Annada Government High School

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| name = Annada Government High School

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| motto = "Bidya Onneshone Agomon, Sheba Brote Nirghomon"

বিদ্যা অন্বেষণে আগমন সেবা ব্রতে নির্গমন।

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| established = 1875

| founder = Raja Roy Bahadur Annada Prashad Roy

| city = Brahmanbaria

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| country = Bangladesh

| type = Public

| principal = Farida Nazmin

| faculty = 41

| enrollment = ~2500

| grades = 1st to 10th Grade

| address = Haldarpara,

| district = Brahmanbaria District

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| free_label_1 = Nobel laureates

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| website = http://www.annadaghs.edu.bd/

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Annada Government High School ({{langx|bn|অন্নদা সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়}}) is a government secondary school for boys, in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. The school was named after Annada Prashad Roy who was a landlord of Kolkata. The school operates under the Cumilla Education Board.

The school lies in the heart of Brahmanbaria town, the administrative headquarters of the district of the same name. It is the oldest and one of the largest schools in Brahmanbaria District. As of 2006, enrollment was 2,250.{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/11/02/guru.htm|title='Annada Govt High School' Light More Light|last=Ali|first=Md. Mansur|date=25 November 2006|work=Star Insight|publisher=The Daily Star}}

History

The school started out in 1860 as an aided Anglo-vernacular school. It was upgraded to a high school in 1875 with the help of Annada Choron Roy of Cassimbazar and zamindar of Sarail Estate. The founding headmaster was Babu Jogesh Chandra Sarker.

The school was nationalised on 1 May 1968. Babu Binode Bihari was a student of Annada Govt High School. He stood first in the matriculation Examination held under the Kolkata University. Later Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud stood first in the mid-sixties and Md. Jehad Uddin stood first under Cumilla Board in 1991 from this school in the matriculation/SSC examination.

In February 2009, Mrs. Farida Nazmeen joined as headmaster.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Notable alumni

Sanaul Huq, a poet and civil servant{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Muhammad Saiful |year=2012 |chapter=Huq, Sanaul |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huq,_Sanaul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
Humayun Kabir, former state minister for health
Al Mahmud, poet
Wahiduddin Mahmud, an economist and a past member of the Caretaker government
Syed Abdul Hadi, award-winning Bangladeshi singer{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=August 2019}}
Adwaita Mallabarman, author of A River Called Titash, matriculated in 1933{{cite book |last=Mallabarman |first=Adwaita |author-link=Adwaita Mallabarman |date=1993 |translator-last=Bardhan |translator-first=Kalpana |title=A River Called Titash |publisher=University of California Press |page=263 |isbn=978-0-520-08050-8}}
Abdul Quadir, poet, essayist, and journalist, matriculated in 1923{{cite book |last=Haq |first=Mahbubul |year=2012 |chapter=Quadir, Abdul |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Quadir,_Abdul |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}
M Harunur Rashid, former professor and head of the department of English at Jahangirnagar University
Atique Islam, current vice chancellor of North South University and professor.

References

Category:Educational institutions established in 1875

Category:High schools in Bangladesh

Category:1875 establishments in India

Category:Schools in Brahmanbaria District

Category:Boys' schools in Bangladesh