Govt.B.M College,Barisal

Brojomohun (B.M) College , is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in the town of Barisal in south-western Bangladesh. History Though Barisal was called the "Venice of the East" and "Crop House of Bengal", the town's education sector was not strong, as it was geographically far from Dhaka and Calcutta. Barisal Zilla School was established in 1854, but the school was not large enough to serve the growing numbers of students. To solve the problem, Mahatma Ashwini Kumar Dutta started a new school in 1884. As there was no facility of higher education, the district magistrate at that time, Ramesh Chandra Dutta , requested Mahatma Ashwini Kumar Dutta to establish a college. On June 14, 1889, Aswini Kumar Dutta founded Brojo Mohan College. The first principal of the college was Babu Gyan Chandra Chowdhury. While Ashwini Kumar Dutta taught English and Logic, Kali Prasanna Ghosh taught History and Kamini Kumar BidyaRatna taught Sanskrit and Bengali. In 1898, BM College was transformed into a "First Grade College" from a "Second Grade College". In 1912, the college went to government management from personal management strategy . From 1889 to 1917 the activities of the college took place on the BM School campus. The college was relocated to its own present complex in 1917. B M Clollege, affiliated to Calcutta University, started Honours course in [English language/English] and [Philosophy] in 1922, in Sanskrit and Mathematics in 1925, in Chemistry in 1928, and finally in Economics in 1929. The time from 1922 to 1948 is called the "Golden Period" of the college. The governor of Bengal at that time, Sir Udbarn, once commented on B M College, "The college promises some day to challenge the supremacy of the metropolitan (Presidency) College." After the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, the college lacked teachers and the student body fell to one third of its post-war size. This made it difficult to teach the same numbers of courses and as a result the two year Honors curriculum conducted by Calcutta University was replaced with the three Honors curriculum of Dhaka University. As a consequence, Honors courses except Mathematics were abolished in 1950. In 1952, Honors in Mathematics had also been discontinued. In 1964, Honors in Economics restarted. Several other Honors and Masters Courses started between 1972 to 2005. The time since 1965 has been called the "Age of Enrichment" of the college. Former principal Prof. Mohammad Hanif is called the "Architect of Modern Brojo Mohun College". There are 20 degree (pass) courses, 21 Honors courses and 19 Masters courses at BM College. The HSC course was abolished in 1999.