Rajshahi Collegiate School
| Rajshahi Collegiate School রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল | |
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Sonadighir More, Boalia | |
| Coordinates | 24°21′57″N 88°35′48″E / 24.3657°N 88.5968°E |
| Information | |
| Former names | Bawlia English School (1828-1836), Rajshahi Zilla School (1836-1873) |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Bengali: শিক্ষা, স্বাস্থ্য, প্রগতি (Education, Health, Progress) |
| Established | 1828 |
| Founder | Lord William Bentinck |
| Status | Active |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi |
| Session | January - December |
| School number | EIIN:126456 |
| Headmaster | Nurjahan Begum |
| Teaching staff | 47 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Number of students | approximately 1800 |
| Classes | 3rd grade - 12th grade |
| Education system | Single-sex education |
| Language | Bengali |
| Schedule | Morning Shift, Day Shift |
| Hours in school day | approximately 4.5 hours |
| Campus | Urban |
| Area | 0.9725 acres |
| Color(s) |
White(Shirt & Shoes); Khaki (Pant); Red (Sweater) |
| Alumni | Rajshahi Collegiate School Alumni Association |
| Former pupil(s) | Collegiateian(s) |
| Website | rcs |
Rajshahi Collegiate School (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল), a public school for boys located in Boalia Thana in the center of Rajshahi, which is a metropolitan city in northern Bangladesh,[1] is the oldest school in the country.[2]
History
[edit]Rajshahi Collegiate School is the oldest educational institution in Rajshahi city. Rajshahi Collegiate School was established in 1828.[3] The school was nationalised by the provincial government of Bengal and was converted into a government zilla (or district) school on 20 June 1836[4]
In 1873 the Zilla School was given the status of an Intermediate College, and F.A. courses were introduced into its curriculum. With further development this college was accorded "first-grade rank" in 1878, which meant that it could teach B.A. courses and be affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Later the college part got separated and named as Rajshahi College.
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.
Buildings and sites
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Headmasters
[edit]| SL | Headmaster's name | Working period start | Working period end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Sarda Prasad Basu | 1836 | 1844 |
| 2 | Mr. Riz | 1844 | 1852 |
| 3 | Sri Hargobind Sen | 1852 | 1864 |
| 4 | Sri Jadunath Mukherjee | 1864 | 1870 |
| 5 | Sri Kalinath Dey | 1870 | 1872 |
| 6 | Sri Govinda Chandra Maitra | 1872 | 1873 |
| 7 | Sri Hargobind Sen | 1873 | 1879 |
| 8 | Sri Kalikumar Das | 1879 | 1891 |
| 9 | Sri Loknath Chakraborty | 1891 | 1892 |
| 10 | Sri Shashi Vushan Sen | 1892 | 1898 |
| 11 | Sri Joy Gopal Dey | 1898 | 1902 |
| 12 | Sri Rajendranath Banerjee | 1902 | 1904 |
| 13 | Sir Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah | 1904 | 1907 |
| 14 | Sri Brajaballav Dutta | 1907 | 1911 |
| 15 | Sri Avaycharan Das | 1911 | 1913 |
| 16 | Sri Chintaharan Chakraborty | 1913 | 1924 |
| 17 | Sri Dhirendranath Sen | 1924 | 1926 |
| 18 | Sri Prasanya Kumar Dev | 1926 | 1931 |
| 19 | Sri Bijay Chandra Sen | 1931 | 1934 |
| 20 | Sri Satish Chandra Sen | 1934 | 1939 |
| 21 | Sri Manimohan Sengupta | 1940 | 1941 |
| 22 | Mohammad Asad Abdul Mahmud | 1941 | 1944 |
| 23 | Mohammed Hidyatul Islam | 1944 | 1946 |
| 24 | Sri Bijay Kumar Bhattacharya | 1946 | 1947 |
| 25 | M. Khalil | 1947 | 1951 |
| 26 | M.A. Latif | 1951 | 1956 |
| 27 | A.K.M Hashem | 1956 | 1958 |
| 28 | Abdul Jobbar Ahmed | 1958 | 1959 |
| 29 | M. Imran Ali | 1959 | 1966 |
| 30 | Mohammed Abdur Razzak | 1966 | 1967 |
| 31 | Mohammed Khalilur Rahman | 1967 | 1972 |
| 32 | Muhammad Izharul Haque | 1972 | 1974 |
| 33 | Rashid Ahmed | 1974 | 1978 |
| 34 | Mohammed Bahadur Ali Sarker | 1978 | 1979 |
| 35 | Mohammed Izabul Haque | 1980 | 1983 |
| 36 | Mohammed Ramzan Ali | 1983 | 1987 |
| 37 | Muhammad Anowar Hossain | 1988 | |
| 38 | Mohammed Nawshad Ali | 1988 | 1992 |
| 39 | Mrs. Rawshon Jahan | 1992 | 1998 |
| 40 | Mohammed Entazur Rahman | 1998 | 2000 |
| 41 | Mohammed Abul Kashem | 2000 | 2002 |
| 42 | Mohammed Hafizur Rahman | 2002 | 2004 |
| 43 | Mohammed Abul Kashem | 2004 | 2006 |
| 44 | Mohammed Golam Hossain | 2006 | 2007 |
| 45 | Dr. Mst. Nurjahan Begum | 2007 | till this day |
Notable alumni
[edit]- Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) A. K. Khandker[5]
- Archaeologist Ramaprasad Chanda[5]
- Archaeologist Sarat Kumar Ray[5]
- A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton[citation needed]
- Fazle Hossain Badsha[citation needed]
- Former Justice Fazlul Haque[5]
- Historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya[5]
- Khademul Bashar Bir Uttom[5]
- Mazharul Islam[citation needed]
- Mizanur Rahman Minu[citation needed]
- Mrinal Haque[citation needed]
- Najib Tareque[citation needed]
- Ritwik Ghatak[6]
- Faruq Mahfuz Anam[5]
- Jadunath Sarkar[citation needed]
- Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "180th founding anniversary of The Rajshahi Collegiate School". The Daily Star. UNB. 18 January 2009.
- ^ "Rajshahi Collegiate School celebrates 190th founding anniversary". Financial Express. 27 January 2019.
- ^ "The History of the First and Tradition Bearing Institution – Rajshahi Collegiate School".
- ^ "190th anniv of Rajshahi Collegiate School begins". New Age. Rajshahi: ASM Shahidullah Khan. January 26, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Glorious 180th anniversary of Rajshahi Collegiate School". Star Campus. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Exclusive! Ritwik Ghatak's Rajshahi ancestral house turned into cycle garage". ETimes. 24 December 2019.