Rangpur Government College is an educational institution in Rangpur,

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. It was established on July 25, 1963. It is situated in ''Radaballav'', within one kilometer from the town center.

History

In the year 1963, when it is turned into a government institution, number of student seats in

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became limited. In this situation, the absence of a college proving education to the extended number of students is intensely felt. In this circumstance some philanthropists including Fulle Hossain, the then District Commissioner O.M. Carnie, Assistant District Commissioner Abdus Sattar, District Education Officer Tahemidur Rahman, advocate Abul Khan, Amin Hossain, Abul Salek, Moin Uddin Sarker et. el. come forward to set up a college. Some rich people also gave necessary land to establish the college immediately. Finally on July 25, 1963, it got established. Since its establishment till 1992, it was under the supervision of

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. It becomes a government college on November 1, 1984. It came under

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in 1993.

Campus

The college with its four academic buildings stands on 5.26 acre of land. It has two hostels for students. The female hostel can accommodate 100 students while the male host, namely ''Shahid Moslem Uddin Chattrabas'' is obsolete now. Some extra-curriculum activities based students organizations are also functioning in the campus. These are, voluntary blood donation related club ''Badhon'',

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(BNCC),

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etc.

Academics

Currently about 16000 HSC, Honors, and Masters level students are enrolled in the college in regular and irregular session, 2400 of them being HSC students. Number of teachers is 62. There are three main branches of study in this college: science, arts and commerce. Fourteen Honors level subjects offered in this college are given below: * Physics * Chemistry * Mathematics * Zoology * Botany * Bengali * English * Political Science * History * Economics * Islamic History * Philosophy * Accounting * Management Total number of class rooms is 23.''Rangpur Govt College at a glance''
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* {{Coord, 25.7589, N, 89.2476, E, region:BD_type:edu, display=title Colleges affiliated to National University, Bangladesh Rangpur Government College Colleges in Rangpur District Universities and colleges in Rangpur District Educational institutions established in 1963 1963 establishments in East Pakistan Education in Rangpur, Bangladesh