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Jagannath
University
as
a
govt.
financed
full
pledged
public
university
of
Bangladesh
is
situated
in
the
southern
part
of
the
city
of
Dhaka
near
the
Buriganga.
This
prestigious
educational
establishment
has
a
history
of
about
156
years
which
started
in
1858
when
Dhaka
Brahma
School
was
founded
in
1858
by
Dinanath
Sen,
Prabhaticharan
Roy,
Anathbandhu
Mallik
and
Brajasundar
Kaitra.
The
name
Jagannath
school
was
given
by
Kishorilal
Chowdhury,
the
Zamindar
of
Baliadi
who
took
over
the
school
in
1872
and
renamed
it
after
his
father's
name.
In
1884,
it
was
raised
to
a
second
grade
college.
Law
was
one
of
the
first
courses
introduced
in
the
college.
A
common
management
committee
administered
the
school
and
college
until
1887,
when
the
school
section
was
separated
to
form
an
independent
school
named
Kishore
Jubilee
School.
It
is
now
known
as
K
L
Jubilee
School.
The
administration
of
the
college
was
transferred
to
a
board
of
trustees
in
1907.
In
the
following
year,
it
became
a
first
grade
college.
The
college
started
with
only
48
students
and
in
five
years,
the
roll
raised
to
396.
In
1910,
Raja
Manmath
Roy
Chowdhury,
the
zamindar
of
Santosh,
tangail
affiliated
the
Pramath-Manmath
College
of
Tangail
with
Jagannath
College.It
was
known
as
the
best
equipped
private
college
in
Dhaka
as
early
as
1910.
With
the
establishment
of
Dhaka
University
in
1921
the
college
had
to
stop
admission
in
Degree
courses
and
was
renamed
Jagannath
Intermediate
College.
This
status
was
changed
after
28
years
in
1949,
when
it
reopened
Degree
classes.
The
college
was
taken
over
by
the
government
in
1968.
Jagannath
College
opened
honours
and
masters
programmes
in
1975.
That
year
the
government
once
again
took
over
the
college
and
upgraded
it
into
a
postgraduate
college.
In
1982,
the
college
closed
its
programmes
of
intermediate
level.The
college
introduced
evening
shifts
in
1992.The
college
was
transformed
into
the
Jagannath
University
in
2005.
At
present
the
University
has
36
departments
under
6
faculties
and
two
Institutes .The
faculties
are
Science,
Arts,
Business
Studies,
Social
Science,
Law
and Life
&
Earth
Science.The
Institutes
are
Institute
of
Mordern
Language
and
Institute
of
Education
and
Research.
Now 638
(till
to
2016-17) teachers
are
engaged
in
providing
quality
education
of
around 19088
(till
to
2016-17)
students
on
diversified
areas.
The
teachers
and
students
of
the
college
took
active
part
in
the
Language
Movement
of
the
early
1950s,
the
mass
movements
of
the
1960s
and
the
War
of
Liberation
of
the
country
in
1971.
The
college
produced
tens
of
thousands
graduates.
Many
of
them
have
become
famous
at
home
and
abroad.
Noted
among
the
alumni
of
the
college
are
sufi
motahar
hosen
(poet),
Abdul
Hamid
(sports
organiser
and
sports
journalist),
Bhabatosh
Dutta
(economist),
Premendra
Mitra
(writer
and
poet),
AR
Yusuf
(Bar-at-Law,
State
Minister
of
Bangladesh
in
early
1980s),
A
KMA
Rouf
(artist),
Anisuzzaman
(educationist,
researcher),
and
Brozen
Das
(swimmer,
the
first
Indian
to
swim
across
English
Channel).
The
Management
of
University
is
striving
to
make
this
establishment
as
a
center
of
excellence
for
creating
successful
and
productive
citizens
of
Bangladesh.
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