Muslim Government High School
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Muslim Government High School is located in Sadarghat at Dhaka.
[edit] History
Dhaka Madrasah was established in 1874, in a location east of Thomas Anglican Church and north of Bahadur Shah Park (Victoria park) with the help of Mohsin fund. As part of modernization scheme of the Madrasah, an Anglo Persian Department was opened in the Madrasah in 1906. Later the Anglo Persian Department was renamed in 1916 as the 'Government Muslim High School' and began operating in a 'Dak Bungalow' in the compound of Dhaka Collegiate School. In 1945, the school was shifted to its present location south east of Bahadur Shah Park.
The medium of education from class VI and above was English. Islamic dress code was made compulsory both for teachers and students, and it was later relaxed. The school maintained a good library and archive from which many things about its past could be known. Kazi Jahirul Haque of Kazibari, Ashek lane, became Headmaster of the school in 1916, and Eminent writer Kazi Emdadul Haque was a teacher.
The old red coloured building has been demolished and a new building constructed. The school’s academic performance came to prominence in the 30’s and 40’s.
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim (former Director of education)
- Professor Abdur Razzak (national professor)
- Justice B.A. Siddiky
- Major General Khawaja Wasiuddin
- Hafizuddin Ahmed (former IG)
- Educationist Abdullah al- Muti Sharfuddin
