Rajshahi Collegiate School (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল) is a public boys' school located in Shaheb Bazar, Rajshahi, a metropolitan city in northern Bangladesh. Established in 1828, it is the oldest school in the country.
History
Rajshahi Collegiate School is the oldest educational institution in Rajshahi city. Rajshahi Collegiate School was established in 1828. The school was nationalised by the provincial government of Bengal and was converted into a government zilla (or district) school on 20 June 1836
In 1873 the Zilla School was given the status of an Intermediate College, and F.A. courses were introduced into its curriculum. With further development this college was accorded "first-grade rank" in 1878, which meant that it could teach B.A. courses and be affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Later the college part got separated and was named as Rajshahi College.
After completing MA in philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah went on to serve as the first Muslim headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School, from 1904 to 1907.
Buildings and sites
Headmasters SLHeadmaster's nameWorking period startWorking period end1Sri Sarda Prasad Basu183618442Mr. Riz184418523Sri Hargobind Sen185218644Sri Jadunath Mukherjee186418705Sri Kalinath Dey187018726Sri Govinda Chandra Maitra187218737Sri Hargobind Sen187318798Sri Kalikumar Das187918919Sri Loknath Chakraborty1891189210Sri Shashi Vushan Sen1892189811Sri Joy Gopal Dey1898190212Sri Rajendranath Banerjee1902190413Sir Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah1904190714Sri Brajaballav Dutta1907191115Sri Avaycharan Das1911191316Sri Chintaharan Chakraborty1913192417Sri Dhirendranath Sen1924192618Sri Prasanya Kumar Dev1926193119 Sri Bijay Chandra Sen1931193420Sri Satish Chandra Sen1934193921Sri Manimohan Sengupta1940194122Mohammad Asad Abdul Mahmud1941194423Mohammed Hidyatul Islam1944194624Sri Bijay Kumar Bhattacharya1946194725M. Khalil1947195126M.A. Latif1951195627A.K.M Hashem1956195828Abdul Jobbar Ahmed1958195929M. Imran Ali1959196630Mohammed Abdur Razzak1966196731Mohammed Khalilur Rahman1967197232Muhammad Izharul Haque1972197433Rashid Ahmed1974197834Mohammed Bahadur Ali Sarker1978197935Mohammed Izabul Haque1980198336Mohammed Ramzan Ali1983198737Muhammad Anowar Hossain198838Mohammed Nawshad Ali1988199239Mrs. Rawshon Jahan1992199840Mohammed Entazur Rahman1998200041Mohammed Abul Kashem2000200242Mohammed Hafizur Rahman2002200443Mohammed Abul Kashem2004200644Mohammed Golam Hossain05.03.200630.10.200745Dr. Mst. Nurjahan Begum06.11.200715.10.202546Sujit Kumar Devnath (Incharge)15.10.202530.12.202547Md. Bairul Islam (Incharge)30.12.2025present
Notable alumni Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) A. K. Khandker Archaeologist Ramaprasad Chanda Archaeologist Sarat Kumar Ray A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Former Justice Fazlul Haque Historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya Khademul Bashar Bir Uttom, chief of the Bangladesh Air Force Mizanur Rahman Minu Mrinal Haque Najib Tareque Ritwik Ghatak, film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright Faruq Mahfuz Anam (James), singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and playback singer Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, politician and writer
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