Barishal Zilla School facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Barishal Zilla Schoolবরিশাল জিলা স্কুল
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Sadar Road
Barisal 8200
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| Coordinates | 22°41′53″N 90°22′08″E / 22.698°N 90.369°E |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে (Read in the name of the Lord) |
| Established | 23 December 1829 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Barisal |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 2500+ |
| Classes | III–X |
| Language | Bengali, English |
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| Yearbook | সবুজ পাতা (Sobuj Pata) |
| Special project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
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. 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.
Notable alumni
- A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943)
- 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)
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991–1996)
- Altaf Mahmud, music composer
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher
- 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
See also
- List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh
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