Comilla Victoria Government College

Comilla Victoria Government College is a college in Comilla, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and renowned colleges in Comilla as well as in Chittagong division. The college is located beside of Ranir Dighi on 29 acres of land including its intermediate and honors section.[1]

Comilla Victoria Government College

কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারী কলেজ
Victoria College logo
Type	Public
Established	1899 (1899)
Academic affiliation	Bangladesh National University
Principal	Professor Md. Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan
Academic staff	125
Administrative staff	220 (approximately)
Students	29,900 (approximately)
Location	Comilla , Bangladesh
Campus	Urban
Website	cvgc.edu.bd

History

Prof. Fazlul Karim was the first Muslim teacher of this college in 1937. He later became the Vice Prinncipal of the college in 1958 until his retirement in 1972 when the college was made a government college.

Academics

At present, the college has 15,000 students and 147 teachers, of whom 36 are women.

Freedom fighters

Many students of Comilla Victoria College joined the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.[2] A memorial has been built inside the campus commemorating the sublime contribution of these freedom fighters.

Housing

Comilla Victoria College has five dormitories: four for boys and one for girls. About 1,000 students reside in these dormitories.

Faculty

There are currently four departments under Comilla Victoria Government University College.

Faculty Name	Categories	Seat number in the graduate class	Total number of seats
Faculty of Arts	Bengali Department English Department Arabic and Islamic Studies Department History Department History of Islam Department Philosophy Department
Faculty of Business Administration	Department of Accounting Finance and banking Department Management Department Marketing Department		( MBA)500
Faculty of Social Sciences	Political Science Department Economy Department Social Science Department Social work Department
Faculty of Science	Physics Department Chemistry Department Mathematics Department Statistics Department Zoology Department Botany Department

Cultural

The educational institution has been festive every day in the activities of 13 cultural organizations. These organizations are also leading national and local level cultural fields. The students of BNCC (Army), BNCC (Air Force), Red Crescent, Victoria College Bitarko Parishad, Victoria College Theater, Rover Scouts, Campus Barta, Blood Donor Organization, Nongar, Botany Society, Career Club and Science Club are conducting cultural and social work of college.

Notable alumni

• Mustafa Kamal is the current finance minister of Bangladesh.
• Muzaffar Ahmed (NAP Politician) Advisor of Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971
• Rafiqul Islam Miah is an ex-minister of Bangladesh.
• Syed Mahmud Hossain is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who is currently the 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
• Sachin Dev Burman, music director of Indian Bollywood film industry.
• Abdul Awal Mintoo, passed HSC exam from this institute in 1966 in science group.[3]
• Kazi Shamsul Hoque, a journalist, editor of weekly Akhon Samoy, New York City, United States passed B.A. from this college.
• Professor Fazlul Halim Chowdhury (1 August 1930–9 April 1996) was the longest-serving (1976–1983) vice-chancellor of Dhaka University. He passed HSC exam from this college in science in 1947.
• Rural development propagator and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan was a principal of the college in the 1950s.
• Abdus Suttar Khan, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), a Bangladeshi Oxford Scholar and aerospace researcher.
• Sachindra Lal Singh - 1st Chief Minister of Tripura state .[4]
• Advaita Mallabarmana, a Bengali Indian writer. He is mostly known for his novel Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
• Ajit Kumar Guha a Bengali educationist.[5] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.[6]
• Masud Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi television, film and stage actor.[7]
• Ashab Uddin Ahmad,[8][9] a Bangladeshi writer, educator and politician. He was a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly for the United Front, and a Communist activist. In 2005, he was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak for his contributions to literature,[8] which include 24 published books in Bengali and English.
• A B M Musa, a Bengali journalist. He was the chief editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). He was awarded Ekushey Padak for journalism in 1999 by the Government of Bangladesh.
• Kamal Dasgupta,a twentieth-century Bengali music director, composer and folk artist.
• Santi Ghose, is known for her participation in an armed revolutionary struggle.
• Mujibul Haque Mujib, a member of the Bangladeshi parliament for the constituency of Comilla-11 and was the former Minister for Railways of Bangladesh.
• Salauddin Mumtaz was a military officer who fought for the Bangladeshi side in the 1971 Bangladeshi War of Independence and was also posthumously given the title Bir Uttom.
• Bidya Sinha Saha Mim is a Bangladeshi actress and model.

• Notable alumni
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  Fazlul Halim Chowdhury
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  Kazi Shamsul Hoque
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  Abdus Suttar Khan
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  Adwaita Mallabarman
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  Mujibul Haque Mujib

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See also

• List of Educational Institutions in Comilla

References

1. "Glorious 110 years of Comilla Victoria College". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
2. Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria (2012). "Comilla Victoria College". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
3. Personal page Archived 19 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Guha, Ajit Kumar". In Islam, Sirajul; Chakraborty, Gopika Ranjan (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
6. একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
7. Fayza Haq (23 July 2010). "A Man for All Seasons". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
8. "PM distributes Ekushey Padak". News from Bangladesh. 20 February 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
9. East Pakistan (Pakistan) (1956). Statistical Abstract for East Pakistan, Volume 3. Provincial Statistical Board and Bureau of Commercial and Industrial Intelligence. p. 61. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

External links

• College website