Ramsharan College of Music
Ramsharan College of Music is one of the oldest music college in Bishnupur, Bankura, West Bengal. This college was established as the Bishnupur Sangeet Vidhyalaya in 1886. It is also considered as oldest music college in India. Initially it was a music school but in 1945, this school was converted as a college by sangeet guru Ramsharan Mukhopadhyay. Presently this college offers two courses - one is certificate course of four years duration and another is diploma course of two years duration.
History
Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay was disciple of Ram Shankar Bhattacharya, later became the first teacher of the residential music school of Bishnupur, Bishnupur Sangeet Vidhyalaya, later renamed Ram Saran Music College.| Principals | Year | Ref |
| Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay | 1943 | |
| Surendranath Bandopadhyay | - | |
| Dr. Debabrata Singha Thakur | - |
In popular culture
Film
- Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata, brings you the Fourth Documentary from ?????? ??????? ??????????? ???? ????????. The video is a presentation on the dhrupad gharana of Bishnupur kingdom.