Barishal Zilla School
Public school in Bangladesh
(Sobuj Pata)
Barishal Zilla School (Bengali: বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It was the first high school established in Barisal Division.[1] Founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1829 by W. N. Garrett, it began with 27 students. In 1853, the school was renamed Barisal Zilla School.[2]
Notable alumni
- 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]
See also
References
- ^ "Barisal Zilla School". Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Barisal.
- ^ Rashid, Md. Habibur (1981). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Bakerganj (PDF). Dhaka: Bangladesh Government Press. p. 226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (1997). Iqbal, Shahryar (ed.). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. p. 402. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
- ^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Khan, Justice Abdul Jabbar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Khan, Mobarak Hossain (2012). "Mahmud, Shaheed Altaf". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
- ^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Sikder, Siraj". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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