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Annada Government High School

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Type
  
Public

Number of students
  
Above 2,000

Phone
  
+880 851-58150

Staff
  
100

Established
  
1875 (1875)

Campus size
  
2 ha

Founded
  
1875

Faculty
  
41

Address
  
Brahmanbaria 3400, Bangladesh

Similar
  
Brahman High School, Sultanpur High School, Niaz Mohamm High Sch, Banglade Railway High Sch, Bishnupur High School

Profiles

Annada Government High School (Bengali: অন্নদা সরকারী উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a government secondary school for boys, in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. The school was named after Raja Roy Bahadur Annada Prashad Roy who was a landlord of Kolkata. The school operates under the Comilla Education Board.

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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.

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 Prasad Roy Bahadur of Cassimbazar and zamindar of Sarail Estate. The founding headmaster was Babu Jogesh Chandra Sarker.

The school was nationalised on 1 May 1968.

In February 2009, Mrs. Farida Nazmeen joined as a headmaster.

Notable alumni

  • Sanaul Huq, a poet and civil servant
  • Humayun Kabir, former state minister for health
  • Al Mahmud, a notable poet
  • Wahiduddin Mahmud, an economist and a past member of the Caretaker government
  • Adwaita Mallabarman, author of A River Called Titash, matriculated in 1933
  • Abdul Quadir, poet, essayist, and journalist, matriculated in 1923
  • M Harunur Rashid, former professor and head of the department of English at Jahangirnagar University
  • References

    Annada Government High School Wikipedia