Sivanath Sastri College, Kolkata, owes its origin to the City Group of Colleges. It is one of the oldest first-grade colleges in Bengal. The City College was founded in the year 1879 by a band of patriotic and dedicated workers headed by Late Ananda Mohan Bose, It has a long record of brilliant results and this claim is evident from its alumni crowded by many noble and illustrious daughters of Bengal.