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Government Azizul Haque College (
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: সরকারি আজিজুল হক কলেজ), also known as AHC or A. H. College, is a
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located at
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district of
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. It is one of the largest and top-ranked educational institutions in northern Bangladesh. It was established in 1939 as a Higher Secondary college and named after Sir Azizul Haque, the then Vice-chancellor of
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. The college is presently affiliated with the
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and offers
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(Pass), Bachelor's degree (Honours), Master's Preliminary and Master's Final courses in various disciplines. It is also a Study Centre for the
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(Bangla Medium) program affiliated with
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. In the National University College Ranking 2018''', Govt. Azizul Haque College was ranked 3rd among all the affiliated colleges of
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History

Government Azizul Haque College was established in July 1939. It was named after Sir Azizul Haque, the then Vice-chancellor of
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. Dr M. M. Mukherjee was the first Principal of the college. The college organised its first classes at Subil Free Primary School in the northern part of Bogura town. Later, it was transferred to Fulbari Bottola. It was initially only one small, straw-shaded room. Marhum Moyen Uddin Pramanik and Marhum Rasidullah Sardar of Fulbari donated land to build a permanent building for the college. In 1941, the college was sanctioned by
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with the efforts of Sir Azizul Haque, who was the Education Minister of united Bengal. In 1968, the college was recognized as a government college. The college has two campuses. The original of land is now known as the Old Residence of Azizul Haque College. Only Higher Secondary classes are administered there. In 1962, through the efforts of Habibur Rahaman, the then Education Minister of Pakistan, a new building was established on of land. This part of the college is known as the New Residence of Govt. Azizul Haque College, where the classes of Degree,
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and Masters are administered.


Academic development

Only Class IA (
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) was allowed to study at the beginning of the college. In the beginning, there were about 200 students, while there was no female student. Among the first batch students, some names are found including Mojam Paikar, Amir Ali, Shafiqur Rahman, Abdul Malek, Nurul Islam Bhola and others. In 1941, the Intermediate Exam results of the first batch of the college was published, where 107 candidates passed out of 152. Among them, 08 candidates passed in the First Division, 64 candidates in the Second Division and 35 candidates in the Third Division. The pass rate was 69.2%. At the time of establishment, IA classes were allowed to teach
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(General),
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, Islamic History and Culture,
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. Those who served as teachers at that time were ''K. C. Chakraborty'' (English), ''Prabhat Chandra Sen'' (Bengali and Sanskrit), ''Md. Abdul Gafu''r (Arabic and Persian), ''Manindra Chandra Chaki'' (Mathematics), ''S. P. Sen'' (History), ''Md. Fazlur Rahman'' (Logic), ''Md. Akbar Kabir'' (Civics). It is true that there were no female students in the college at the time of its establishment, but there was no restriction on the admission of female students. The admission of female students in the college started from 1943 and this number was 8 to 12. Later this number increased. Until 1953, the female students studied in the morning shift at the then V.M. Girls' School (now ''Bogura Government Girls' High School''). In 1941, the college got permission to start a two-year Honours class and BA pass course in the Department of Economics and the Department of Islamic History and Culture. But due to shortage of teachers and other difficulties, the College Management Committee introduced Honours and BA Pass courses only in the Department of Islamic History and Culture. Then from the academic year 1945–46, the college got permission to start Honours classes in the Bengali and Arabic departments and also to start I.Com class. After the partition of India in 1947, the college became legally affiliated to
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in the newly formed state of
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. Due to administrative complications, the Honours class was abandoned in the college at that time, and the I.Sc Classes (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) were allowed to run. Biology was included in the I.Sc class in 1948–49 academic year. Sometime after this, in the academic year 1954–55, the college came under
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and a three-year Honours class was introduced in the Department of Arabic and Department of Islamic History and Culture. After the government officialization in 1968, BA, B.Com, B.Sc, I.A., I.Com, I.Sc were introduced in Bengali, History, Islamic History and Culture and Economics along with Honours. In 1972–73, Honours classes were started in Arabic, Political Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Accounting. Economics, Political Science, Management and Accounting were also introduced in Masters courses. In 1973–74, there were a total of 3,787 students including 317 and 618 in Masters and Honours respectively. There were total 90 teachers by that time. Currently Masters Course have been newly launched in Marketing and Finance. This course is the only college in North Bengal to run Masters course. In marketing, the number of regular Masters seats is 100 and the number of irregular or private Masters seats is 400. Seats are selected through Honours CGPA.


Campus

The old residence of the college has nine classrooms, four laboratories, a highly developed computer lab, a library, office rooms, common room for girls, a two-storied mosque, a play ground and a three-storied residential building for male students named ''Fakhruddin Ahmed Hall''. It is used for the students of HSC (Higher Secondary class) and it is one of the best intermediate colleges of the city. The new residence of the college has a three-storey building for the arts and commerce group, a three-storied building for the science group, a two-storey library, an auditorium with 2500 seats, a two-storied administration building, a student parliament building, a rover scout building, laboratories, a two-storied mosque, a playground, cafeteria, post office, bank, teachers' club, tennis ground and a conference room for teachers. There are three residential buildings for male students named ''Shahid Titumir Hall'', ''Sher-E-Bangla Hall,'' ''Akhtar Ali Moon Hall'', and one residential building for female students named ''Begum Rokeya Hall'' at the new residence. There is also a Shaheed Minar square and a memorial sculpture of Sir Azizul Haque inside the new residence of the college.


Academics

Degree, Honours and Masters classes are administered at the new residence of the college. The college offers 23 courses at the graduate level and 23 courses at the postgraduate level. Postgraduate diplomas in Information and Communication Technology (PGD in ICT) and Foreign Language Learning Courses are available.


Departments

Faculty of
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: • Department of Physics • Department of Chemistry • Department of Mathematics • Department of Zoology • Department of Botany • Department of Statistics • Department of Psychology • Department of Geography and Environment Faculty of
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: • Department of Arabic • Department of Bangla • Department of English • Department of History • Department Islamic history and culture • Department of philosophy • Department of Islamic studies Faculty of
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: • Department of Economics • Department of Political Science • Department of Sociology • Department of Social Work Faculty of
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: • Department of Accounting • Department of Management • Department of Finance and Banking • Department of Marketing


Notable faculty

Notable faculty members of the university has included the linguist
Muhammad Shahidullah Muhammad Shahidullah (; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali people, Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. He played vital role in Language movement of 1952 he was the first to establish logic about Why Bengali should ...
and Bengali author, academic, scholar and linguist
Syed Mujtaba Ali Syed Mujtaba Ali (, ; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1974) was a Bengali writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanistan and Egypt. Early life and education Syed Mujt ...
.


References


External links

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Official website of Govt. Azizul Haque College, Bogura
{{Bogra District Colleges in Rajshahi Division Education in Bogra District Colleges affiliated to National University, Bangladesh 1939 establishments in India Universities and colleges established in 1939 Organisations based in Bogra District