Chandpur Government College

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Chandpur Government College (Bengali: চাঁদপুর সরকারি কলেজ) is a college in Chandpur, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest colleges in Chandpur as well as in Chittagong Division. It offers higher secondary education (HSC). It has honours and master's degree programs as well which are affiliated to National University.

History

The foundation stone of Chandpur College was laid on 15 June 1946 by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of undivided Bengal.^[1]^[2]

Campus

Academic buildings

There are five academic buildings:

Main Building (Administrative Building)
Shaheed Raju Building
Academic Building-1
Academic Building-2
Academic Building-3

Library

The library is situated in main building of the college. It has a collection around 24,000 books.^[3]

Residential student halls

There are three residential halls:^[3]

Shaheed Zia Hostel (boys)
Sher-e-Bangla Hostel (boys)
Sheikh Hasina Girl's Hostel

Mosque

There is a mosque in the college campus.^[3]

Academics

Chandpur Government College offers HSC, four years Honours, and one year Masters course in various majors.

HSC level

Science
Business Studies
Humanities

Honours and Masters level

Department of Accounting
Department of Management
Department of Economics
Department of English
Department of Bangla
Department of Political Science
Department of Social Work
Department of History
Department of Islamic Studies
Department of Islamic History and Culture
Department of Philosophy
Department of Geography
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Department of Zoology
Department of Botany

Notable alumni

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1986-1988)^[4]
Goutam Buddha Das, agricultural scientist and Ekushey Padak awardee^[5]
Humayun Faridi, actor and drama organizer^[6]
Satya Prasad Majumder, electrical engineer and vice chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology^[5]
Samir Kumar Saha, microbiologist and Ekushey Padak awardee^[5]

References

^ চাঁদপুর সরকারি কলেজের ৭৫ বছর [75 years of Chandpur Government College]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 14 October 2022.
^ Khan, Nurul Islam (1977). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Comilla. Bangladesh Government Press. p. 330.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Facilities". Chandpur Government College.
^ Hossain, Abu Md. Delwar (2012). "Chowdhury, Mizanur Rahman". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ ^a ^b ^c চাঁদপুর সরকারি কলেজের ৭৫ বছর পূর্তি উৎসব আজ [Today is the 75th anniversary of Chandpur Government College]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 24 February 2023.
^ Islam, Md Saiful (2012). "Faridi, Humayun". In Islam, Sirajul; Islam, Md (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.