Maulana Azad College
মৌলানা আজাদ কলেজ | |
Kolkata, West Bengal , India 22°33′39″N 88°21′27″E / 22.5607°N 88.3574°E | |
Campus | Urban |
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Colours | White and olive green |
Website | maulanaazadcollegekolkata |
Maulana Azad College
It is affiliated to the
History
Maulana Azad College was founded on 9 December 1926 by
In the 1940, the future founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, studied at the college and stayed at the Baker Hostel.[4][5]
After the Independence of India, the college was renamed to Central Calcutta College and opened admissions to students of all faith.[3] Professor F. J. F. Pereira was made principal of the newly renamed college.[3]
In 1960, the college was renamed to its current name Maulana Azad College in the memory of the
On 23 February 2011, the government of Bangladesh and India installed a bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at room 23 and 24 of Baker Hostel of the College.[4][7] The All Bengal Minority Youth Federation demanded the removal of the bust of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the museum as they deemed the statue offensive to Islamic sensibilities.[4] The demands were rejected by Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal.[8]
Courses
The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in
Admission procedure and cutoffs
The college has an online application process for all its courses. Admission into undergraduate courses are merit-based. While that of postgraduate courses is done by both merit as well as an admission test. The 12th Class Finals cutoff percentage lies around ~90%.[10]
Rankings
Ranking | Science/B.Sc. | Commerce/B.Com. |
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2015 | 1st[11] | 5th[12] |
Notable alumni
- Abdullah al Mahmood, lawyer and politician.[13]
- Biman Bose - Chairman West Bengal Left Front, Politburo Member & West Bengal State Secretary of the West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist).[citation needed]
- Bishnu De- Poet, writer, and film critic.[14]
- Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Health Minister of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[15]
- Kazi Golam Mahbub, politician.[16]
- Jukto Front election.[17]
- K G Mustafa, journalist.[18]
- Khuda Buksh, an insurance executive.[19]
- M Osman Ali, one of the founders of Awami League.[20]
- Mashiur Rahman (politician from Jessore) - ex-minister, member of the parliament, and the highest ranking Awami League leader assassinated by the Pakistani army during the 1971 liberation movement of Bangladesh.[21]
- Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency), Politburo Member and senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader.[citation needed]
- Muhammad Mansur Ali - A senior leader of the Awami League and also served as the prime minister of Bangladesh in 1975.[22]
- Muhammad Habibar Rahman, chairman of the department of mathematics at the University of Rajshahi and killed in 1971 by Pakistan Army.[23]
- Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.[24]
- Nafis Ahmad, geographer.[25]
- Serajuddin Hossain - prominent Bangladeshi journalist and was the news and executive editor of The Daily Ittefaq.[26]
- first President and later served as the prime minister of his country.[27]
- Sultan Ahmed - Indian politician and the Union Minister of State for Tourism in the Manmohan Singh government.[28]
- Syed Altaf Hossain, Minister of Railways of Bangladesh.[29]
- Syed Azizul Huq, member of parliament of Bangladesh.[30]
- Tofail Ahmed, researcher of folk arts.[31]
- Taradas Bandyopadhyay - Son of Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, wrote number of short stories and novels like Kaal Nirabadhi, Saptarshir Alo, Kakkhopath. Most notable among them was his contribution to Taranath Tantrik.[32]
- Wahiduzzaman, politician and minister of commerce of Pakistan.[33]
- Zahur Ahmad Chowdhury, Minister of Health and Family Welfare.[34]
Notable faculty
- Itrat Husain Zuberi, professor of English and future Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajshahi.[35]
See also
- List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
- Education in India
- Education in West Bengal
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