Comilla Victoria Government College
{{Short description|College in Bangladesh}}
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| name = Comilla Victoria Government College
| native_name = কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ
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| established = {{start date and age|1899|09|24|df=y}}
| founder = Roy Bahadur Ananda Chandra Roy
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| type = Public
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| principal = Professor Md. Abul Basher Bhuiya
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| faculty = 125
| administrative_staff = 220 (approximately)
| students = 29,900 (approximately)
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| city = Comilla
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| country = Bangladesh
| campus = Urban
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| colours = {{color box|#29465B|border=silver}} Blue (shirt)
{{color box|black|border=silver}} Black (pant)
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| academic_affiliation = Bangladesh National University
| website = {{URL|cvgc.edu.bd}}
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Comilla Victoria Government College ({{langx|bn|কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ|Cumilla Victoria Shorkari College}}), mostly known as Comilla Victoria College, is a public college in Comilla, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and prestigious colleges in Comilla as well as in the Chittagong division. The higher secondary branch of the college is located in Kandirpar area of the comilla city and the degree and honours branch of the college is located in Dharmapur area of Cumilla.{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/12/03/camspotlight.htm|title=Glorious 110 years of Comilla Victoria College |publisher=The Daily Star |date=22 December 2009 | access-date=21 January 2014}} The college was named after Queen Victoria, once the Queen of United Kingdom and British Raj.
History
The college was established in 1899 by Roy Bahadur Ananda Chandra Roy.{{Cite book |last=Calcutta |first=University of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWIbAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ananda+Chandra+Roy&pg=PA816 |title=The Calendar |date=1909 |pages=816 |language=en}} Sattendranath Boshu was the first principal of the college and remained in that position until he died Comilla Victoria College Official Web Portal |About Us|page-url=https://www.cvgc.edu.bd/index.php?request=about-us|
Fazlul Karim was the first Muslim teacher of this college in 1937. He later became the vice principal 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.{{cite book |last=Bhuiyan |first=Golam Kibria |year=2012 |chapter=Comilla Victoria College |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Comilla_Victoria_College |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}} A memorial was built inside the campus commemorating the contribution of the students to Bangladeshi independence.
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.
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!Categories !Seat number in the graduate class !Total number of seats |
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| Faculty of Arts
|Bangla | | |
| Faculty of Business Administration
|Accounting | | ( MBA)500{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} |
| Faculty of Social Science
|Political Science | | |
| Faculty of Science
| Physics | | |
= 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 Bitorko Parishad, Victoria College Theater, Rover Scouts, Campus Barta, Blood Donor Organization, Nongar, Botany Society, Career Club and Science Club conduct cultural and social work of college.
Notable alumni
- Ashab Uddin Ahmad,{{cite news|title=PM distributes Ekushey Padak|url=http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=35388|access-date=3 February 2016|publisher=News from Bangladesh|date=20 February 2005}}{{cite book|last1=East Pakistan (Pakistan)|title=Statistical Abstract for East Pakistan, Volume 3|date=1956|publisher=Provincial Statistical Board and Bureau of Commercial and Industrial Intelligence|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpIUAQAAMAAJ&q=%22ashabuddin+ahmad%22|access-date=3 February 2016}} 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, which include 24 published books in Bengali and English.
- Muzaffar Ahmed Advisor of Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971
- Sachin Dev Burman, music director of Indian Bollywood film industry.
- Abu Osman Chowdhury, Lieutenant Colonel{{cite news |last1=Hasan |first1=Rashidul |date=6 September 2020 |title=Another war hero leaves |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/another-war-hero-leaves-1956565 |work=The Daily Star}}
- 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.
- Kamal Dasgupta, a twentieth-century Bengali music director, composer and folk artist.
- Santi Ghose, is known for her participation in an armed revolutionary struggle.
- Ajit Kumar Guha a Bengali educationist.{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Guha, Ajit Kumar|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Guha,_Ajit_Kumar|editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Chakraborty |editor2-first=Gopika Ranjan|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}} He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=24 July 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn}}
- Kazi Shamsul Hoque, a journalist, editor of weekly Akhon Samoy, New York City, United States passed B.A. from this college.
- Dewan Sirajul Huq, Former Member of Parliament from Comilla-4(Now Brahmanbaria-4) and one of the founding members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
- Abdul Matin Khasru, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Law and Supreme Court lawyer.
