Dhaka Collegiate School is a secondary school in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest schools in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The students of collegiate school are called Collegiatian.

History

The school was established in Dhaka on 21 June 1835 as Dhaka English seminary. It was the first government high school established by the British under the East India Company in the

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

province for teaching English literature and science. This was later named as Dhaka Collegiate School. Mr. Redge, an English missionary, acted as the first head master of the school. In its first batch it had Nawab of Dhaka

Khwaja Abdul Ghani Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani (30 July 1813 – 24 August 1896) was the second Nawab of Dhaka and the first to assume the title of Nawab as hereditary, recognized by the British Raj. He introduced the panchayat system, gaslights, wat ...

as a student. The foundation of Dhaka Intermediate College later to be known as

Dhaka College Dhaka College ( bn, ঢাকা কলেজ also known as DC) is the oldest secular educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhaka. It offers higher secondary education ( HSC). It has Honours and Masters programs as well which are aff ...

was laid down in 1841. The school separated from the college in 1908. Since then it has been the Zilla School of Dhaka, although it continues to be called Dhaka Collegiate School. This institution has delivered many famous alumni in its history.

Location

The school is located in

Sadarghat The Port of Dhaka is a major river port on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. The port is located in the southern part of the city. It is Bangladesh's busiest port in terms of passenger traffic. The port has s ...

crossing, west of

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and south of

Jagannath University Jagannath University (JnU) ( bn, জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ''Jagannātha biśbabidyālaẏa'', University Acrostic : জবি or JnU) is a state-funded public university at 9–10, Chittaranjan Avenue in Sa ...

, on the banks of the

Buriganga River The Buriganga River ( bn, বুড়িগঙ্গা, ''Buŗigônga'', ) is a river in Bangladesh which flows past the southwest outskirts of the capital city, Dhaka. Its average depth is and its maximum depth is . It ranks among the most ...

Courses

The school offers courses in

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 for ...

and

commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

and classes conducted in two shifts (morning and day).

Headmasters and headmistresses

* Mr. Ridge (1835–1839) * Mr. Sinclaire (1839–1841) * Mr. Pratt (1841) * Mr. Carsil (1848) * Mr. E. U. Good (1863–1865) * Mr. Babu U. C Datta * Mr. Goon * Mr. W. B. Livingstone * Mr. Leigh Fever (1872) * Mr. Babu K. C. Ghosh (1873–1884) * Mr. Babu I. C. Bose * Mr. Rai Sahib R. M. Gupta (1888–1896) * Mr. Babu B. M. Sen (1897-1902) * Mr. Babu R. K. Das (1903–1910) * Mr. Babu B. K. Bose (1910–1914) * Mr. Babu Abhaya Charan Das (1914–1919) * Mr. Khan Bahadur Tassaduq Ahmad (1919–1927) * Mr. Khan Bahadur Badiur Rahman (1927–1932) * Mr. Rai Saheb J. M. Datta (1932–1935) * Mr. Babu J. C. Datta (1935–1943) * Mr. Babu B. K. Bhattacharya (1943–1944) * Mr. M. O. Goni (1944–1945) * Dr. Enamul Haque (1945–1948) * Dr. Enamul Haque (1948–1950) * Mr. S. M. Sadaruddin (1950–1951) * Mr. A. A. Mahmud (1951–1952) * Mr. Abid Ali (1952–1954) * Mr. M. S. A. R. B. Kader (1954–1956) * Mr. Sahabuddin (1956) * Mr. M. A. K. Bhuiyan (1956–1958) * Mr. Qazi Ambor Ali (1958–1959) * Mr. Sufi Hussein Ali (1959) * Mr. T. Hossain (1961–1965) * Mr. M. A. K. Bhuiyan (1966–1967) * Mr. Hafizuddin Ahmed (1967–1970) * Mr. Md. Abdur Razzaq (1970) * Mr. A. A. Khalilur Rahman (1972–1975) * Mr. M. A. Motaleb (1975–1976) * Mr. Md. Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan (1976–1978) * Mr. Shamsul Alam Chowdhuri (1978–1987) * Mr. Mostafizur Rahman (1987–1990) * Mr. Md. Sekandar Ali Khalifa (1990–1992) * Mrs. Monzil Ara Ahmed (1992–1996) * Mr. Md. Motiur Rahman (1996–1999) * Mrs. Syeda Zinnatun Noor (2000–2001) * Mr. Md. Anwar Hossain (2001–2007) * Mr. Abdul Malek Mia (2007) * Mr. Ali Akkas Ahmed (Acting)(2007–2008) * Mrs. Rowshon Ara (Acting)(2008–2010) * MD. Farid Uddin (2010–2012) * A.K.M. Mostafa Kamal(2012–2013) * MD. Khalekh (2013–2014) * MD. Abu Sayed Bhuiya (2014–2019) * MD.Ariful Islam (2019–Present)

Notable alumni

* Bir Shreshtho Matiur Rahman, Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) *

Jagdish Chandra Bose Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (;, ; 30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio microwave optics, made significant contribution ...

, physicist and inventor *

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, poet of Bengali literature * Khorshed Alam, former governor of

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* Salahuddin Ahmed, former Governor of

Megh Nad 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 spe ...

, physicist *

Raisul Islam Asad Asaduzzaman Mohammad Raisul Islam (known as Raisul Islam Asad; born 15 July 1953) is a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and an actor in radio, theatre, television and film. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor four times for his roles i ...

, Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) and national award-winning actor *

Kabir Chowdhury Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Brahmanbaria of the then Tipperah d ...

, former president of

Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...

Munier Chowdhury Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals, mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1 ...

, linguist, martyred intellectual * A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, physicist *

, Nawab of Dhaka * Moulvi Abdul Ali, zamindar based in Dhaka *

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, Chairman of the Law Commission, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh *

Khan Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman (known as Khan Ata; 11 December 1928 – 1 December 1997) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer, best known for his role in the film '' Jibon Theke Neya'' (1970). He r ...

, film director * Alamgir Kabir, film director *

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 ...

, founder of

Pogose School Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University ( bn, পোগোজ ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ ,আ.ই.আর,জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was es ...

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, former

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Tabarak Husain Tabarak Husain (April 6, 1924 – April 29, 2018) was a former Bangladeshi career diplomat. He was foreign secretary of Bangladesh from 1975 to 1978. He also held the position of chairman of Sadharan Bima Corporation and Grameen Bank. Early life ...

, diplomat * Syed Shamsul Haque, writer of Bengali literature * Ainun Nishat, water resource and climate change specialist, serving as a professor emeritus of

BRAC University BRAC University ( bn, ব্র্যাক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as BracU) is a private research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 as a branch of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed's BRAC un ...

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 ...

,Famous Indian Revolutionary,who took part in famous Writers' Building attack.

In contemporary literature

* In

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's Popular Detective Series

Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...

, Mentions Pradosh Chandra Mitter aka Feluda's Father late Jaykrishna Mitter was a mathematics teacher of Dhaka Collegiate School.

References

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