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Chittagong College is the topmost college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is also the first college established in the greater Chittagong area. Having started out as Chittagong District school in 1836, it was upgraded to an Intermediate college in 1869.It started providing science education in intermediate section from the year 1909 and became a graduation college in 1910.Now this college is giving honors and masters degree in 16 subjects.it is also continuing its intermediate course as well. A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ...
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Chittagong (Bengali: চটà§à¦Ÿà¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chôţţogram) is the major seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
Chittagong (Bengali: চটà§à¦Ÿà¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chôţţogram) is the major seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
Chittagong (Bengali: চটà§à¦Ÿà¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chôţţogram) is the major seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
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The college has five academic buildings, library with approximately 60000 books, mosque, auditoriam and other facilities. The sports ground of the college is known to all with its famous name Parade Ground.
Students of the college have made significant contribution in the history of Bangladesh. Also many distinguished scholars have taught here over the years. Among them were Surendranath Dasgupta, Beni Madhab Das, Janardan Chakravarty, Bhabatosh Dutta, Subodh Sengupta, Jogeshchandra Singha, Mansur Uddin, Motahar Hossain Chowdhury, Momotazuddin Ahmed and Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Beni Madhab Das (Bengali: ) was an erudite Bengali scholar, a renowned teacher and a great patriot in British India. ...
Yunus autobiography cover featuring him. ...
Chittagong College is officially known also as Chittagong Government College.
History
Chittagong college was first established as Chittagong Zila School in 1836. It was upgraded as a college in 1969 by offering F.A. (First Arts) course and took its present name Chittagong College. Its academic activity a college began in a Portuguese-merchant built buliding beside Parade Ground, College Road, Chawkbazar.
Besides F.A. course it also provided education in Law for students to enable them to qualify for pleadership examinations. Law education in the college, however, was suspended in 1909.
From 1909 science courses were offered for Higer Secondary Level, then F.A.
In 1912, University of Calcutta registered it as a first grade degree college and allowed it to offer both honours and pass level courses in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. In 1919, honours course in English was introduced. Besides Economics and Philosophy was added as supplimentary course from this year. Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) is the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. ...
In 1926, the first student dormitory was established by the eminent politician, then Education minister of Bengal province Sher-E-Bangla A.K.Fazlul Huq. From this year co-education was introduced. A. K. Fazlul Huq Sher-e-Bangla (Urdu phrase meaning The Tiger of Bengal) Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq (Bangla:আবà§à¦² কাসেম ফজলà§à¦² হক) (born 26 October 1873-died 27 April 1962) was a famous Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century. ...
In 1942, honours course in Economics was introduced.
The college suspended its honours programme in 1955 but reintroduced honours courses on English, Bangla, Economics, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in 1960. B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) courses on Zoology and Botany and B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)/B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) course on Statistics were introduced in 1962.
From 1955 to 1965 the college experienced enormous infrastructral developments.
When University of Dhaka was established in 1921, this college became registared as Degree college under this university. At present, this college offers Honours and Masters course under National University, Gazipur on 16 different subjects viz, Bangla, English, Economics, Political Science, History, Islamic History and Culture, Philosophy, Sociology, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Statistics, Geography and Psychology. The University of Dhaka (commonly referred to as Dhaka University or just DU) (Bangla: ঢাকা বিশà§à¦¬à¦¬à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦²à¦¯à¦¼ Ähaka Bishshobiddalôe) is the oldest university in Bangladesh. ...
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Presently, the college has 10,500 students and 92 teachers.
Faculties and Departments This college has two faculties, they are:
a) Faculty of Arts and Social Science
b) Faculty of Science
Faculty of Arts and Social Science This faculty comprises of the following departments: - Department of Bengali
- Department of English
- Department of Economics
- Department of Political Science
- Department of History
- Department of Islamic History and Culture
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Arabic Studies
- Department of Pali
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Geography
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statics
Faculty of Science This faculty comprises of the following departments: - Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Botany
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Statics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Geography
- Department of Psychology
Academic facilities
Library Chittagong College has one of the oldest libraries in Bangladesh. There are more than 60,000 books on different subjects.
Besides each department has their own seminar library for Honours and Masters students.
Botanical Garden There is a midium sized Botanical Garden inside college campus. This garden is maintained by Department of Botany. This is a rich botanical garden in the sense that it has some rare species of Angiosperm plants notably Cycas. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to...
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Species Cycas aculeata Cycas angulata Cycas apoa Cycas arenicola Cycas armstrongii Cycas arnhemica Cycas badensis Cycas balansae Cycas basaltica Cycas beddomei Cycas bifida Cycas bougainvilleana Cycas brachycantha Cycas brunnea Cycas cairnsiana Cycas calcicola Cycas campestris Cycas candida Cycas canalis Cycas chamaoensis Cycas changjiangensis Cycas chevalieri Cycas circinalis Cycas clivicola Cycas...
Zoological Museum The Zoological Museum is maintained by Department of Zoology.
College facility
Student dormitories There are three male student dormitories. They are: - Sher-E-Bangla Dormitory
- Has two different blocks "A" and "B". "A" block is for muslim students and "B" block is for non-muslim students.
- Saheed Sohrawordy Dormitory
- Dr. Abdus Sabur Dormitory
- For Honours and Masters students.
- Hazrat Khadizatul Kobra (R)Dormitory
College ground The college has a large ground known as Parade Ground. This name bears its historical importance.
Co-curricular Activities - B.N.C.C.
- The college has head quarters of Karnaphuly battalion-2 of Bangladesh National Cadet Core from 1956.
- Rover Scout
- CDS
- Stands for Chittagong College Debating Club.
- Math Club
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Additional facilities - A two storied mosque.
- Common room
- Two different common rooms for male and female students. The common room for female students is a two-storied building.
- Canteen
- Located between auditorium and Administrative Building.
- Gymnasium
- Post-office
- Bank
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Notable alumni - Surendranath Dasgupta
- Janardan Chakravarty
- Bhabatosh Dutta
- Subodh Sengupta
- Jogeshchandra Singha
- Mansur Uddin
- Motahar Hossain Chowdhury
- Momotazuddin Ahmed
- Dr.Muhammad Yunus
- Priyadaranjan Roy
- Habibullah Bahar
- Ashab Uddin Ahmed
- Ahmed Sharif
Surendranath Dasgupta (1887-1952) was a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy. ...
Yunus autobiography cover featuring him. ...
Ahmed Sharif (1921-1999 CE) was a educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bangla literature. ...
See also Chittagong (Bengali: চটà§à¦Ÿà¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chôţţogram) is the major seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
The education system in Bangladesh is a three-tiered, highly-subsidized one. ...
External links - Article on Chittagong College from Banglapedia
- Chittagong College Ex-students Alumni Association
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