Rangpur
One of the oldest and most beautiful colleges in northern Bengal, founded in 1916, with a long domed main building set in a wide green campus.
Carmichael College was founded in 1916 and named after Lord Carmichael, then Governor of Bengal. Local zamindars and residents gave land and money so that the north could have a college of its own.
Its main building, a long arcaded front crowned with small domes, mixes Mughal and colonial styles and is one of the landmarks of Rangpur. The college has taught generations of students from across the region and remains a working campus today.
Take a rickshaw or auto-rickshaw east to the college.
See the domed façade and its arcades from the open ground in front.
Stroll under the trees and past the ponds, then have tea at a stall outside.
October to March, on a weekday afternoon or a holiday when classes are quieter
On the eastern side of Rangpur city: 10–20 minutes by rickshaw or battery auto-rickshaw from the centre.
