Noakhali Zilla School

Noakhali Zilla School (Bengali: নোয়াখালী জিলা স্কুল) is a boy's high school located in the Maijdee town of Noakhali, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest schools in the country. The school was established in 1850.(EIIN NUMBER 107540).^[1]

Noakhali Zilla School নোয়াখালী জিলা স্কুল
Seal of Noakhali Zilla School
Location
Maijdee, Noakhali 3800 Bangladesh
Information
Type	Government
Motto	পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে (Read in the name of the Lord)
Established	1850; 174 years ago (1850)
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla
Headmaster	Mohammed Mir Hossain.
Faculty	55
Grades	5 to 10
Number of students	1500
Color(s)	White

History

In 1850, Jones, an officer from Ireland, established the school privately in the old town of Noakhali district. After three years of its operation, it was renamed as RK High School. In 1920, the school premise was gone away into the riverbed. It was then shifted to Ghona of Mantiyar located in the east of Mahabbatpur in 1921. Again, it was washed away. The school was then shifted to RK Zubli school on 1 January 1923 and was renamed RK Zila School. In 1931, the school became once again a victim of river erosion and shifted to Bango School and relocated to present place in 1953. It was fully destroyed by striking of cyclone of 1958 and 1970 and then it was reconstructed.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Muzaffar Ahmad was a noted Bengali politician, journalist and communist activist, popularly known as "Kakababu".^[3]
• Sergeant Zahurul Haq was a sergeant of the Pakistan Air Force, killed in jail when he was under trial. Haq was one of the 35 persons accused in the Agartala conspiracy case officially called State vs Sheikh Mujibur Rahman & Others Case of 1968.^[4]
• A. B. M. Musa was a noted journalist.^[5][6]

See also

List of zilla schools of Bangladesh

References

1. Lipi, Jahanara Akhter (2012). "Noakhali District". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. "Noakhali Zila School". Banglapedia. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
3. Roy, Ranjit (2012). "Ahmed, Comrade Muzaffar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
4. Rahman, S M Mahfuzur (2012). "Haq, Zahurul". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
5. "History". Noakhali Zilla School.
6. সাংবাদিক এবিএম মূসার সংক্ষিপ্ত জীবনী [Short biography of journalist ABM Musa]. bdtoday24.com (in Bengali). 12 April 2014.

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