Murshidabad University

Murshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath University
Former name
Murshidabad University
Krishnath College
Mottoসা বিদ্যা যা বিমুক্তয়ে (Bengali)
Motto in English
Learning Leads To Emancipation
TypePublic
Established
  • 1853 (1853) (as Krishnanath College)
  • 2021 (2021) (as Murshidabad University)
Academic affiliation
ChancellorGovernor of West Bengal
Vice-ChancellorJane Alam
Location,
India

23°45′12″N 87°05′04″E / 23.7532°N 87.0844°E / 23.7532; 87.0844
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Murshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath University is a public state university in Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal. The university was established in 2021 by the West Bengal government under The Murshidabad University Act, 2018. The city of Murshidabad is named after a great thinker, and the first Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan.