Dhaka College ( bn, ঢাকা কলেজ also known as DC) is the oldest secular educational institution of

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located in

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. It offers higher secondary education ( HSC). It has

Honours Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ...

and Masters programs as well which are affiliated to the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

History

Dhaka College is one of Bangladesh's most important as well as earliest higher-secondary educational institutions. It was established by James Taylor Wise (civil surgeon at Dhaka) in 1835 as an English Seminary School (present

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). Mr. Wise 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. On 18 July 1841, the school got its approval from the college. On 20 November 1841, the foundation stone of the college was placed 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. In 1908, it shifted to Curzon Hall while the science departments were housed in the present chemistry building of the University of Dhaka and two new halls were built there as well. In 1921, the college shifted again to the old High Court Building as the University of Dhaka was established there. During the Second World War, it moved to Siddique Bazar in Purana Dhaka. Finally, the college found its own permanent campus on Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi near Dhaka New Market in 1955. ;Affiliations *

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(18 July 1857 – 1 July 1921) *

(1 July 1921 – 20 October 1992) *

National University, Bangladesh The National University of Bangladesh ( bn, জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ ) is a public university of Bangladesh that was established by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating Universit ...

(21 October 1992 – 15 February 2017) *

(16 February 2017 – present) ;Partial list of the principals * IK Selim Ullah Khandakar (2021–present)

Campus

Library

The library of Dhaka College was established in 1841 at the time of establishment of the college. It has a collection around 50,000 books.

Sports facilities

There are three sports filed in this institution. One of the biggest fields is known as the main field of the college, the other one is located around the halls and the other is situated ahead of the main building which is named Dhaka College Badminton Court.

Residential student halls

There are eight residential halls: * South Hostel * North Hostel * International Hall * West Hall (for Non-Muslim only) * Akhtaruzzaman Elias Hall * Shaheed Farhad Hossain Hall (Also known as Masters Hall) * Southern Hall * Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Hall (For HSC Student)

Transport

Dhaka college has eight buses to transport students from different areas of Dhaka city. They are: * Bus no. 1 Shankhanil (শঙ্খনীল) - starts from Mirpur 10. * Bus no. 2 Puspak (পুস্পক) - Starts from Signboard. * Bus no. 3 Shankhachil (শঙ্খচিল) - starts from Shahjatpur, Notun bazar, Gulshan. * Bus no. 4 Poddonil (পদ্মনীল) - starts from Malibagh Bazar. * Bus no. 5 Nilgiri (নীলগিরি) - starts from Bosila Bridge. * Bus no. 6 Bijoy 71 (বিজয় ৭১) starts from Uttara. * Bus no. 7 -starts from Chittagong Road. * Bus no. 8 - starts from College Campus.

Organizations

Dhaka College has various types of social organizations to implement its student skill. *

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Youth * Rover

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BNCC The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) is a tri-services volunteer reserve force comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force for school, college and university students. Students are trained by military staffs and personnel all through the cade ...

* Badhon * Dhaka College Cultural Club * Dhaka College Debating Club * Dhaka College English Club * Dhaka College Science Club * Dhaka College Business Club * Dhaka College Journalist Association

Academics

Dhaka College offers HSC, four years Honours, and one year Masters course in various majors.

HSC level

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...

Business Studies Business studies, often simply called business, is a field of study that deals with the principles of business, management, and economics. It combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies, human resource management, ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

Honours and Masters level

* Department of

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activitie ...

* Department of

Accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

* Department of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

* Department of

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

* Department of

Botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

* Department of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

* Department of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

* Department of

Geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, an ...

and

Environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

* Department of

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

* Department of Islamic History and Culture * Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies * Department of

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

* Department of

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

* Department of

Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

* Department of

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

* Department of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

* Department of

Statistics Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, indust ...

* Department of

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

* Department of

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, an ...

Notable alumni

* M. Zahid Hasan, scientist and endowed chair Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University *

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, the 19th

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* Major General

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, 4th Chief of Army Staff,

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* Colonel

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, first

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. * A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th

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, Adviser (Minister) to

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& Former

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, former Engineer-in-Chief of the

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, 5th vice-chancellor of

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* Sheikh Kamal, freedom fighter, founder of

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, freedom fighter, second son of

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* Monirul Islam (police officer), additional commissioner of

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and the current Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC). *

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, Entrepreneur & Former CSO - Chief Strategy Officer of

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is a Bangladeshi politician, businessman & writer *

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popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury, is a Bangladeshi politician *

Shafi Imam Rumi Shafi Imam Rumi (29 March 1951 – 30 September 1971) was a guerilla fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was the eldest son of Jahanara Imam. In her memoir about the war, ''Ekatorer Dinguli'', Rumi was portrayed as the premier character ...

, freedom fighter and martyr, son of

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, educator, intellectual and one of the

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s of Bangladesh * Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, prominent Bengali essayist, educator and linguist of the Bengali language and Martyred Intellectual * A R Mallick, historian, founding vice-chancellor of

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, and former Minister of Finance *

Fazle Hasan Abed Sir Fazle Hasan Abed ( bn, ফজলে হাসান আবেদ; 27 April 1936 – 20 December 2019) was the founder of BRAC, one of the world's largest non-governmental organizations. Early life Abed was born on 27 April 1936 in the vi ...

, founder and chairman of BRAC, recipient of

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* Muhammad Shahjahan, 6th vice-chancellor of

* Nooruddin Ahmed, 8th vice-chancellor of

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and professor. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noroke'' published in 1972. He wrote over 200 ...

, novelist, filmmaker, songwriter, and chemist *

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, academic and writer, recipient of

Bangla Academy Literary Award The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...

, vice-chancellor of

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, recipient of the

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, politician *

Abdur Razzaq Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

, former minister of water resources *

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, former law minister *

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, former home minister *

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, former civil aviation and tourism minister *

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, industrialist and politician *

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, Bir Bikram and the Energy Adviser to the

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, diplomat and politician, current Bangladesh foreign minister *

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, lawyer and politician, current Telecommunications & Information Technology Minister *

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, architect, musician, member of the band Avash * Shafiq Tuhin, lyricist and music director *

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, actor *

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, actor *

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, actor *

Afran Nisho Ahammed Fazle Rabbi ( bn, আহাম্মেদ ফজলে রাব্বি; Born 8 December 1980), best known as Afran Nisho, is a Bangladeshi actor. He won the critics' choice "Best Actor (TV)" at the 2016 Meril Prothom Alo Awards for ...

, actor *

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, actor * Haider A. Khan: Freedom Fighter, professor, international economist, poet, translator, literary, music, art and film critic *

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, Actor *

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, historian *

Dinesh Chandra Sen Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen ( bn, দীনেশ চন্দ্র সেন) (3 November 1866 – 20 November 1939)Sengupta, Subodh Chandra (ed.) (1988) ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad, p.208 was a ...

, writer and researcher of Bengali folklore * Lutfor Rahman Riton, recipient of

* Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai, writer and philanthropist * Shamsur Rahman, poet *

Mahadev Saha Mahadev Saha (born 5 August 1944) is a Bangladeshi poet. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2001 and Independence Day Award in 2021 by the government of Bangladesh. Early life Born Dhanghara, Sirajganj, 5 August 1944. His father is Gadadhar Saha. H ...

, poet *

Kaiser Haq Kaiser Hamidul Haq (born 7 December 1950) is a Bangladeshi translator, critic and academic. Known for his translations from Bengali into English, Haq is a recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award (2013) in the category of translation. He is a fo ...

, poet and writer * Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet *

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah ( bn, রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহিদুল্লাহ; 16 October 1956 – 21 June 1991) was a Bangladeshi poet noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading ...

, poet *

Abul Hasan Abu Al-Hasan ( ar, أبو الحسن, Abū Al-Ḥasan, Father of Hasan), also transliterated Abu'l Hasan, is an Arabic ''kunya'' ('teknonym'). It may refer to: Notable people Politics and military * Ali ibn Abi Talib (600–661), the fourth ...

, poet and journalist *

Shahidul Zahir Shahidul Zahir ( bn, শহীদুল জহির; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer and government bureaucrat. He is known for his unique practice of magical ...

, poet *

Mir Masoom Ali Mir Masoom Ali (born February 1, 1937) is a Bangladeshi American statistician, Distinguished Professor, educator, researcher and author. He migrated to the United States in 1969 and became a naturalized citizen in 1981. Ali founded the graduate a ...

, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus, statistician and educator *

Ghulam Murshid Ghulam Murshid ( Born 8 April 1940 ) is a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist, based in London. He won a number of awards, including Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research.; Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007 ...

, author, scholar and journalist *

Qazi Motahar Hossain Qazi Motahar Hossain (30 July 1897 – 9 October 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. Hossain was a pioneer educationalist of Bangladesh. He did original research in statistics and pioneered i ...

, author, statistician and one of the

s of Bangladesh *

Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz (1863–1926) was an educationist, writer and social worker from Bengal Presidency. Early life and career Aziz was born into a Bengali Muslim family in Parshuram, Feni which was then in Noakhali District, Bengal Preside ...

, educationist, writer and social worker * Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist * ABM Sohel Rashid, Actor and Writer. *

Zafrullah Chowdhury Zafrullah Chowdhury (born 27 December 1941) is a Bangladeshi public health activist. He is the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (meaning the People's Health Center in Bengali), a rural healthcare organisation. Dr. Chowdhury is known more for his ...

, public health activist, recipient of

and

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

Mohammed Fazle Rabbee Mohammed Fazle Rabbee (occasionally spelled Rabbi, bn, মোহাম্মদ ফজলে রাব্বী; 21 September 1932 – 15 December 1971) was a renowned cardiologist and a published medical researcher. He was the joint professor ...

, cardiologist, medical researcher an
Martyred Intellectual
*

Meghnad Saha Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars. His work allowed astronomers to accurately relate the sp ...

, FRS, astrophysicist and developer of

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* Akbar Ali Khan, economist * Abdul Karim, soil scientist *

Mustafa Jabbar Mustafa Jabbar (, ; born 12 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi businessman, technology entrepreneur and the current Minister of Post and Telecommunication in the Government of Bangladesh. He also served as the president of Bangladesh Association ...

, the entrepreneur behind the Bijoy Bangla computing interface *

M Harunur Rashid M Harunur Rashid (born 28 December 1939) is a distinguished teacher of English literature and language, a notable educational administrator, editor and translator of modern poetry and prose, in Bangladesh, a noted writer of Sufism and Sufi lit ...

, archaeologist, educationist and museum curator * Mohammad Samir Hossain, a theorist in

death anxiety Death anxiety is anxiety caused by thoughts of one's own death, and is also referred to as thanatophobia (fear of death). Death anxiety differs from necrophobia, which is the fear of others who are dead or dying. Psychotherapist Robert Langs ...

* Debapriya Bhattacharya, economist and public policy analyst * Sir

Krishna Govinda Gupta Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta ( bn, স্যার কৃষ্ণগোবিন্দ গুপ্ত; 28 February 1851 – 20 March 1926) was a noted British Indian civil servant, the sixth Indian member of the Indian Civil Service, a barrister ...

, ICS, member, Secretary of State's Council, UK (1907) *

Niaz Murshed Niaz Murshed ( bn, নিয়াজ মোরশেদ; also Morshed; born May 13, 1966) is a Bangladeshi chess player. In 1987 he became the first South Asian to earn the Grandmaster title. Early life Murshed was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ...

, chess Grandmaster *

Nicholas Pogose Joachim Gregory Nicholas Pogose ( hy, Նիկոլաս Պոգոսե; known as Nicky Pogose; died ) was an Armenian merchant and a zamindar. He belonged to the Armenian community of Dhaka. Career Pogose studied in Dhaka Collegiate School and Dhaka ...

, Armenian merchant and

zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

* Anwarul Iqbal, BPM (Bar), PPM, adviser (2007–2009) to the interim

Caretaker Government A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it usually consists of either randomly se ...

of Bangladesh, founder Director General of the

Rapid Action Battalion Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. This elite force consists of members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh, B ...

(RAB) * Waheedul Haq, journalist, writer, musicologist, and one of the founders of

Chhayanaut The Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyatan ( bn, ছায়ানট) is an institution devoted to Bengali culture, founded in Bangladesh in 1961. As in the case of many similar organizations, it was established during Pakistani rule in Bangladesh to prom ...

* Abul Mansur Ahmed, journalist, recipient of

and

Ahmed Humayun Ahmed Humayun (18 May 1936 – 23 July 1999) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and education Humayun passed secondary school examination from Mohini Kishore High ...

