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Dhaka College

ঢাকা কলেজ
Motto	Know Thyself
Type	Public
Established	1841 (1841)
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid
Vice-Chancellor	Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman
Location	Dhaka , Bangladesh Coordinates: 23°44′07.5″N 90°22′59.5″E / 23.735417°N 90.383194°E / 23.735417; 90.383194
Campus	Urban, 18.57 acres (0.075 km²)
Affiliations	University of Dhaka
Website	dhakacollege.edu.bd

Dhaka College (Bengali: ঢাকা কলেজ) is a public college located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers higher-secondary education (HSC). It has bachelor's degree and master's degree programs as well which divisions are affiliated to the University of Dhaka.
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History

Dhaka College in 1904

First modern designed student hall of Dhaka College(1908), now known as Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall of University of Dhaka

Dhaka College is one of Bangladesh's most important as well as these earliest higher-secondary educational institutions. It was established by James Taylor (civil surgeon at Dhaka) in July 1835 as an English Seminary School (at present Dhaka Collegiate School). Taylor organized a local Committee of Public Instruction with the help of district magistrate Mr. Grant.
The school building was built partly out of public donations on the grounds of an English factory. On July 18, 1841, the school got their approval of the college. On November 20, 1841, the foundation stone of the college was placed and buildings were completed in 1846, with the aid of the Bishop of Calcutta. In the first graduating class there were both Muslim and Hindu students, as well as a number of foreign students, mainly from Armenia and Portugal.

The college was relocated in 1873 to a large building to the east of Victoria Park in order to accommodate the physics and chemistry laboratories. In 1908, it shifted to Curzon Hall while the science departments were housed in the present chemistry building of the University of Dhaka and two new halls were built there as well. In 1921, the college shifted again to the old High Court Building as University of Dhaka was established there. During the Second World War it moved to Siddique Bazar in purana Dhaka. Finally the college found its own permanent campus on Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi near Dhaka New Market since 1955.

Affiliation

(18 July 1841 - 1 July 1921) - Calcutta University

(1 July 1921 - 20 October 1992) - University of Dhaka

(21 October 1992 - 15 February 2017) - Bangladesh National University

(16 February 2017 - till now) - University of Dhaka^[4][5]

Campus

Library

The library of Dhaka College was established in 1841 at the time of establishment of the college. It has a collection of 30,000 books.^[6]

Residential student halls

There are eight residential halls:

• South Hall


• North Hall


• International Hall


• West Hall


• Elias Hall


• Shaheed Farhad Hossain Hall


• Southern Hall


• Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Hall

Transport

Dhaka college has 04 buses to transport students from different areas of Dhaka city.

They are:

1. Shankhanil (শঙ্খনীল)-starts from Mirpur 10

2. Puspak (পুস্পক)-starts from Jatrabari Signboard

3. Shankhachil (শঙ্খচিল)-starts from Shahjatpur, Notun bazar, Gulshan

4. Poddonil (পদ্মনীল)-starts from Malibagh Bazar

Academics

Dhaka College offers H.S.C., four years Honours and one year Masters course in various majors.

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Notable alumni

• 
  Zillur Rahman, the 19th President of Bangladesh
  


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  Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the 3rd President of the Maldives
  


• Major General Khaled Mosharraf, Bir Uttom, 4th Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army
  


• Colonel Shafaat Jamil, Bir Bikrom
  


• 
  Sheikh Kamal, freedom fighter, founder of Abahani Limited (Dhaka)
  


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  Sheikh Jamal, freedom fighter, second son of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  


• 
  Shafi Imam Rumi, freedom fighter and martyr, son of Jahanara Imam
  


• 
  Abdur Razzak, educator, intellectual and one of the National Professors of Bangladesh


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  Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, prominent Bengali essayist, educator and linguist of the Bengali language and Martyred Intellectual
  


• 
  A R Mallick, historian, founding vice-chancellor of Chittagong University, and former Minister of Finance^[8]
  


• 
  Tajuddin Ahmad, first Prime Minister of Bangladesh.


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  A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh
  


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  Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairman of BRAC, recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award^[9]
  


• 
  Ismail Faruque Chowdhury, former Engineer-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Army
  


• 
  Musharrof Husain Khan, 5th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
  


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  Muhammad Shahjahan, 6th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[10]
  


• 
  Nooruddin Ahmed, 8th vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[11]
  


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  Justice M Ibrahim, 8th vice-chancellor of University of Dhaka
  


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  Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice-chancellor of University of Dhaka
  


• 
  AAMS Arefin Siddique, 27th vice-chancellor of University of Dhaka
  


• 
  Amit Chakma, 10th president of the University of Western Ontario
  


• 
  Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, writer, columnist, philosopher and lyricist of the bangla song "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February"


