Chittagong College is a government college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the second college established in Bangladesh after Dhaka College.[1] It offers higher secondary education (HSC), bachelor's degree and master's degree.
Having begun as Chattogram District school (now Chittagong Collegiate School) in 1836, it became an intermediate college in 2nd January 1869. Its academic activities as a college started at a Portuguese-merchant built building beside the Parade Ground. The first principal was J C Bose. Initially, it used to offer law education, but the subject was suspended in 1909. In the same year it started providing science education in the intermediate section from the 1909. The institute became a graduation college in 1910 after University of Calcutta recognized it as a first class degree college. From then it started providing honours degrees on Arabic, Bengali, Pali, Sanskrit, history, mathematics, physics and chemistry. From 1919 it started supplementary courses on English, economics and philosophy. In 1942, honours courses in Economics started. The college suspended its honours programme in 1955. But, it 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. In 1926, A. K. Fazlul Huq established Muslim Chattrabash which is now known as Sher-e-Bangla Chattrabas.[2] The students of this institution participated in Language movement in 1952,[3]Bengali Education movement in 1962 and Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
The college teaches honours and offers master's degrees in 17 subjects (present 2018). Science and humanities are course for HSC student. The college has five academic buildings, a library with 60,000 books,[2] a mosque, and an auditorium. The college has three academic buildings. one of them used as a foreign language teaching inclusive arts and an ICT (information and communication technology) lab based building.
Administrational map of Chittagong College
Administrational building of Chittagong College
Faculty of Arts & Social Science
The Department of English in Chittagong College is called Royal Department. Famous scholar Subodh Candra Sen Gupta joined in the department in 1933. It opened in 1910.[2]
There are three male and one female student dormitories.
Saheed Sohrawordy dormitory: "A" block is for Muslim students and "B" block is for non-Muslim students.
Sher-e-Bangla dormitory
Dr. Abdus Sabur dormitory: for honours and master's students
Hazrat Khadizatul Kobra (R) dormitory: for female students
Shekh Hasina dormitory: for female students
College ground
The college has a large ground known as Parade Ground. In this five acre ground students from the college and from other colleges play cricket, football, and volleyball.[5]BNCC (Bangladesh National Cadet Corps) uses the ground.
Co-curricular activities
Chittagong College ECA Club
Chittagong College Information Technology Club (XI-XII students only)
BNCC, the college has the HQ of Karnaphuly battalion-2 of Bangladesh National Cadet Corp. Two Sections are Army Wing and Naval Wing
Chittagong College Information Technology Club (CCITC)
Chittagong College Information Technology Club was founded on February 2, 2020. It is a platform that provides students with opportunities to discuss various topics on informatics outside the classroom and enhance the skills of students other than the regular curriculum. Current activities include Programming and Problem Solving, IoT and Robotics, Web Development and Graphic Design, and Data Science and Machine Learning. There is one class per week for any of the above four topics. To attend the classes, being a member is mandatory. [6]
Other facilities
Two-storied mosque
Common rooms for male and female students. The common room for female students is a two-storied building.
Canteen between the auditorium and the administrative building
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Khan, Sadat Ullah (2012). "Chittagong College". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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Chittagong College is a government college in Chittagong Bangladesh It is the second college established in Bangladesh after Dhaka College 1 It offers higher secondary education HSC bachelor s degree and master s degree Chittagong Collegeচট টগ র ম কল জMottoশ ক ষ ই শক ত Motto in EnglishEducation is PowerTypePublicEstablished1869 154 years ago 1869 AffiliationBangladesh National UniversityBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education ChattogramChairmanMd Mashiur RahmanPrincipalProf Md Mojibul Hoq ChowdhuryVice PrincipalProf Md Mozahidul Islam ChowdhuryAcademic staff169Administrative staff400Students18000 as of 2018 LocationChawkbazar Chittagong BangladeshCampusUrban 20 acres 8 1 ha LanguageBengali EnglishWebsitewww wbr ctgcollege wbr gov wbr bd Contents 1 History 1 1 Affiliation 2 Faculties and departments 2 1 Faculty of Arts amp Social Science 2 2 Faculty of Science 3 College facility 3 1 Student dormitories 3 2 College ground 3 3 Co curricular activities 3 4 Chittagong College Information Technology Club CCITC 3 5 Other facilities 4 Notable alumni 5 Notable faculty members 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditHaving begun as Chattogram District school now Chittagong Collegiate School in 1836 it became an intermediate college in 2nd January 1869 Its academic activities as a college started at a Portuguese merchant built building beside the Parade Ground The first principal was J C Bose Initially it used to offer law education but the subject was suspended in 1909 In the same year it started providing science education in the intermediate section from the 1909 The institute became a graduation college in 1910 after University of Calcutta recognized it as a first class degree college From then it started providing honours degrees on Arabic Bengali Pali Sanskrit history mathematics physics and chemistry From 1919 it started supplementary courses on English