a ul ay , ▁" a ▁class ▁of ▁persons ▁Indian ▁in ▁blood ▁and ▁colour , ▁but ▁English ▁in ▁t ast es , ▁in ▁opinions , ▁in ▁mor als ▁and ▁in ▁intellect ." ▁This ▁initi ative ▁was ▁further ed ▁by ▁the ▁passing ▁of ▁the ▁Univers ities ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁re organ ization ▁of ▁the ▁Cal cut ta ▁University ' s ▁Senate ▁and ▁Sy nd icate ▁by ▁the ▁nom ination ▁of ▁more ▁white ▁members ▁into ▁them , ▁which ▁in ▁turn ▁would ▁enable ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁control ▁its ▁policies . ▁ ▁The ▁national ists ▁in ▁the ▁freedom ▁struggle ▁of ▁India ▁dub bed ▁the ▁Cal cut ta ▁University , ▁another ▁pill ar ▁of ▁India ' s ▁education ▁movement , ▁as ▁" G old igh ir ▁Gh ul am kh ana ", ▁or ▁the ▁slave ▁house ▁of ▁Gold igh i , ▁with ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁lake ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Cal cut ta ▁University , ▁and ▁the ▁many ▁gradu ates ▁it ▁ch urn ed ▁out ▁who ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ▁era ▁as ▁I CS ▁officers . ▁Hence , ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁setting ▁up ▁an ▁institution ▁which ▁would ▁im part ▁education ▁along ▁national ist ▁lines ▁was ▁strongly ▁felt ▁by ▁the ▁l umin aries ▁of ▁the ▁period . ▁The ▁real ▁imp et us , ▁though , ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁partition ing ▁of ▁Beng al ▁by ▁Lord ▁Cur zon , ▁the ▁then ▁Governor - General ▁of ▁India , ▁into ▁East ▁Beng al ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁hand ▁( the ▁area ▁that ▁was