Rajshahi Collegiate School

Rajshahi Collegiate School ( bn, রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল) in Boalia Thana in the center of Rajshahi, a city in northern Bangladesh, is the oldest school in the country.

History

After completing MA in Philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah went on to serve as the first Muslim headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School. He was active from 1904 to 1907.

In school history some mentionable additions were made on 1930 which are:
*Formation of Boy Scout
*Organisation of junior Red Cross
*Publication of Annual School Magazine
in 1936 and Brarbon Shield in 1940.

Buildings and sites

Rajshahi Collegiate School Debating Club

Rajshahi Collegiate School Debating Club was formed in 2008 and got officially recognised by the school authority on 4 April 2011.

Some achievements of Rajshahi Collegiate School Debating Club are:

*Business Faculty Debate Forum Championship-2008 Champion
*Business Faculty Debate Forum Championship-2009 Champion
*Transparency International Bangladesh Championship-2009 Champion
*Rajshahi Sangskritik Shangho Championship- 2009 Champion
*Business Faculty Debate Forum Championship-2010 Champion
*Bongobondhu Sangiskritik Jot runner up
*Rajshahi Debate Federation DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPION (2011-2012),
*Rajshahi Debate Federation-DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP runner up 2013
*Star Students Debating Club Independence Day Debate Tournament-2014 Champion
*Somokal- Jatiya Bigyan Bitarka-2015 district champion
*Laboratory School Debating Club Inter School Debate Tournament- 2016 Champion
*BFDF-Prothom Alo Jatiya Bitarka Utsob 2019 Runner Up

Headmasters

*Sri Sarda Prasad Basu (1836-1844)
*Mr. Riz (1844-1852)
*Sri Haragobinda Sen (1852-1864)
*Sri Jadunath Mukherjee (1864-1870)
*Sri Kalinath Dey (1870-1872)
*Sri Govinda Chandra Maitra (1872-1873)
*Sri Haragobinda Sen (1873-1879)
*Sri Kalikumar Das (1879-1891)
*Sri Loknath Chakraborty (1891-1892)
*Sri Shashi Vushan Sen (1892-1898)
*Sri Joy Gopal Dey (1898-1902)
*Sri Rajendranath Banerjee (1902-1904)
*Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (1904-1907)
*Sri Brajaballav Dutta (1907-1911)
*Sri Avaycharan Das (1911-1913)
*Sri Chintaharan Chakraborty (1913-1924)
*Sri Dhirendranath Sen (1924-1926)
*Sri Prasanya Kumar Dev (1926-1931)
*Sri Bijay Chandra Sen (1931-1934)
*Sri Satish Chandra Sen (1934-1939)
*Sri Manimohan Sengupta (1940-1941)
*Mohammad Asad Abdul Mahmud (1941-1944)
*Mohammed Hidyatul Islam (1944-1946)
*Sri Bijay Kumar Bhattacharya (1946-1947)
*M. Khalil (1947-1951)
*M.A. Latif (1951-1956)
*A.K.M Hashem (1956-1958)
*Abdul Jobbar Ahmed (1958-1959)
*M. Imran Ali (1959-1966)
*Mohammed Abdur Razzak (1966-1967)
*Mohammed Khalilur Rahman (1967-1972)
*Muhammad Izharul Haque (1972-1974)
*Rashid Ahmed (1974-1978)
*Mohammed Bahadur Ali Sarker (1978-1979)
*Mohammed Izabul Haque (1980-1983)
*Mohammed Ramzan Ali (1983-1987)
*Dr. Muhammad Anowar Hossain (1988)
*Mohammed Nawshad Ali (1988-1992)
*Mrs. Rawshon Jahan (1992-1998)
*Mohammed Entazur Rahman (1998-2000)
*Mohammed Abul Kashem (2000-2002)
*Mohammed Hafizur Rahman (2002-2004)
*Mohammed Abul Kashem (2004-2006)
*Mohammed Golam Hossain (2006-2007)
*Dr. Nurjahan Begum (2007-to this day)

Notable alumni

* Ritwik Ghatak

Abney Golam Samad
* Najib Tareque
* Mizanur Rahman Minu
* Fazle Hossain Badsha
* A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
* James (musician) মাহফুজ আনাম খান
* Mrinal Haque
* Sufi Maverick
* Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury
* First Bangali Architect & freedom fighter Mazharul Islam
* Sir Jodunath

References

External links

* https://rcs.edu.bd/about
* https://archive.today/20081205080617/http://www.rcspcs.org.bd/index.php

High schools in Bangladesh
Buildings and structures in Rajshahi Division
Educational institutions established in 1828
1828 establishments in India
Schools in Rajshahi District
Education in Rajshahi

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