Government Debendra College is a public

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Manikganj Manikganj is a town situated in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Manikganj District and Manikganj Sadar Upazila. Manikganj is a relatively pollution-free town of Bangladesh. The recent urbanization and highway built joining ...

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. It offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. It also has a

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(HSC) program. It is affiliated with

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. As of 2015, the principal is Syed Ikbal Moiz and the vice principal is Sirajul Islam.

History

Government Debendra College was established in as Manikgonj College with the inspiration and cooperation of local

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, Siddheswari Prasad Rychowdhury. In 1944, the college was renamed Debendra College after the name of the father name of

Ranadaprasad Saha Rai Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha (, ; 15 November 1896 – May 1971), also known as R. P. Saha, was a Bengali businessman, entrepreneur, soldier, philanthropist, social worker, and humanitarian. He founded educational institutes like Bharateswari ...

of Mirzapur, Tangail District. The degree courses were introduced in the college in 1947. It opened a science section at the higher secondary level in 1963 and commerce at the degree level in 1964. BSC courses were introduced in the college in 1970 and Honours courses in Bangla language and literature in 1971. The college started courses in agricultural science at the intermediate level in 1976. It was nationalised on 1 March 1980. Since 1989, the college has been offering Honours programmes in political science and accounting and masters programmes in economics, philosophy, history, management and mathematics.

Facilities

Government Debendra College has five academic buildings and three student dormitories: two hostels for women and another for men. There is a playground opposite the college. There are two ponds, one on the east side of the college and another on the west side. There is one mosque beside the playing field. There is one ''shahid minar''."About"
''Government Debendra College''.

Academics

Government Debendra College offers HSC, four-year honours, and two-year master's courses in various majors. The college is affiliated with the National University. As of 2015, the college has more than 16,000 students and 94 teachers. Many students participate in politics."BCL leader hacked in Manikganj"
''The Daily Star''.

Notable residents

* Khandkar Manwar Hossain, statistician, educator, researcher. *

Mohammad Ali Reza Khan Mohammad Ali Reza Khan is a Bangladeshi ornithologist. Education Khan completed his HSC from Manikganj Debendranath College. He completed his Ph.D. in Ornithology from Bombay University (now University of Mumbai) in 1977 under the supervis ...

, Bengal Presidency, British India. *

Mohammad Kaykobad Mohammad Kaykobad () is a Bangladeshi computer scientist, educator, author, and columnist. Along with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, he started the national mathematics olympiad. He was a professor of computer science and engineering in Bangladesh Univer ...

, businessman * Muhammad Siddiq Khan, Principal * Dr. Sadique Swapon

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Government Devendra College Manikgonj Universities and colleges established in 1942 1942 establishments in India Colleges in Dhaka Division Education in Manikganj District Colleges affiliated to National University, Bangladesh