Govt. Brojomohun College, Barisal (also BM College) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in

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. It is located in the city of

Barisal Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...

in south-western Bangladesh.

History

On June 14, 1889,

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founded Brojo Mohan College, which was named after his father,

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. The first principal of the college was Babu Gyan Chandra Chowdhury. While

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taught English and logic, Kali Prasanna Ghosh taught history and

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taught

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and

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. In 1898, BM College was transformed into a "First Grade College" from a "Second Grade College". In 1912, the college went to government management from

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. In the beginning the college used the BM School campus and was relocated its own present complex sometime later. BM College, affiliated to Calcutta University, started honours course in English and philosophy in 1922, in Sanskrit and mathematics in 1925, in chemistry in 1928, and finally in economics in 1929. The time from 1922 to 1948 is called the "Golden Period" of the college. The governor of Bengal at that time, Sir Udbarn, once commented on BM College, "The college promises some day to challenge the supremacy of the metropolitan (

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) College." After the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the college lacked teachers and the student body fell to one third of its post-war size. This made it difficult to teach the same numbers of courses and as a result the two year Honors curriculum conducted by Calcutta University was replaced with the three Honors curriculum of Dhaka University. As a consequence, Honors courses except Mathematics were abolished in 1950. In 1952, Honors in mathematics had also been discontinued. In 1964, Honors in economics restarted. Several other Honors and Masters Courses started between 1972 and 2005. The time since 1965 has been called the "Age of Enrichment" of the college. There are 20 degree (pass) courses, 22 Honors courses and 21 Masters courses at BM College. On 10th January 2014, Honors Course in Statistics was launched under the leadership of Prof. Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee in collaboration with Prof. Nasim Haider. Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics. Its journey started with only 11 students. HSC course was abolished in 1999.

Academic departments

The university has 22 departments under 4 faculties. The faculties are:

Faculty of Arts

* Department of Bangla * Department of English * Department of History * Department of Philosophy * Department of Islamic Studies * Department of Islamic History and Culture * Department of Sanskrit

Faculty of Business Studies

* Department of Finance & Banking * Department of Accounting * Department of Marketing * Department of Management

Faculty of Science

* Department of Botany * Department of Chemistry * Department of Mathematics * Department of Physics * Department of Soil Science * Department of Statistics * Department of Zoology

Faculty of Social Sciences

* Department of Economics * Department of Sociology * Department of Political Science * Department of Social Work

Notable alumni

* * Jibanananda Das, poet, writer, novelist and essayist * Abdul Wahab Khan, third Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan * Jogendra Nath Mandal, Law minister in

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and Pakistan's first law and labour minister * Bir Sreshtho

Mohiuddin Jahangir Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir ( bn, মহিউদ্দীন জাহাঙ্গীর) was a Pakistan Army office who joined the Mukti Bahini during the 1971 Liberation War. He was born on 7 March 1949 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babu ...

, awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army * Shaheed (Martyr)

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Moazzem Hossain Moazzem Hossain was a Pakistan Navy Lieutenant Commander and an accused of the Agartala Conspiracy Case. He was killed by the Pakistan Army during Bangladesh Liberation war. Early life He was born on 17 September 1932 in Dumuritala, Pirojpur, E ...

, accused of Agartala Conspiracy Case and awarded Independence Day Award, the highest state award given by the government of

Altaf Mahmud Altaf Mahmud ( bn, আলতাফ মাহমুদ; 23 December 1933 – September 1971) was a musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was also a language activist of the Language Movement ...

, musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter * Promode Dasgupta, West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M) *

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, South Asian author *

Ahsan Habib Ahsan Habib (2 January 1917 – 10 July 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture. He was born in the village of Shankarpasha, in Pirojpur. Before the India-Pakistan partition, he worked on several literary magazines: ' ...

, poet and writer *

Mizanur Rahman Khan Mizanur Rahman Khan (October 1967 – 11 January 2021) was a Bangladeshi journalist. Life He was born in October 1967, in Nalchiti, Jhalokathi, and died of COVID-19-related complications in Dhaka in January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in ...

, journalist *

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (born 29 March 1935) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament. He served as the Chairman of the Board o ...

, businessman, educationist and politician * Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, Politician, Founder of Mujib Bahini and

Jubo League The Bangladesh Awami Jubo League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ) commonly known as the Jubo League, is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani. It is the youth wing o ...

Siraj Sikder Siraj Sikder (27 October 1944 – 2 January 1975) was a Bangladeshi revolutionary politician. Early life Sikder was born on 27 October 1944 in Bhedarganj, Shariatpur District, East Bengal. His father was Abdur Razzaq Sikder, and belonged to a ...

Politician, Communist revolutionary * Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics.

Notable faculty members

* Jibanananda Das, taught English * Kabir Chowdhury, former principal

References

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