Government Debendra College is a public college in Manikganj,

Manikganj District Manikganj ( bn, মানিকগঞ্জ ) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, In 1845 AD it was at first declared as a sub-division. It was at first, under Faridpur district (Faridpur Zila) then it was in ...

Dhaka Division Dhaka Division ( bn, ঢাকা বিভাগ, ''Ḑhaka Bibhag'') is an administrative division within Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a populati ...

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. It offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. It also has a

Higher Secondary Certificate The Higher Secondary School Certificate is a secondary qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Higher Secondary Education The Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh recognises "Higher Secondary Education" unde ...

(HSC) program. It is affiliated with Bangladesh National University. As of 2015, the principal is Syed Ikbal Moiz and the vice principal is Sirajul Islam.

History

Government Debendra College was established in as Manikgonj College with the inspiration and cooperation of local

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 ...

, Siddheswari Prasad Rychowdhury. In 1944, the college was renamed Debendra College after the name of the father name of

Ranadaprasad Saha Ranadaprasad Shaha (also RP Shaha; 15 November 1896 – May 1971) was a Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist. He founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College. During the Bangladesh Liberat ...

of Mirzapur, Tangail District. The degree courses were introduced in the college in 1947. It opened a science section in the higher secondary level in 1963 and commerce at the degree level in 1964. BSC courses were introduced in the college in 1970 and Honours courses in Bangla language and literature in 1971. The college started courses in agricultural science at the intermediate level in 1976. It was nationalised on 1 March 1980. Since 1989, the college has been offering Honours programmes in political science and accounting and masters programmes in economics, philosophy, history, management and mathematics.

Facilities

Government Debendra College has five academic buildings and three student dormitories: two hostels for women and another for men. There is a playing ground in front of the college. There are two ponds, one on the east side of the college and another on the west side. There is one mosque, beside the playing ground. There is one ''shahid minar''."About"
''Government Debendra College''.

Academics

Government Debendra College offers HSC, four years Honours and two year masters course in various majors. The college is affiliated with the National University. As of 2015, the college has more than 16,000 students and 94 teachers. Many students participate in politics."BCL leader hacked in Manikganj"
''The Daily Star''.

Notable residents

Khandkar Manwar Hossain Khandkar Manwar Hossain (30 April 193027 June 1999) was a Bangladeshi statistician. In 1950, he was among the students graduating from the first statistics course at the University of Dhaka. He was the founder of the Department of Statistics of ...

, statistician, educator, researcher. *

Mohammad Ali Reza Khan Mohammad Ali Reza Khan is a Bangladeshi ornithologist. Education Khan completed his HSC from Manikganj Debendranath College. He completed his Ph.D. in Ornithology from Bombay University (now University of Mumbai) in 1977 under the supervisi ...

, Bengal Presidency, British India. *

Mohammad Kaykobad Mohammad Kaykobad ( bn, মোহাম্মদ কায়কোবাদ) is a computer scientist, educator, author, and columnist from Bangladesh. Along with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, he started the national mathematics olympiad. He was a profess ...

, businessman *

Muhammad Siddiq Khan Muhammad Siddiq Khan (known as M S Khan; 21 March 1910 – 13 August 1978) was the librarian of the Central Library of the University of Dhaka and the founder of the university's Department of Library Science (now ''Information Science and Libra ...

, Principal * Dr. Sadique Swapon

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Government Devendra College Manikgonj Universities and colleges established in 1942 1942 establishments in India Colleges in Manikganj District Colleges affiliated to National University, Bangladesh