Barisal Zilla School
| Barisal Zilla School বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল | |
|---|---|
 Barisal Zilla School West Building | |
| Location | |
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Sadar Road Barisal 8200 | |
| Coordinates | 22°41′53″N 90°22′08″E / 22.698°N 90.369°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Motto | পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে |
| Established | 23 December 1829 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Barisal |
| Headmaster | Bishwanath Saha[1] |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Grades | Class III-X |
| Gender | Boys only |
| Enrollment | 2500+ |
| Language | Bengali |
| Color(s) | |
| Yearbook | Sobuj Pata |
| Special project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
Barisal Zilla School is a boys school located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and top ranked high schools in the country and the first high school in Barisal Division.[2]
It was founded by an Englishman, N. W. Garret, on 23 December 1829 with only 8 students. Now it has more than two thousand students.
Notable alumni
[change | change source]- A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943)[3]
- Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Bengali nationalist and former minister of United Bengal
- Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)[4]
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
- Altaf Mahmud, music composer[5]
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher[6]
- Buddhadeb Guha, writer
- Golam Mustafa, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor
- Manzoor Alam Beg, father of the fine art photography movement in Bangladesh, Alokchitracharya (the great teacher of photography), Ekushey Padak awardee
- Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former chief of Army staff of Bangladesh
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, Padma Bhushan awardee
- Promode Dasgupta, communist leader
- Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikrom
- Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom
- Siraj Sikder, communist revolutionist[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Yasmin, Sabina (2012). "Barisal Zila School". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (1997). Iqbal, Shahryar (ed.). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. p. 402. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
- ↑ Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Khan, Justice Abdul Jabbar". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ↑ Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Mahmud, Shaheed Altaf". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ↑ Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ↑ Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Sikder, Siraj". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
