Baliati Iswar Chandra High School ( bn, বালিয়াটি ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a secondary school in

Saturia Upazila Saturia ( bn, সাটুরিয়া) is an upazila of Manikganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The administrative center is located in Saturia. Geography Saturia is located at . It has 27174 households and total area 140.12& ...

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, established in 1919. It is situated on six acres of land with two academic buildings, nine ponds, one helipad, and one play ground.

History

The founder of the school is Babu Ray Bahadur Harendra Kumar Ray Chowdhury, who was the

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of the area. He founded the school in the name of his father....Iswar Chandra and to fulfill his son Upel Chandra's wish. Upel Chandra was a barrister who studied in

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. After completing his degree, he wanted to establish a school in Saturia Upazila to provide education for the area. He asked his father to construct the school but his father did not agree with the proposal. Due to the rejection by his father of the proposal, Upel Chandra committed suicide. Only then did Babu Ray Bahadur Harendra Kumar Ray Chowdhuri established the school and dedicate it to his son. The school started its journey as an

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school. The first head master was an

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. It was recognized by the

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in 1921.

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