Govt. Brojomohun College, Barishal, commonly known as BM College, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. It is located in the city of

Barishal Barisal ( or ; , ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal District and Barisal Divi ...

in south-western Bangladesh.

History

On June 14, 1889,

Ashwini Kumar Dutta Ashwini Kumar Dutta (25 January 1856 – 7 November 1923) was an Indian educationist, philanthropist, social reformer and an Indian independence activist. Early life Ashwini Kumar Dutta was born in an affluent high class Bengali Hindu Kayastha ...

founded Brojo Mohan College, which was named after his father,

Brajamohan Dutta Brajamohan Dutta (1826–1886) was a Bengali philanthropist and educator. He was the father of nationalist politician Aswini Kumar Dutta. Early life Dutta was born in 1826 at Batajore village, Barishal, British India. He served as a Deputy Magis ...

. The first principal of the college was Babu Gyan Chandra Chowdhury. While

taught English and logic, Kali Prasanna Ghosh taught history and Kamini Kumar BidyaRatna taught

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and

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. In 1898, BM College was transformed into a "First Grade College" from a "Second Grade College". In 1912, the college went to government management from personal management

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. In the beginning the college used the BM School campus and was relocated its own present complex sometime later. BM College, affiliated to

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, started honours course in English and philosophy in 1922, in Sanskrit and mathematics in 1925, in chemistry in 1928, and in economics in 1929. The time from 1922 to 1948 is called the "Golden Period" of the college. The governor of Bengal at that time, Sir Udbarn, once commented on BM College, "The college promises some day to challenge the supremacy of the metropolitan (

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) College." After the partition of India creation of Pakistan in 1947, the college lacked teachers and the student body fell to one third of its post-war size. This made it difficult to teach the same numbers of courses and as a result the two year Honors curriculum conducted by Calcutta University was replaced with the three Honors curriculum of Dhaka University. As a consequence, Honors courses except Mathematics were abolished in 1950. In 1952, Honors in mathematics had also been discontinued. In 1964, Honors in economics restarted. Several other Honors and Masters Courses started between 1972 and 2005. The time since 1965 has been called the "Age of Enrichment" of the college. There are 20 degree (pass) courses, 22 Honors courses and 21 Masters courses at BM College. On 10 January 2014, Honors Course in Statistics was launched under the leadership of Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee in collaboration with Prof. Nasim Haider. Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics. Its journey started with only 11 students. HSC course is reestablished in 2016.

Academic departments

The university has 22 departments under 4 faculties. The faculties are:

Faculty of Arts

* Department of Bangla * Department of English * Department of History * Department of Philosophy * Department of Islamic Studies * Department of Islamic History and Culture * Department of Sanskrit

Faculty of Business Studies

* Department of Finance & Banking * Department of Accounting * Department of Marketing * Department of Management

Faculty of Science

* Department of Botany * Department of Chemistry * Department of Mathematics * Department of Physics * Department of Soil Science * Department of Statistics * Department of Zoology

Faculty of Social Sciences

* Department of Economics * Department of Sociology * Department of Political Science * Department of Social Work

Co-curricular activities

*Bangladesh Rover Scout *Bangladesh National Cadet Corps - Sundarban Regiment *Uttoron Cultural Organization *Cultural Council *Brojomohun Theatre *Badhan Foundation *Sandhani *Brojomohun College Film Society *Brojomohun College Debating Club (BMCDC)

Notable alumni

* *

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read Bengali poet after Rab ...

, poet, writer, novelist and essayist * Abdul Wahab Khan, third Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan *

Jogendra Nath Mandal Jogendranath Mandal ( Bengali: যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মন্ডল; 29 January 1904 – 5 October 1968) emerged as a prominent figure among the architects of the nascent state of Pakistan. He served as the inaugural Minister of ...

, Law minister in

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and Pakistan's first law and labour minister * Bir Sreshtho

Mohiuddin Jahangir Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir BS () was a Pakistan Army officer who joined the Mukti Bahini during the 1971 war. He was born on 7 March 1949 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj Upazila of Barisal district, East Pakistan. He was an officer in ...

, awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army * Shaheed (Martyr) Lieutenant Commander

Moazzem Hossain Moazzem Hossain was a Pakistan Navy Lieutenant Commander and an accused of the Agartala Conspiracy Case. He was killed by the Pakistan Army during Bangladesh Liberation war. Early life He was born on 17 September 1932 in Dumuritala, Pirojpur, Ea ...

, accused of

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and awarded

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, the highest state award given by the government of

Altaf Mahmud Altaf Mahmud (23 December 1933 – September 1971) was a musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was also a language activist of the Language Movement and composer of " Amar Bhaier Rokte Ra ...

, musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter *

Promode Dasgupta Promode Dasgupta (13 July 1910 – 29 November 1982) was an Indian Communist politician from West Bengal, often referred to as PDG. He was the first leader of the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), serving as St ...

, West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M) *

Narayan Gangopadhyay Narayan Gangopadhyay (born Taraknath Gangopadhyay; 4 February 1918 – 8 November 1970) was an Indian writer and academic, noted for his contributions to modern Bengali literature. He wrote novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's l ...

, South Asian author * Ahsan Habib, poet and writer *

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (born 29 March 1935) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament. He served as the chairman of the Board o ...

, businessman, educationist and politician *

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was one of the nephews of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. He was one of the founder of Mujib Bahini Bangladesh Liberation ...

, Politician, Founder of

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and

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Siraj Sikder Sirajul Huq Sikder (; 27 September 1944 – 2 January 1975), better known as Siraj Sikder (), was a Bangladeshi revolutionary, engineer and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist insurgent. Early life Sikder was born on 27 September 1944 in Village Lakarta ...

Politician, Communist revolutionary * Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics. * Shawkat Hossain Hiron, Bangladeshi Politician

Notable faculty members

, taught English *

Kabir Chowdhury Kabir Chowdhury (9 February 1923 – 13 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker and civil society activist. Early life and education Chowdhury was born in Brahmanbaria of the then Tippera ...

, former principal

References

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