, journalist, recipient of the

* Serajur Rahman, journalist, broadcaster, columnist *

Abul Kalam Shamsuddin Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (3 November 18974 March 1978) was a journalist, politician and littérateur. He was born at Trishal of Mymensingh. Early life Shamsuddin passed HSC from Dhaka College in 1919. Then we went to Ripon College (presently S ...

, journalist and author *

Shafik Rehman Shafik Rehman (born 11 November 1934) is a Bangladeshi journalist, political analyst, and writer. He is credited for introducing Valentine's Day in Bangladesh. He has worked to gather support in favour of Bangladesh in England with Justice Abu Sa ...

, journalist * A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, justice of Bangladesh Supreme court * Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, former Attorney General * A. F. Mujibur Rahman, jurist and first Bengali Muslim

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

(ICS) officer *

Maqsudul Alam Maqsudul Alam (14 December 1954 – 20 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome sequencing. His work on genome sequencing started with bacteria '' Idiomarina loihiensis'' in 2003. He came in ...

life-science This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings. This science is one of the two major branches of natural science, ...

scientist. first to decode the genome sequence of jute in Bangladesh and receiver of the

. *

Dinesh Gupta Dinesh Chandra Gupta ( bn, দিনেশ চন্দ্র গুপ্ত ''Dinesh Chôndro Gupto'') or Dinesh Gupta (6 December 1911 – 7 July 1931) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who is noted for launching an ...

, Indian revolutionary who took part in the

Writers' Building The Writers' Buildings, often shortened to just Writers, is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond a ...

attack * Saima Akter, Indian revolutionary who took part in the

attack

Notable faculty

Ayub Ali Abū al-Khayr Muḥammad Ayyūb ʿAlī al-Māturīdī ( ar, أبو الخير محمد أيوب علي الماتريدي; 1919–1995), or simply Ayub Ali ( bn, আইয়ূব আলী), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author and educatio ...

, educationist * Akhtaruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer *

Akhtar Imam Akhtar Imam (; 30 December 1917 – 22 June 2009) was a Bangladeshi educationist, feminist and social activist. Early life Imam was born on 30 December 1917 in Narinda, Old Dhaka. She completed her matriculation and intermediate exams from Eden ...

, educationist * Iqbal Azeem, poet * Nurul Haque Miah, professor of chemistry * Walter Allen Jenkins, 7th vice-chancellor of the

* George Harry Langley, 2nd vice-chancellor of the

Muhammad Mansuruddin Muhammad Mansuruddin (31 January 1904 – 19 September 1987) was a Bengali author, literary critic, essayist, lexicographer and biographer from Bangladesh. He was an authority on folklore and was famous for a huge collection of age-old folk son ...

, author, literary critic, essayist, lexicographer * Mohammad Noman, educationist *

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 26 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi politician. He has been the secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 2016. He was a member of the parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 t ...

, Teacher, Politician. * Shaukat Osman, novelist and short story writer *

Alauddin Al-Azad Alauddin Al-Azad (6 May 1932 – 3 July 2009) was a modern Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet. Early life and education Azad was born in Dhaka. He Passed Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1947 and 1949 ...

, poet, novelist, educationist * Mohammad Rafiq, poet *

Prasanna Kumar Roy Prasanna Kumar Roy (1849 – 1932; better known as Dr. P. K. Roy) was an educationist and the first Indian principal of Presidency College, Kolkata. Early life The son of Shyam Sundar Ray, he belonged to a family originated from Subhaddya in Ke ...

, first Indian principal of

Presidency College, Kolkata Presidency University, Kolkata (formerly known as Presidency College, Kolkata) is a second major public state aided research university located in College Street, Kolkata. Considered as one of best colleges when Presidency College was affili ...

* Abdullah Abu Sayeed, educationist *

Kazi Abdul Wadud Kazi Abdul Wadud (26 April 1894 - 19 May 1970) was a Bengali people, Bengali essayist, prominent critic, dramatist and biographer. He was born into a lower-middle-class family, in larger Faridpur (present) Rajbari, Pangsha. His father's name was K ...

, essayist, critic, dramatist

References

External links

Official Website
* Dhaka College Alumni Category {{authority control Old Dhaka Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance Colleges in Bangladesh Universities and colleges in Dhaka 1841 establishments in British India Educational institutions established in 1841 University of Dhaka affiliates