Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College

সরকারি হাজী মুহাম্মদ মহসিন কলেজ, চট্টগ্রাম
Other names	HMMC, GHMMC, MC
Motto	জ্ঞানই আলো
Motto in English	Knowledge for enlightenment
Type	Public
Established	1874 (1874)
Founder	Mir Abdur Rashid
Affiliation	Bangladesh National University Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chattogram Bangladesh Open University
Chairman	Md. Mashiur Rahman
Principal	Mohammed Quamrul Islam
Vice-Principal	Prof. Mohammed Elias
Academic staff	87
Students	20,000
Address	College Road , Chawkbazar, Chittagong , Bangladesh 22°21′13″N 91°50′9″E / 22.35361°N 91.83583°E / 22.35361; 91.83583
Campus	Urban, 31 acres (13 ha)
Language	Bengali & English
Colors	Yellow, green, red and purple
Website	mohsincollege.edu.bd

Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College (Bengali: সরকারি হাজী মুহাম্মদ মহসিন কলেজ) (alternatively spelled Government Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College) is one of the renowned colleges of Bangladesh located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Named after Muhammad Mohsin, a 19th-century philanthropist, it is one of the oldest educational institutions in the country, originally established in British India. It offers Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) (classes 11–12) in the national curriculum of Bangladesh coupled with bachelor's degree and master's degree in various disciplines in association with National University, Bangladesh.

History

Chittagong Madrasa was established in 1874 using a waqf donated by Muhammad Mohsin. In 1918, plans to improve education at the institution were developed and by 1927 it had gradually evolved into Islamic Intermediate College. Forty years later, a government-run higher secondary college was founded at the foot of the hill on which Islamic Intermediate College stood. On 20 July 1979, Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College came into existence when the two institutions merged.^[1] In 1996, the attached high school was relocated as Mohsin School.

Campus

The college has eight buildings which cover almost 31 acres (130,000 m²) of land. Two hostels situated to the west of the Administrative Building offer housing for one hundred students. Another hostel and the dean's residence are situated south of the Commerce Department Building. On top of a hill stands the college mosque.

One of the buildings is almost a century old. It is called Darul Adalat, and it was the first court of Chittagong under British colonial rule; the site may also have been fortified by Portuguese pirates in the 16th century. The locals refer to it the Portuguese Building due to its architectural style. Mohsin College (then Chittagong Madrasa) bought the hill, along with the building, for 30000 tk in 1879, and it remained central to the institution for many years, though by 2013 it had fallen into disrepair and was in danger of being demolished to make way for a library.^[2]

College facility

Notable alumni

• Abdul Wahid Bengali, co-founder of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
• Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, co-founder of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
• Sufi Azizur Rahman, co-founder of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
• Shantanu Biswas - dramatist, playwright, singer-songwriter
• Hasan Mahmud - Bangladeshi Minister and Parliamentarian
• Yasir Ali Chowdhury Bangladesh National Cricket Team
• M. Abdul Latif - Member of the Bangladeshi Jatiya Sangsad.
• Abdul Karim "5th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong"
• Abul Fazal "4th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chittagong"
• Ohidul Alam "Bangladeshi writer, poet, historian, and journalist."

See also

• Bangladesh Open University
• Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chattogram
• Education in Bangladesh
• List of colleges in Chittagong
• National University, Bangladesh
• Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Government High School

References

External links

• Mohsin College admission
• Home page
• Contact information