The University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) (lang-bn??????? ??????????????) is a public university located in the city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta), India, founded on 24 January 1857.It is the only university in India which produced four Nobel laureates and has ranked consistently amongst the first five hundred universities in the world. It was the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. It has been declared as a "Five Star University" and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (University Grants Commission (India)). The Times Education Supplement of London ranked the University of Calcutta as the 39th best university in the world, in the Arts & Humanities category in 2005 - it was the only university from India to find a place within top fifty in World Rankings, for that year. It is a state-government administered urban-based affiliating and research university. It has its central campus in College Street (College Street (Kolkata)) (called Ashutosh Shiksha Prangan). Its other campuses are in Rajabazar (called Rashbehari Shiksha Prangan), Ballygunge (called Taraknath Palit Shiksha Prangan), Alipore (called Sahid Khudiram Siksha Prangan), Hazra (Neighbourhoods in Kolkata) and South Sinthi (Neighbourhoods in Kolkata).