• 
  Rathindranath Roy, musician and performer in Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra


• 
  Humayun Ahmed, writer, dramatist, screenwriter, and filmmaker


• 
  Alamgir Kabir, film director and cultural activist


• 
  Khan Ata, actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer and singer


• 
  Humayun Azad, author, poet, scholar and linguist


• 
  Akhteruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award and the Ekushey Padak
  


• 
  Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, academic and writer, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award^[12]
  


• 
  Dinesh Chandra Sen, writer and researcher of Bengali folklore


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  Lutfor Rahman Riton, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award
  


• 
  Nowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai, writer and philanthropist


• 
  Shamsur Rahman, poet


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  Mahadev Saha, poet


• 
  Kaiser Haq, poet and writer


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  Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet


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  Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, poet


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  Abul Hasan, poet and journalist


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  Shahidul Zahir, poet


• 
  Mir Masoom Ali, George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor Emeritus, statistician and educator


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  Ghulam Murshid, author, scholar and journalist


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  Qazi Motahar Hossain, author, statistician and one of the National Professors of Bangladesh


• 
  Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz, educationist, writer and social worker


• 
  Syed Modasser Ali, ophthalmologist


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  Zafrullah Chowdhury, public health activist, recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award and Independence Day Award
  


• 
  Dr. Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist, medical researcher and Martyred Intellectual
  


• 
  Meghnad Saha, FRS, astrophysicist and developer of Saha equation
  


• 
  Akbar Ali Khan, economist


• 
  Abdul Karim, soil scientist


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  Mustafa Jabbar, entrepreneur behind the Bijoy Bangla computing interface


• 
  M Harunur Rashid, archaeologist, educationist and museum curator


• 
  Mohammad Samir Hossain, theorist in death anxiety (psychology)
  


• 
  Debapriya Bhattacharya, economist and public policy analyst^[13]
  


• Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta, ICS, member, Secretary of State's Council, UK (1907)


• 
  Niaz Murshed, chess Grandmaster
  


• 
  Nicholas Pogose, Armenian merchant and zamindar
  


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  Anwarul Iqbal, BPM (Bar), PPM, adviser (2007–2009) to the interim Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, founder Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)


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  Waheedul Haq, journalist, writer, musicologist and one of the founders of Chhayanaut
  


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  Abul Mansur Ahmed, journalist, recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award and Independence Day Award
  


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  Ahmed Humayun, journalist, recipient of the Ekushey Padak
  


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  Serajur Rahman, journalist, broadcaster, columnist


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  Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, journalist and author


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  Shafik Rehman, journalist


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  A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, justice of Bangladesh Supreme court^[14]
  


• 
  Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, former Attorney General


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  A. F. Mujibur Rahman, jurist and first Bengali Muslim Indian Civil Service(ICS) officer


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  Jamilur Reza Choudhury, vice-chancellor of University of Asia Pacific, recipient of the Ekushey Padak^[15][16]
  


• 
  Rashed Khan Menon, politician


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  Abdur Razzaq, former minister of water resources


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  Shafique Ahmed, former law minister


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  Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, former home minister


• 
  Faruk Khan, former civil aviation and tourism minister


• 
  Kazi Zafarullah, industrialist and politician


• 
  Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram and the Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  


• 
  Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali, diplomat and politician, current Bangladesh foreign minister


• 
  Zunaid Ahmed Palak, lawyer and politician, current Telecommunications & Information Technology Minister


• 
  Tanzir Tuhin, architect, musician, member of the band Avash


• 
  Shafiq Tuhin, lyricist and music director


• 
  Manna, actor


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  Khaled Khan, actor


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  Shajal Noor, actor


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  Afran Nisho, actor


• 
  Ferdous Ahmed, actor


• 
  Haider A. Khan:Freedom Fighter, Professor, International Economist, Poet, Translator,Literary, Music, Art and Film critic


• 
  M. Zahid Hasan, scientist


• 
  Mosharraf Karim, actor

Notable faculty

• 
  Ayub Ali, educationist


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  Akhtaruzzaman Elias, novelist and short story writer


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  Akhtar Imam, educationist


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  Iqbal Azeem, poet


• 
  Walter Allen Jenkins, 7th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
  


• 
  George Harry Langley, 2nd vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
  


• 
  Muhammad Mansuruddin, author, literary critic, essayist, lexicographer


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  Mohammad Noman, educationist


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  Shaukat Osman, novelist and short story writer


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  Alauddin Al-Azad, poet, novelist, educationist


• 
  Mohammad Rafiq, poet


• 
  Prasanna Kumar Roy, first Indian principal of Presidency College, Kolkata
  


• 
  Abdullah Abu Sayeed, educationist


• 
  Kazi Abdul Wadud, essayist, critic, dramatist

References