Dhaka College

Dhaka College, Dhaka
Motto	Know Thyself নিজেকে জানো
Established	1841
Type	University college
Principal	Professor Dr. Ayesha Begum
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus	Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi
Nickname	DC

Dhaka College (Bengali: ঢাকা কলেজ Ðhaka Kôlej), located in Dhaka, is one of Bangladesh's earliest and most prestigious higher educational institutions. It offers both four years bachelor's and one years masters course in various majors, but it is best known for HSC. Several many students have regularly topped in HSC examinations from the college and thus it is regarded as the best ever college in higher secondary level in Bangladesh. 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.

History

Students' Dormitory of Dhaka College, 1908

বাংলা: ১৯৫৩ সালের ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারি: পুরাতন ঢাকা কলেজ প্রঙ্গণে ইডেন কলেজের ছাত্রীদের শহীদ মিনার নির্মাণে ইডেন কলেজের অধ্যক্ষ মিসেস ফজিলাতুন্নেসা জোহার বাধা প্রদান। English: 21 February 1953: Protest by Eden College Principal Mrs. Fozilatunnesa Zoha against making martyrs' monument by Eden College girls at old Dhaka College campus

Dhaka College was established by Dr. James Taylor (Civil Surgeon at Dhaka) in 1835 as an English School (at present Dhaka Collegiate 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 1841 and buildings were completed in 1846, 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.

Notable alumni

• Humayun Ahmed, writer
• Mir Masoom Ali, professor, statistician, and educator
• Naziruddin Ahmed, first Registrar of the University of Dhaka
• Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist
• Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, writer, columnist, philosopher, and lyricist of the bangla song "Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano Ekushey February")
• Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta, ICS, Member, Secretary of State's Council, UK (1907)
• Rezaul Haque, cricketer
• Anwarul Iqbal,BPM (Bar), PPM was an adviser (2007–2009) to the interim Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, scientist, writer
• Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, journalist, author
• Meghnad Saha, FRS, physicist, best known for his development of the Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars.
• Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Fellow and Examiner of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Melbourne, Australia
• Brig Gen Md. Rakibur Rahman, Bir Protik (Retd), Bangladesh Army, (now at New York, USA)

Faculty

Notable faculty include:

• Akhtaruzzaman Elias, 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.
• Shaukat Osman, Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer and the winner of awards for his achievements.
• Dr.P.K.Roy, first Indian Principal of Presidency College, Kolkata
• Abdullah Abu Sayeed, educator, social worker, winner of 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Award
• Prof. Abu Rushd Matinuddin, Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer and the winner of awards for his achievements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Rushd).
• Dr. Ashraf Siddique, Bangladeshi Folklorist and the winner of awards for his achievements.
• Prof. M.U. Ahmed, as a leading educationist and eminent scholar of Psychology he held high positions in various institutions in the country, a noted psychotherapist and the founder of Clinical Psychology Movement in the subcontinent. Prof Ahmed has developed an oriental method of drugless treatment named as 'Medistic Psychotherapy' for mental patients. He has authored many important treatises and books and travelled worldwide to participate in International gatherings of psychologists. He is also the author of several 'Case History' books.

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See also

[Web of Dhaka College|http://www.dhakacollege.edu.bd] [Blog of Dhaka College|http://dhakacollege6419.blogspot.com/]

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