Barishal Zilla School

Public school in Bangladesh

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Barishal Zilla School (Bengali: বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It was the first high school established in Barisal Division.^[1] Founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1829 by W. N. Garrett, it began with 27 students. In 1853, the school was renamed Barisal Zilla School.^[2]

Notable alumni

A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943)^[3]
Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Bengali nationalist and former minister of United Bengal
Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965–1969)^[4]
Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
Altaf Mahmud, music composer^[5]
Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher^[6]
Buddhadeb Guha, writer
Golam Mustafa, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor
Manzoor Alam Beg, father of the fine art photography movement in Bangladesh, Alokchitracharya (the great teacher of photography), Ekushey Padak awardee
Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former chief of Army staff of Bangladesh
Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, Padma Bhushan awardee
Promode Dasgupta, communist leader
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikrom
Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom
Siraj Sikder, communist revolutionist^[7]

References

^ "Barisal Zilla School". Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Barisal.
^ Rashid, Md. Habibur (1981). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Bakerganj (PDF). Dhaka: Bangladesh Government Press. p. 226. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh (1997). Iqbal, Shahryar (ed.). Sheikh Mujib in Parliament (1955-58). Dhaka: Agamee Prakashani. p. 402. ISBN 984-401-385-2.
^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Khan, Justice Abdul Jabbar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ Khan, Mobarak Hossain (2012). "Mahmud, Shaheed Altaf". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Dhaka: Bangla Academy. p. 159. ISBN 984-07-4052-0.
^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Sikder, Siraj". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.