	Victor Alexander Bruce
February 19, 1898	E.J. Trevelyan
February 11, 1899	George Nathaniel
February 11, 1899	William Francis Maclean
February 17, 1900	George Nathaniel
February 17, 1900	William Francis Maclean
February 16, 1901	George Nathaniel
February 16, 1901	Thomas Raleigh
February 15, 1902	George Nathaniel
February 15, 1902	Thomas Raleigh
February 21, 1903	Thomas Raleigh
February 13, 1904	George Nathaniel
February 13, 1904	Thomas Raleigh
February 11, 1905	George Nathaniel
February 11, 1905	Alexander Pedler
January 5, 1906	Alexander Pedler (Spl. Convocation)
March 3, 1906	Alexander Pedler
March 2, 1907	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 14, 1908	Gilbert John Elliot-Murray- Kynyn-Mound
March 14, 1908	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 13, 1909	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 12, 1910	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 12, 1910	Gilbert John Elliot-Murray- Kynyn-Mound
February 4, 1911	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 11, 1911	Asutosh Mookerjee
January 6, 1912	Imperial Majesties ,Emperor and Queen.
March 16, 1912	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 16, 1912	Charles Baron Hardinge
January 25, 1913	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 15, 1913	Asutosh Mookerjee
December 26, 1913	Charles Baron Hardinge
December 26, 1913	Asutosh Mookerjee
December 26, 1913	Charles Baron Hardinge
March 27, 1914	Asutosh Mookerjee
March, 28, 1914	Asutosh Mookerjee
March, 28, 1914	Thomas David Gibson
March, 6, 1915	Charles Baron Hardinge
March, 6, 1915	Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
March, 11, 1916	Thomas David Gibson
March, 11, 1916	Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
January, 6, 1917	Frederick John Napier Thesiger
January, 6, 1917	Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
March, 1, 1918	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
March, 1, 1918	Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
March, 2, 1918	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
March, 2, 1918	Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
December, 14, 1918	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
December, 14, 1918	Lancelot Sanderson
December, 16, 1918	Frederick John Napier Thesiger
December, 16, 1918	Lancelot Sanderson
1919	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
1919	Nilratan Sircar
January 2, 1920	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
January 2, 1920	Nilratan Sircar
January 5, 1920	Frederick John Napier Thesiger
January 5, 1920	Nilratan Sircar
March 24, 1921	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
March 24, 1921	Nilratan Sircar
December 17, 1921	Asutosh Mookerjee
December 27, 1921	Asutosh Mookerjee
December 27, 1921	H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
March 18, 1922	Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
March 18, 1922	Asutosh Mookerjee
March 24, 1923	Victor Alexander Robert
March 24, 1923	Asutosh Mookerjee
July 5,1924	Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton
February 21, 1925	William Ewart Greaves
February 21, 1925	Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer - Lytton
February 20, 1926	William Ewart Greaves
February 20, 1926	Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer - Lytton
July 29, 1926	Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
February 19, 1927	Jadunath Sarkar
February 19, 1927	Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer - Lytton
August 27, 1927	Jadunath Sarkar (Spl. Convocation)
February 11, 1928	Jadunath Sarkar
February 11, 1928	Francis Stanley Jackson
August 18, 1928	W.S. Urquhart
February 16, 1929	W.S. Urquhart
February 16, 1929	Francis Stanley Jackson
August 24, 1929	W.S. Urquhart
February 8, 1930	W.S. Urquhart
