1851 photograph of Hooghly College at Chinsurah on the banks of the Hooghly river north of Calcutta. The College was renamed Hooghly Mohsin College in the late 1930s (when it moved to its present location) in commemoration of a philanthropic Muslim, Haji Mahomed Mohsin (d. 1812), who had deeded his considerable estate in trust "for the sake of God". In 1836, the Bengal government, using the money from the Mushin fund, established Hooghly College at the palatial home built by the late General Perron (born Pierre Cuellier) a Frenchman who had amassed a fortune after he became the commander-in-chief of the Scindia army. Hand-colored salt print by Frederick Fiebig, 1851.