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Brojomohun College
ব্রজমোহন কলেজ
Motto	সত্য, প্রেম ও পবিত্রতা
Motto in English	Truth, Love and Purity
Type	University college
Established	14 June,1889; 135 years ago
Affiliation	Bangladesh National University
Principal	Professor Dr. Sheikh Md. Tazul Islam
Students	30,000+
Location	Barisal, Bangladesh; 22°42′44″N 90°21′23″E / 22.7121°N 90.3565°E
Campus	Urban (60 acres)
Website	bmcollege.gov.bd

Govt. Brojomohun College, Barishal,^[1] commonly known as BM College, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in the city of Barishal in south-western Bangladesh.^[2]

History

On June 14, 1889, Ashwini Kumar Dutta founded Brojo Mohan College, which was named after his father, Brajamohan Dutta.^[2]

The first principal of the college was Babu Gyan Chandra Chowdhury. While Ashwini Kumar Dutta taught English and logic, Kali Prasanna Ghosh taught history and Kamini Kumar BidyaRatna taught Sanskrit and Bengali. 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 strategy. In the beginning the college used the BM School campus and was relocated its own present complex sometime later.

BM College, affiliated to University of Calcutta, 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 (Presidency) 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 10th 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

Notable alumni

Jibanananda Das, poet, writer, novelist and essayist
Abdul Wahab Khan, third Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Jogendra Nath Mandal, Law minister in Interim Government of India and Pakistan's first law and labour minister
Bir Sreshtho Mohiuddin Jahangir, awarded the highest recognition of bravery in the Bangladesh Army
Shaheed (Martyr) Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain, accused of Agartala Conspiracy Case and awarded Independence Day Award, the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh
Altaf Mahmud, musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter
Promode Dasgupta, West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
Narayan Gangopadhyay, South Asian author
Ahsan Habib, poet and writer
Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, businessman, educationist and politician
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, Politician, Founder of Mujib Bahini and Jubo League
Siraj Sikder Politician, Communist revolutionary
Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics.
Shawkat Hossain Hiron, Bangladeshi Politician

Notable faculty members

Jibanananda Das, taught English
Kabir Chowdhury, former principal^[3]

References

^ "Govt. BM College at a Glance". bmcollege.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ ^a ^b Molla, Md Tuhin (2012). "Brajamohan College". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ "Chowdhury, Kabir". Banglapedia.