Baker Hostel
Baker Government Hostel | |
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বেকার সরকারি হোস্টেল | |
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General information | |
Status | Active |
Address | 8 Smith Lane, Taltala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Coordinates | 22°33′32″N 88°21′32″E / 22.5588543°N 88.3589861°E |
Opened | 1910 |
Owner | Government of West Bengal |
Baker Hostel is a government hostel located in
History
Due to the unhygienic environment and inadequate housing system around the Taylor hostel built in 1896 for students in Kolkata, they started a movement for the construction of a new hostel.[2] Nawab Abdul Jabbar initiated the movement in 1908.[2] Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, A. K. Fazlul Huq played a major role in establishing the hostel.[3] As a result, government built this hostel.[2]
Museum
Two rooms of this hostel (no. 23 and 24) were converted into a museum in honor of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and the first president of Bangladesh. The museum was inaugurated on 31 July 1998.[4] On 23 February 2011, a bust of Mujib was installed in the hostel.[5]
In 2017, the All Bengal Minority Youth Federation criticized the decision and demanded that the bust of Bangabandhu be removed from the hostel as
However, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister of Bangladesh,
Room No. 24 of the museum is known as Bangabandhu Memorial Room. Bangabandhu's bust is located in front of the door of the room. Inside the room are his used bed, table and chair. There is a small library where the books written by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are arranged. On the table is a photograph of him giving his
Notable alumni
- Azizul Haque
- Hamidul Huq Choudhury
- Khaleque Nawaz Khan[10]
- Khalilur Rahman
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- Syed Hedayetullah
- Syed Murtaza Ali
References
- ^ বঙ্গবন্ধুর বেকার হোস্টেল [Baker Hostel of Bangabandhu]. Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Jabbar, Nawab Abdul". Banglapedia. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Ahsanullah, Khan Bahadur". Banglapedia. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Bangabandhu remembered at Bekar Hostel". Prothom Alo. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Bekar Hostel in Kolkata installs Bangabandhu's sculpture today". The Daily Star. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Remove Mujibur Rahman's bust from Kolkata hostel: ABMYF". New Age. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy; Das, Madhuparna (30 March 2017). "Centre asks Mamata govt to act tough against fringe groups demanding removal of Mujibur statue". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Bangabandhu bust reinstalled in Baker Hostel". Bangla Tribune. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Mitra, Prithvijit (23 February 2012). "The hostel room where Mujibar Rahman stayed". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ ছাত্রলীগের ৭০তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী আজ. Ekushey Television (in Bengali). 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.