Aparnacharan City Corporation Girls' High School ( bn, অপর্ণাচরণ সিটি কর্পোরেশন বালিকা উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a secondary school for girls, located in the Nandankanon neighborhood of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

, Bangladesh. It was established in 1927.

History

The school is named after prominent philanthropist Ray Bahadur Aparnacharan Dey. But behind the establishment of the school, Rajanikanth Biswas and his two friends Kiranchandra Das and anti-British revolutionist Ananta Singh's father Golap Chandra Singh had contributed most. In fact they came forward to build the school at the first place. Granting the request of Rajanikanth Biswas and his two friends, Ray Bahadur Aparnacharan Dey donated that time more than ten thousand rupees to purchase the land for the school. At the beginning of its schooling program, the school started as a middle primary school but the school moved up to 4th, 5th and 10th grades gradually later. The first female anti-British revolutionist martyr of Chittagong district,

Pritilata Waddedar Pritilata Waddedar (5 May 1911 – 24 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who was influential in the Indian independence movement. After completing her education in Chittagong and Dhaka, she att ...

, was appointed as headmistress in the school for some years.

Notable alumni

Chitralekha Guho Chitralekha Guho is a Bangladeshi television, stage and film actress. She was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film '71 Er Maa Jononi (2014). Career Guho debuted her acting career in 1986 by ...

, film actress.

References

High schools in Bangladesh Girls' schools in Bangladesh Schools in Chittagong {{Bangladesh-school-stub

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Notable alumni

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