Rangpur Government College is a public educational institution in

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, Bangladesh. It was established on July 25, 1963. It is situated in Radaballav, within one kilometer from the town center. Currently, the college offers HSC, graduate (Pass) courses, bachelor's (honours) courses in 14 subjects and

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courses in 7 subjects. According to the 2024 data, a total of 11,375 students are currently studying here. Rangpur Govt

History

In 1963, when it was turned into a government institution, the number of student seats in

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became limited. In this situation, the absence of a college proving education to the extended number of students was intensely felt. In this circumstance, some philanthropists including Fulle Hossain, the then District Commissioner O.M. Carnie, Assistant District Commissioner Abdus Sattar, District Education Officer Tahemidur Rahman, advocate Abul Khan, Amin Hossain, Abul Salek, Moin Uddin Sarker et. el. come forward to set up a college. Some rich people also gave necessary land to establish the college immediately. Finally on July 25, 1963, it got established, the college was launched as a night college at Koilash Ranjan High School and as a day college at the Zamindarbari (Kalidham) of Ram Babu. Since its establishment till 1992, it was under the supervision of

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. It became a government college on November 1, 1984. It came under

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in 1993.

Campus

The college with its four academic buildings stands on 5.26 acre of land. It has two hostels for students. The female hostel can accommodate 100 students while the male hostel, namely Shahid Moslem Uddin Chattrabas is obsolete now. Some extra-curriculum activities based students organizations are also functioning in the campus. These are, voluntary blood donation related club ''Badhon'',

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(BNCC),

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, etc.

Academics

Currently, about 11,375 HSC, Honors, and

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level students are enrolled in the college in regular and irregular session, 2700 of them being HSC students. Number of teachers is 62. There are three main branches of study in this college: science, arts and commerce. Fourteen honors level subjects offered in this college. Bachelor Degree (Pass)

HSC

Ranking

In 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the

National University of Bangladesh National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through ...

ranked it as one of the top ten honours colleges in the Rangpur region.

Alumni

* Khandaker Golam Mostafa (1943–2020) 2nd Jatiya Sangsad member * K M Abdul Khaleq Chontu (1946-2017) 5th Jatiya Sangsad member * M. Abul Kashem (born 1953) academic staff of

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. *

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(1998/99-2024) student activist.

References

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* * {{Coord, 25.7589, N, 89.2476, E, region:BD_type:edu, display=title Colleges affiliated to National University, Bangladesh Rangpur Government College Colleges in Rangpur District Universities and colleges in Rangpur District Educational institutions established in 1963 1963 establishments in East Pakistan Education in Rangpur, Bangladesh