Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, also referred to as Calcutta Medical College is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata. The institute was established on 28 January, 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. In May 1835, Motilal Seal donated a piece of land in which the buildings of the college were built. The oldest building of the Medical College is Medical College and Hospital Building(also known as the MCH Building).Later on different hospital buildings were also established in the college campus namely Eden Hospital (1881–82), Ezra Hospital (1887), Shayma Charan Laha Eye Hospital (1891), Prince of Wales Surgical Block in 1911, Sir John Anderson casualty block, David Hare block etc. Eminent persons of Calcutta during that period were provided scholarships, prizes and academically bright students were sent to England for further studies. It has the credit of being the first Medical College in Asia. It is the second oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia after Ecole de Medicine de Pondicherry and the first institute to teach in English language. The hospital associated with the college is the largest hospital in West Bengal. The College is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata and recognized by the National Medical Commission (NMC).