Dhaka Collegiate School

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Dhaka Collegiate School is a secondary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The school was established in Dhaka in July 1835 as an English Seminary. It is one of the oldest schools in Bangladesh. It was the first government high school established by the British under the East India Company in the Bengal province for teaching English literature and Science. This was later named as Dhaka Collegiate School. Mr. Redge, an English missionary, acted as the first head master of the school.

The school is currently located in Sadarghat crossing, west of Bahadur Shah Park and south of Jagannath University College, on the banks of the Buriganga River.

In the premises of this school, the foundation of Dhaka Intermediate College was laid down in 1841. The school was separated from the college and put under control of the inspector of schools in 1908. Since then it got the status of a Zilla School, although it continued to be called Dhaka Collegiate School.

The school maintained high academic records and boasted of securing top position 8 times out of 9 consecutive years. It had a competitive edge over other academic institutions in football, cricket, hockey and basketball. This boys' school now offers courses in humanities, science, commerce and agriculture.

[edit] People associated with the school as a student or teacher

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
Moualna Fazlul Karim Anwari (owner of Anwari Publications, New Market, Dhaka)

[edit] Famous alumni

Meghnad Saha, physicist
Bir Shreshtho Matiur Rahman, Muktijoddha (Freedom Fighter)
Brajosundar Mitra, founder of Brahmo Samaj
Munier Chowdhury, linguist, martyred intellectual
Buddhadeb Basu, poet
Khwaja Abdul Ghani, Nawab of Dhaka
Proffessor Md. Khalilur Rahman, Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, National University, Bangladesh
Abdul Ali, founder of Moulvibazar
Justice Mustafa Kamal, Chairman of the Law Commission, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Alamgir Kabir, film director
M Nazmul Hossain Khan, former BAF Commissioned Officer