- Syed Mahmud Hossain is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as the 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
- Mustafa Kamal is the current finance minister of Bangladesh.
- Abdus Suttar Khan, a Bangladeshi Oxford Scholar and aerospace researcher.
- Rural development propagator and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Akhtar Hameed Khan was a principal of the college in the 1950s.
- Masud Ali Khan, a Bangladeshi television, film and stage actor.{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/07/04/profile.htm|title=A Man for All Seasons|date=23 July 2010|access-date=14 March 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|author=Fayza Haq|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315152700/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/07/04/profile.htm|url-status=dead}}
- Nabi Chowdhury, footballer, captained the Pakistan national football team and East Pakistan football team.{{cite book |last=Dulal |first=Mahmud |script-title=bn:পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় ({{Translation|Bengali players in the Pakistan national team}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |year=2014 |language=bn}}
- Ramendu Majumdar, actor, stage director, and theatre producer{{cite news |last1=Rahman |first1=Shawreen |date=12 May 2018 |title=Through The Eyes Of Ramendu Majumdar |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/through-the-eyes/through-the-eyes-ramendu-majumdar-1574965 |work=The Daily Star}}
- Advaita Mallabarmana, an Indian Bengali writer. He is mostly known for his novel Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
- Rafiqul Islam Miah is an ex-minister of Bangladesh.
- Bidya Sinha Saha Mim is a Bangladeshi actress and model.
- Bimal Kar, footballer, member of the Shadhin Bangla football team.{{Cite book |last=Mahmud |first=Dulal |year=2020 |title=খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ |trans-title=Liberation war in the playground |publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |language=bn |isbn=978-984-8218-31-0}}
- Abdul Awal Mintoo, passed HSC exam from this institute in 1966 in science group.[http://aamintoo.com/mintoodetails.html Personal page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219185301/http://aamintoo.com/mintoodetails.html#family |date=19 December 2007}}
- 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.
- Khan Sarwar Murshid, educationist and diplomat{{cite news |last1=Haque |first1=Junaidul |date=22 December 2012 |title=The passing of an icon |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-262048 |work=The Daily Star}}
- 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.
- Lokmanur Rahman former Bangladesh Navy two star officer
- Mijanur Rahman, vice-chancellor of Jagannath University from 2013 to 2021, passed his HSC from this college in 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.jnu.ac.bd/portal/getdata/3002/ |title=Professor Dr. Mijanur Rahman |website=Jagannath University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907172930/http://www.jnu.ac.bd/portal/getdata/3002/ |archive-date=7 September 2020}}
- Sachindra Lal Singh – 1st Chief Minister of Tripura state .{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2601.htm |title=6th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile |access-date=14 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624134127/http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2601.htm |archive-date=24 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book |title=Who's Who |date=1982 |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat |volume=16 |page=227}}
- AB Siddique, a drafter of the Constitution of Bangladesh and member of parliament{{cite news |url=http://chandpur-kantho.com/last-page/2015/09/03/9917 |script-title=bn:ফ্লাঃ লেঃ (অবঃ) এ বি সিদ্দিকের জীবনী |trans-title=Biography of Fla. Lt. (Retd.) AB Siddique |work=Chandpur Kantha |date=3 September 2018 |language=bn}}
- Arfanul Haque Rifat is a Bangladeshi politician and Mayor of Comilla.{{cite web |title=Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/arfanul-haque-rifat-wins-cumilla-city-polls-1655307637 |website=The Financial Express |access-date=16 June 2022}}
File:Fazlul h.jpg|Fazlul Halim Chowdhury
File:Kazi shamsul hoque.jpg|Kazi Shamsul Hoque
File:Suttar 006.jpg|Abdus Suttar Khan
File:Advaita_Mallabarmana.jpg|Adwaita Mallabarman
File:Mujibul Haque Mujib.jpg|Mujibul Haque Mujib
Gallery
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File:Zia Auditorium, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (10).jpg
File:Library of Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (9).jpg
File:Bangabandhu Mural, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (16).jpg
File:Students taking photo with their principal Abu Taher on their rag day, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (20).jpg
File:Central Mosque, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (14).jpg
File:Arts Building, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (25).jpg
File:Department of Chemistry Building, Comilla Victoria Government College, Honours Section, 2018-01-13 (26).jpg
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Cumilla Victoria Government College}}
- [http://www.cvgc.edu.bd/ College website]
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