Annada Government High School ( bn, অন্নদা সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a government

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for boys, in

Brahmanbaria Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, Brāhmaṇabāṛiẏā) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla ...

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. The school was named after Raja Roy Bahadur Annada Prashad Roy who was a landlord of

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. The school operates under the

Cumilla Education Board The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Cumilla is an autonomous organization that is responsible for holding public examinations (Junior School Certificate (J.S.C.), Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.), and Higher Secondary (School ...

. The school lies in the heart of Brahmanbaria town, the administrative headquarters of the district of the same name. It is the oldest and one of the largest schools in

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

. As of 2006, enrollment was 2,250.

History

The school started out, in 1860, as an aided Anglo-vernacular school. It was upgraded to a high school in 1875 with the help of Annada Choron Roy Bahadur of Cassimbazar and

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of Sarail Estate. The founding headmaster was Babu Jogesh Chandra Sarker. The school was nationalised on 1 May 1968. Babu Binode Bihari was a student of Annada govt high school. He stood first in the matriculation Examination held under the Kolkata University. Later Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud stood first in the mid-sixties and Md. Jehad Uddin stood first under Cumilla Board in 1991 from this School in the matriculation/SSC examination. In February 2009, Mrs. Farida Nazmeen joined as a headmaster.

Former Headmasters List

Notable alumni

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, former state minister for health * Al Mahmud, a notable poet * Wahiduddin Mahmud, an economist and a past member of the Caretaker government *

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, author of ''A River Called Titash'', matriculated in 1933 *

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, poet, essayist, and journalist, matriculated in 1923 *

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References

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