Bangladesh Cadet Colleges
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Cadet Colleges are a special kinds of institutions aimed at building eligible citizens to lead the country and also to build courageous Army Officers.
There are 12 Cadet Colleges in Bangladesh. Among these, there are nine for boys and three for girls. Four Cadet Colleges have been established in Pakistan period.
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[edit] History
The first cadet college in East Pakistan was established in 1958 over an area of 185 acres of land at Faujdarhat in the district of chittagong. The college was put under the management and supervision of the army general commanding officer of the 14th division, although the education ministry provided the funds and was in charge of accreditation. Sir William Maurice Brown (a Lieutenant Colonel of the New Zealand army) was the first Principal of the college and served it in that capacity for 7 years. The idea behind the establishment of cadet colleges was to train the country's youth and instill in them high moral, sound mental capacity, breadth of vision, physical stamina, power of leadership and the capacity to run the rapidly expanding government administrative machinery. The cadet colleges were completely different from all existing types of secondary and higher secondary educational establishments, but soon became famous for their performance in terms of the excellent results of their students in public examinations. Such excellence was attributed mainly to rigorous scrutiny in intakes and the good quality of instruction
[edit] Roll of Honour of the Chairmans
Adjutant General of Bangladesh Army always acts as the Chairman of the Governing Bodies of the Cadet Colleges. Historically this system of command has been maintained. The following chart is a proof.
| No. | RANK | NAME | TENURE |
| 01 | Major General | Aga Mohammad Yahya Khan, SPK | 29.11.1963-5.8.1964 |
| 02 | Major General | Fazal Mukim Khan, SPK, SQA | 6.8.1964-23.10.1966 |
| 03 | Major General | Muzaffar Uddin, SPK | 24.10.1966-15.10.1969 |
| 04 | Major General | Khadem Hussain Raja, SQA-04 | 16.10.1969-25.3.1971 |
| 05 | ~ | M. Sadat Hossain | 2.8.1972-18.9.1973 |
| 06 | Major General | Ziaur Rahman, BU, PSC | 19.9.1973-13.11.1975 |
| 07 | Major General | H.M. Ershad, NDC, PSC | 14.11.1975-27.2.1979 |
| 08 | Brigadier | Moinul Hossain Chowdhury, BB | 28.2.1979-23.9.1981 |
| 09 | Lieutenant General | H.M. Ershad, NDC, PSC | 24.9.1981-29.3.1982 |
| 10 | Major General | Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury, TQA | 30.3.1982-11.8.1983 |
| 11 | Major General | Safi Ahmed Chowdhury, PSC | 1.9.1983-1.4.1984 |
| 12 | Major General | Abdus Samad, PSC | 2.4.1984-23.4.1984 |
| 13 | Brigadier/Major General | Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, BB, PSC | 24.4.1984-12.2.1986 |
| 14 | Major General | M.Anwar Hossain | 1.11.1986-26.1.1987 |
| 15 | Major General | Mohammad Abdul Matin, BP, PSC | 27.1.1987-7.3.1987 |
| 16 | Major General | Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, BB, PSC | 8.3.1987-10.5.1989 |
| 17 | Major General | Mohammad Abdul Matin, BP, PSC | 11.5.1989-5.3.1991 |
| 18 | Major General | Mohammad Azizur Rahman, BU, NDC, PSC | 6.3.1991-9.6.1992 |
| 19 | Brigadier/Major General | Amin Ahmed Chowdhury, BB, PSC | 10.6.1992-13.2.1995 |
| 20 | Brigadier/Major General | A.M. Siraji< PSC | 14.2.1995-31.1.1997 |
| 21 | Major General | Mohammad Matiur Rahman, BP | 1.2.1997-28.11.1998 |
| 22 | Major General | Mohammad Masudur Rahman, BP, NWC, PSC | 10.1.1999-6.3.2000 |
| 23 | Major General | Ahsan Nazmul Amin, NDC, PSC | 7.3.2000-26.12.2000 |
| 24 | Major General | Tarique Ahmed Siddique, RCDS, PSC | 5.2.2001-16.11.2001 |
| 25 | Major General | Jalaluddin Ahmed, NDU, PSC | 17.11.2001-~ |
| 26 | Major General | Sina Ibn Jamali, AWC, PSC | ~ |
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[edit] Traditions
[edit] Ex-Cadets Organizations
Cadets passed out from a Cadet College feel deeply for his or her alma mater. From this aspiration, ex-cadets of almost every cadet college have been able to form alumni associations called ex-cadets associations. Some of these are :
- OFA (Old Faujians Association)
- ORCA (Old Rajshahi Cadets Association)
- JEXCA (Jhenaidah Ex Cadets Association)
- MECA (Mirzapur Ex Cadets Association)
- ROCA (Rangpur Old Cadets Association)
- ACOC (Association of Comilla Old Cadets)
- Association of Mymensingh Ex Cadets
- BEXCA (Barisal Ex Cadets Association)
- APEC (Association of Pabna Ex Cadets)
- OCAS (Old Cadets Association of Sylhet)