February 8, 1930	Francis Stanley Jackson
August 5, 1930	Hugh Lansdoun Stephenson  (Spl. Convocation)
February 28, 1931	Hassan Suhrawardy
February 28, 1931	Francis Stanley Jackson
September 2, 1931	K. Nazimuddin
January 11, 1932	Hassan Suhrawardy
February  6, 1932	Hassan Suhrawardy
February  6, 1932	Francis Stanley Jackson
August 6, 1932	Hassan Suhrawardy
March 25, 1933	Hassan Suhrawardy
March 25, 1933	John Anderson
February 10, 1934	Hassan Suhrawardy
August 6, 1934	John Anderson
March, 2, 1935	Syamaprasad Mookerjee
March, 2, 1935	John Anderson
February 22, 1936	John Anderson
February 22, 1936	Syamaprasad Mookerjee
February 17, 1937	Syamaprasad Mookerjee
February 17, 1937	John Anderson
February 17, 1937	Rabindranath Tagore
March 5, 1938	Syamaprasad Mookerjee
March 5, 1938	Charles Freer Andrews
March 5, 1938	Michael Henbent Rudolph Knatchbull
1939	Azizul Huque
March 2, 1940	Azizul Huque
March 2, 1940	Mirza M. Ismail,
March  8, 1941	Azizul Huque
March  8, 1941	Tej Bahadur Sapru
February 28, 1942	Azizul Huque
February 28, 1942	John Arthur Herbert
March 13, 1943	Bidhan Chandra Roy
March 4, 1944	Bidhan Chandra Roy
June 14, 1944	Radhabinod Pal
1945	Radhabinod Pal
1945	R.G. Casey
1946	Radhabinod Pal
1946	Jawaharlal Nehru
1946	Fredrick Burrows
October 3, 1947	P.N. Banerjee
March 20, 1948	K.M. Munshi
March 20, 1948	Chakravarti Rajagopalacharya
March, 19, 1949	P.N. Banerjee
1950	No Convocation was held
January  12, 1951	S.N. Banerjee
December, 22, 1951	Mangaldas Pakvasa
1952	Mangaldas Pakvasa
December 24, 1953	Rajendra Prasad
1954	K.N. Katju
January 24, 1955	H.C. Mookerjee
January 22, 1956	A.L. Mudaliar
September 1, 1956	John Matthai
January 19, 1957	C.D. Deshmukh
January 20, 1957	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
January 18, 1958	S.R. Das
January 19, 1959	Nirmalkumar Sidhanta
January 21, 1960	Humayun Kabir
January 22, 1960	Elmer Ellis
January 28, 1961	Nirmalkumar Sidhanta
January 29, 1961	G.L. Mehta
March 24, 1962	Satyendranath Bose
March 24, 1962	Surajitchandra Lahiri
January 19, 1963	Bidhubhusan Malik
1964	Ramswamy Aiyar
January 20, 1965	Jehagir Ghandy
February 14, 1966	Radhabinod Pal
February 15, 1966	Swami Ranga Nathananda
August  12, 1967	V.V. Giri
August  24, 1968	Sunitikumar Chatterjee
March  31, 1969	D.S. Kothari
August 31, 1970	R.C. Majumdar
November 19, 1971	Nilratan Dhar
1972	No Convocation was held
June 16, 1973	Satyendranath Sen
February 9, 1974	V.K. Gokak
March 8, 1975	Triguna Sen
March 13, 1976	P.B. Chakraborti
April 16, 1977	A.K. Sarkar
July 15, 1978	M.G.K. Menon
September 8, 1979	Susil Kumar Mukherjee
March 27, 1980	Satish Chandra
January 21, 1981	Abdus Salam
May 25, 1982	M. Hidayetullah
January 24, 1983	Mulk Raj Anand
March 28, 1984	John Carew Eccles
July 14, 1984	Rezaul Karim (Spl. Convocation)
March 22, 1985	Bhabatosh Dutta
April 25, 1986	C.N.R. Rao
September 2, 1986	Jyoti Basu
1987	No Convocation was held
April 1, 1988	G.I. Marchuk (Spl. Convocation)
April 15, 1988	A.S. Paintal
January 24, 1989	B. D. Nagchaudhuri
April 13, 1989	Jyoti Basu (Spl. Convocation)
January 17, 1990	Yashpal
January 16, 1991	Jyoti Basu (Spl. Convocation)
March 7, 1991	K. Satchidananda Murty
1992	No Convocation was held
February 17, 1993	Annadasankar Ray
February 25, 1994	Aseshprasad Mitra
April 17, 1995	Hirendranath Mukhopadhyay
July 27, 1996	K. R. Narayanan
August 16, 1997	J. S. Verma
May 27, 1998	Phulrenu Guha
1999	No Convocation was held
March 16, 2000	S.B. Rao
January 15, 2001	J. V. Narlikar
April 5, 2002	K. Kasturirangan
January 28, 2003	C. Radhakrishna Rao
March 9, 2004	C.N.R. Rao
April 28, 2005	M. M. Sharma
March 27, 2006	Andre Beteille
May 3, 2007	Nirendranath Chakrabarti
September 23, 2008	Goverdhan Mehta
September 11, 2009	Tapan Raychaudhuri
October 5, 2010	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

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