Dhaka College
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Dhaka College (Bangla: ঢাকা কলেজ Ðhaka Kôlej), located in Dhaka, is one of Bangladesh's most important and earliest higher educational institutions. It offers HSC, three years bachelor's and four years honour's course in various majors. The college is affiliated with the National University. Several thousand students study here, it has a number of student halls and many students participate in politics.
[edit] History
Dhaka College was established by Dr. James Taylor (Civil Surgeon at Dhaka) in 1835 as an English School. Dr. James organized a local Committee of Public Instruction with the help of district magistrate Mr. Grant. The school building was built partly out of public donations on the grounds of an English factory. The school rose to college status in 1941 and buildings were completed in 1946, with the aid of the Bishop of Calcutta. In the first graduating class there were both Muslim and Hindu students, as well as a number of foreign students, mainly from Armenia and Portugal. The college was relocated in 1873 to a large building to the east of Victoria Park in order to accommodate the physics and chemistry laboratories. Later it shifted in 1908 to Curzon Hall while the science departments were housed in the present chemistry building of the University of Dhaka. In 1921 the college shifted again to the present High Court Building. During the Second World War it moved to Siddique Bazar. At present, it has its own campus near Dhaka New Market.
[edit] Alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives
- Anisuzzaman Khan (former Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate in Calcutta)
- Naziruddin Ahmed (First Registrar of University of Dhaka)
- Humayun Ahmed (Famous Novelist)
- Shamsur Rahman (Leading Poet)
- Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, journalist, author
[edit] Faculty
Notable faculty include:
- Dr.P.K.Roy (first Indian principal of Presidency College, Kolkata)
- Abdullah Abu Sayeed, educator, social worker, winner of 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
- Shaukat Osman, Bangladeshi novelist and short story write and the winner of various awards for his outstanding achievements.
- Akhtaruzzaman Elias , a notable Bangladeshi author. Though he wrote only two novels, it has been enough for him to be considered by many critics among the pantheon of great Bengali novelists.
