Kargil Government High School ( bn, কার্গিল সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a secondary school situated at Sandwip in

Chittagong District Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of Chattogram, which is the second largest city in Bangladesh, is ...

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. It is the first and the oldest school of Sandwip. It is a 6th grade to SSC-level educational institution.

History

A Minor School was started with 12 students at old Sandwip town by distinguished persons on 12 April 1879. Within short time this school was changed to middle English school. Mr. J. D. Kargil, then magistrate of

Noakhali Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and officia ...

visited Sandwip on behalf of the government in December 1901. To expand

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

in Sandwip, he promoted the Middle English school as a

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. Mr. Kargil established the foundation of the school on 2 February 1902. The school was named after Mr. Kargil. Shree Shachindra Guha was the first headmaster of the school. Calcutta University allowed the students of the school to attend the

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. Calcutta University granted this institution permanently on 28 July 1908 and this exits till now. The school area was affected by the cyclone of 1960 and the school building was destroyed. Azam Khan, the then governor of

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, visited the school and seeing the destruction he assured the reconstruction of the school building. In 1984,

H M Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

, the then president of

, visited Sandwip while the school was seeking for nationalization. He granted the school for nationalization. The school area was destroyed by the erosion of the Meghna in 1994 and went under the river water. Then the institution was transferred to Haramia.

References

{{reflist High schools in Bangladesh Schools in Chittagong District 1902 establishments in British India Educational institutions established in 1902

History

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