Kumudini College

{{Short description|Women's College in Tangail, Bangladesh}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Kumudini Govt. College, Tangail

| native_name = কুমুদিনী সরকারী কলেজ, টাংগাইল

|image =

|caption = New campus of Govt. Azizul Haque College

| established =1943

| closed =

| type = Public

| principal = Professor Md. Badrul Alam

| faculty = 156

| administrative_staff = 120

| students = 8000+-

| city = Tangail

| country = Bangladesh

| campus = Urban

| website = {{URL|http://www.kgc.ac.bd/}}

| coor = {{coord|24.2575|89.9239|type:edu_region:BD|display=inline,title}}

}}

Kumudini Government College ({{langx|bn|কুমুদিনী সরকারী কলেজ}}), also called Kumudini Mohila College, located in Tangail, is a women's college affiliated with Bangladesh National University.{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.edu.bd/notice/collegeList.pdf|title=National University Affiliated College List|accessdate=13 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123194628/http://www.nu.edu.bd/notice/collegeList.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2013|url-status=dead}} The college was established in 1943 by Ranada Prasad Saha, a businessman and philanthropist, became affiliated with the University of Calcutta in 1944,{{cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Rachana |year=2012 |chapter=University of Calcutta |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=University_of_Calcutta |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}} and was nationalized in 1979.{{cite book |last=Asaduzzaman |first=Md |year=2012 |chapter=Kumundi College |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kumudini_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}} Until 1959 when Muminunnisa Mohila College was established in Mymensingh, it was the only women's college in East Pakistan.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2006/11/01/guru.htm|title=Muminunnisa Mohila College: Enlightening women for decades|author=Aminul Islam|magazine=Star Insight|publisher=The Daily Star|volume=1|issue=10|date=11 November 2006}}