Government Saadat College

Infobox_University
name = Government Saadat College


motto = "আলোকিত মানুষ সৃষ্টি করা" ("To create enlightened human being")cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali]
established = 1926
type = Public, Coeducational
staff =
faculty = 120cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali]
chancellor = Prof. Md. Shamsul Haque
vice_chancellor =
students = 15000cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali]
city = Tangail
state =
country = Bangladesh
campus = Suburban, 38 acres (0.15km^"2")cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali]
nickname =
address =
telephone = 880921-62559

Government Saadat College (Bengali: সরকারী সা'দত কলেজ) is a public college in Bangladesh. It is often referred to as Karatia College. It was established in July 1926. The college is located at Karatia, a place by the side of the Dhaka-Tangail highway and about 7 kilometres from the Tangail district.

History

Sadat college is the first college in Bangladesh established by a Muslim zamindar.cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali] It was founded by Wazed Ali Khan Panni, a zamindar and educationalist of Tangail. He named it after the name of his grandfather Saadat Ali Khan Panni. The founder member of Saadat college was Principal Ibrahim Khan. He was the first chief executive of the college. He worked in college till 1947. The college was upgraded as a degree college in 1938. In Saadat college, the Honours course was commenced in 1966 and the Masters course was commenced in 1974. The Government of Bangladesh promulgated the Saadat college as a national university college on July 7, 1979. It has Honours programme in 16 subjects and Masters programme in 10 subjects. The college is recognised as a postgraduate college.

Faculties and departments

Saadat college comprises four faculties:;Faculty of Arts (B.A)
*Department of English
*Department of Bangla
*Department of History
*Department of Philosophy
*Department of Islamic history and culture
*Department of Islamic study;Faculty of Science (B.SC)
*Department of Physics
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Math
*Department of Zoology
*Department of Botany;Faculty of Social Science (B.S.S)
*Department of Economics
*Department of Social welfare
*Department of Political science;Faculty of Commerce (B.B.S)
*Department of Accounting
*Department of Management

The college only offers Master degree in English.

Facilities

The main building of this college is surrounded within 27 acres of area. Inside the campus area there are one college auditorium, two students common room, one central library, one sports office, one B.N.CC office room, one Rover scouts office, one Mosque and one canteen available for students. There are 5 laboratories available for science faculty - (I) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Math (iv) Zoology and (v) Botany. The college also has 16 seminar rooms.

The college library has 200 rare medieval manuscripts, including some other manuscripts written by Shahnama.cite news |first= |last=Annual college magazine|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Suborno joyonti soronika |url= |format= |work= |publisher=Saadat College |year=1977 |accessdate=2007-01-08 |language=Bengali] Since its inception, the college has been providing lodging facilities for its students.

Halls of residence

There are 6 residential halls to provide housing for Saadat college students. 4 for males and 2 for females. The halls for male students are:
*Wazed Ali Khan Panni Hall
*Ebrahim Khan Hall
*Somman Hall
*Uttara HallAnd the halls for female students are:
*Fazilatunnesa Hall
*Chhatrinibas Hall

Notable alumni

*Bonde Ali Miah (Poet)
*Mofakkharul Islam (Poet)
*Dr. Ashraf Siddique (Poet and Educationalist)
*Mr. Abdul Mannan (Politician)
*Major General Mahmudul Hasan (Politician)
*Shajahan Siraj (Politician)
*"Bongo Bir" Abdul Kader Siddique (Politician)
*P. C. Sorcar (Magician)
*Dr. M. N. Huda (Educationalist and Economist)
*Dr. Malik Khosru Chowdhury (Educationalist and Economist)
*Dr. K. T. Hossain (Educationalist and Economist)
*Rafik Azad (Poet)
*Selim-Al-Din (Playwright)
*Prof. Dr. Mahbub Sadik (Educationalist and Poet)
*Prof. Dr. Md. Kamruzzaman (Educationalist, Scientist and Journalist)
*Mrinal kanti Roy

Footnote

External links

* [http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/S_0011.HTM Government Saadat College at Banglapedia]