economics and philosophy In 1942 honours courses in Economics started The college suspended its honours programme in 1955 But it 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 In 1926 A K Fazlul Huq established Muslim Chattrabash which is now known as Sher e Bangla Chattrabas 2 The students of this institution participated in Language movement in 1952 3 Bengali Education movement in 1962 and Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 Affiliation Edit Course Date of first affiliationSSC 1836Degree Pass 1910Honours 1919Master s Preliminary 1992Master s Final 1992 4 Faculties and departments Edit Parade ground of Chittagong College The college teaches honours and offers master s degrees in 17 subjects present 2018 Science and humanities are course for HSC student The college has five academic buildings a library with 60 000 books 2 a mosque and an auditorium The college has three academic buildings one of them used as a foreign language teaching inclusive arts and an ICT information and communication technology lab based building Administrational map of Chittagong College Administrational building of Chittagong College Faculty of Arts amp Social Science Edit The Department of English in Chittagong College is called Royal Department Famous scholar Subodh Candra Sen Gupta joined in the department in 1933 It opened in 1910 2 The faculty comprises 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 Islamic StudiesFaculty of Science Edit The faculty comprises the following departments Department of Geography Department of Physics Department of Chemistry Department of Botany Department of Zoology Department of Statistics Department of Mathematics Department of Psychology 4 College facility EditStudent dormitories Edit There are three male and one female student dormitories Saheed Sohrawordy dormitory A block is for Muslim students and B block is for non Muslim students Sher e Bangla dormitory Dr Abdus Sabur dormitory for honours and master s students Hazrat Khadizatul Kobra R dormitory for female students Shekh Hasina dormitory for female studentsCollege ground Edit The college has a large ground known as Parade Ground In this five acre ground students from the college and from other colleges play cricket football and volleyball 5 BNCC Bangladesh National Cadet Corps uses the ground Co curricular activities Edit Chittagong College ECA Club Chittagong College Information Technology Club XI XII students only BNCC the college has the HQ of Karnaphuly battalion 2 of Bangladesh National Cadet Corp Two Sections are Army Wing and Naval Wing Rover Scout Red Crescent Society Chattogram College Creative ClubChittagong College Information Technology Club CCITC Edit Chittagong College Information Technology Club was founded on February 2 2020 It is a platform that provides students with opportunities to discuss various topics on informatics outside the classroom and enhance the skills of students other than the regular curriculum Current activities include Programming and Problem Solving IoT and Robotics Web Development and Graphic Design and Data Science and Machine Learning There is one class per week for any of the above four topics To attend the classes being a member is mandatory 6 Other facilities Edit Two storied mosque Common rooms for male and female students The common room for female students is a two storied building Canteen between the auditorium and the administrative building Gymnasium Post office Pubali Bank Chittagong College branch Medical centre Foreign language training center FLTC Notable alumni Edit Nobel Laureate Muhammad Younus This article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations February 2021 Muhammad Yunus awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance Janardan Chakravarti Nalinaksha Dutt 7 Bhabatosh Dutta Manabendra Narayan Larma the founding leader of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti Fazlul Karim lawyer businessman politician and soldier He was the first mayor of Cox s Bazar Enamul Haque a Bangladeshi researcher litterateur and educationist Salimullah Khan Birendra Kishore Roaza Manabendra Narayan Larma Asif Iqbal Bangladeshi lyricist music composer and corporate personality A J M Nasir Uddin Bangladeshi Politician former Mayor of Chittagong and Vice President of Bangladesh Cricket Board Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Bangladeshi Politician and Mayor of Chittagong Notable faculty members EditBeni Madhab Das he joined in the college in its initial years and made the college as a model institution Surendranath Dasgupta he was a professor of Bangla and Sangskrit in the college Subodh Chandra Sengupta came to dept of English in this college in 1933 from Presidency College Kolkata 2 Motaher Hussain Chowdhury a Bengalii writer was born in Noakhali He worked in Chittagong College from 1947 to 1956 8 Badruddin Umar Abdul Haque Faridi lecturerGallery Edit See also EditGovernment Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College Education in BangladeshReferences Edit Academic Calendar HSC 2012 2013 Chittagong College a b c d A Profile on Chittagong College The Daily Star Retrieved May 2 2010 Women were the first to defy Section 144 curfew londoni co a b Chittagong College National University Nowhere to play The Daily Star Retrieved October 25 2017 CCITC ccitc team Nirmal Chandra Sinha 1977 Notes amp Topics In Memoriam Professor Nalinaksha Dutt PDF Retrieved 16 April 2022 Chowdhury Motaher Hossain Banglapedia External links EditOfficial website Khan Sadat Ullah 2012 Chittagong College In Islam Sirajul Jamal Ahmed A eds Banglapedia National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second ed Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Coordinates 22 21 12 73 N 91 50 14 58 E 22 3535361 N 91 8373833 E 22 3535361 91 8373833 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chittagong College amp oldid 1129866321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
