Narail Victoria College established in 1886 by Chandra Roy, son of Zamindar Ratan Roy of Narail in the premises of Narail Collegiate School founded by the latter in 1857 at Rupganj near Narail on the bank of the river Chitra. Chandra Roy donated land and also provided financial assistance to the college. It was named after Queen Victoria. The first principal of the college was Jogendranath Sen. The college started courses of the FA Programme (equivalent to the present HSC) in 1886 with permission from Calcutta University. The college unit was separated from the school in 1890. The same year the college introduced courses of the Bachelor of Arts programme. In 1924, it introduced science courses at intermediate level. The situation developed in the area following the Partition of Bengal in 1947 created some financial and other problems for the college, which however, gradually overcame them in a relatively short time.
The college introduced commerce courses of the intermediate level in 1964 and of the degree level in 1966. Bachelor of Science courses were introduced in 1967. The college was nationalised in 1980. In 1999, the college had 1,250 students, 40% of whom were girls. The number of teachers was 45 and the non-teacher staff 27.
Narail Victoria College stands on an area of 13.85 acres. It has 12 buildings, which include a students' hostel, a science building, an administrative building, a library building and three academic buildings. The college has separate departments for sports, literature, journals and education and health. Students of the college take active part in cultural programmes, debates, and the BNCC activitie
Friday, September 11, 2009
Geography Of Narail
Narail District (Khulna Division) with an area of 990.23 km², is bounded by Magura District on the north, Khulna District on the south, Faridpur District and Gopalganj District on the east, and by Jessore District on the west. Annual average temperature is maximum 37.1C, minimum 11.2C; annual rainfall is 1467 mm. Main rivers are Madhumati, Nabaganga, Bhairab, Chitra and Kajla. There are many beels and baors most noted of which is Chachuri Beel.
Total Land Area 240,439-acre (973 km²) , Cultivable Area 176,504-acre (714 km²), Fallow Land 25,090-acre (102 km²), Area Under Forest 10 Acre, Area Irrigated 36,208-acre (147 km²), Area Under River 8,562-acre (35 km
Total Land Area 240,439-acre (973 km²) , Cultivable Area 176,504-acre (714 km²), Fallow Land 25,090-acre (102 km²), Area Under Forest 10 Acre, Area Irrigated 36,208-acre (147 km²), Area Under River 8,562-acre (35 km
S M SULTAN
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (Bengali: এস এম সুলতান) (1923–1994), more well known as SM Sultan, was a painter from Bangladesh. Sultan was born on 10 August 1923 in Masimdia, Narail district, East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
After only five years of schooling in Victoria Collegiate School in Narail, Sultan joined his father to work as a mason. He began to draw the buildings his father used to work on and developed an artistic disposition. He wanted to go to Kolkata to study art, but his family did not have the means to send him there. Eventually, Sultan went to Kolkata in 1938 with monetary support from the local zamindar (landlord).
Having inadequate qualifications for admission into the Art School in Kolkata, Sultan only managed to get in through the help of Shahid Suhrawardy, a member of the governing body of the School. Sultan also stayed at Suhrawardy's house and was allowed use of his library. Sultan, however, never completed his education. After three years in the school, his bohemian nature had the better of him and off he went travelling around India and working as a freelance artist. During his travel, he made a living by drawing the portraits of allied soldiers who had camped at the place he was visiting. During this period, his first exhibition was held in Simla, though none of these works have survived, mainly due to Sultan's own indifference towards preserving his work. After living and working in Kashmir for a while, Sultan returned to Narail in the wake of the Partition of India, Narail now part of Bangladesh.Then again, in 1951, he left for Karachi. There he taught as an art teacher at a school, and came in contact with artists like Abdur Rahman Chughtai and Shaker Ali, with whom he developed lasting friendship. In 1950 Sultan had gone to USA - exhibiting his work in New York, Washington, Chicago, and Boston, and later in London. In 1953 he returned to Narail. There he built a school for children, and a menagerie. He lived in a house full of cats and snakes. Except for occasional visits to Dhaka (where he had his first exhibition in 1976) he lived in the quiet isolation of his house.
A confirmed bachelor, Sultan settled down in an abandoned building in Narail overlooking the river Chitra, where he lived ever since with an adopted family and pets of his own including dogs, mongoose and monkeys. Sultan would later build a mini-zoo near his home. Apart from occasional visits to Dhaka, the capital, Sultan only once left Narail for any substantial period of time. He became interested in a ruined house in Sonargaon, pretty much like his own home in Narail, and lived there for a period.
Sultan's first exhibition in Dhaka was in 1976, inordinately late for a painter of his stature. Sultan died in 1994.
SM Sultan won the "Ekushey Padak" in 1982, Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad award in 1986 and the "Independence Award" in 1993. In 1989, Tareque Masud directed a 54 minute documentary film on SM Sultan's life, called Adam Surat (The Inner Strength). Masud started filming it in 1982 with the help of the painter, and traveled with him all around Bangladesh with Sultan. According to Masud, Sultan agreed to cooperate only on the condition that "... rather than being the film's subject, he would act as a catalyst to reveal the film's true protagonist, the Bengali peasant". Bangladesh government recently completed the construction of Sultan memorial complex though it hasn't yet been inaugurated. Sultan, of course, had a special relation with Narail. He was known to the locals as "Lal Mia", a most informal and homely name only to be given to a close person. Chetona Theatre from Norail has staged Aango Lal Mia (Our Lal Mia) on Sultan. In 2005, famous Bangladeshi photographer Nasir Ali Mamun published a book named Guru with 68 photographs of Sultan. These were selected from thousands of photographs taken by Mamun in the period from 1978, when he first met Sultan until his death.
After only five years of schooling in Victoria Collegiate School in Narail, Sultan joined his father to work as a mason. He began to draw the buildings his father used to work on and developed an artistic disposition. He wanted to go to Kolkata to study art, but his family did not have the means to send him there. Eventually, Sultan went to Kolkata in 1938 with monetary support from the local zamindar (landlord).
Having inadequate qualifications for admission into the Art School in Kolkata, Sultan only managed to get in through the help of Shahid Suhrawardy, a member of the governing body of the School. Sultan also stayed at Suhrawardy's house and was allowed use of his library. Sultan, however, never completed his education. After three years in the school, his bohemian nature had the better of him and off he went travelling around India and working as a freelance artist. During his travel, he made a living by drawing the portraits of allied soldiers who had camped at the place he was visiting. During this period, his first exhibition was held in Simla, though none of these works have survived, mainly due to Sultan's own indifference towards preserving his work. After living and working in Kashmir for a while, Sultan returned to Narail in the wake of the Partition of India, Narail now part of Bangladesh.Then again, in 1951, he left for Karachi. There he taught as an art teacher at a school, and came in contact with artists like Abdur Rahman Chughtai and Shaker Ali, with whom he developed lasting friendship. In 1950 Sultan had gone to USA - exhibiting his work in New York, Washington, Chicago, and Boston, and later in London. In 1953 he returned to Narail. There he built a school for children, and a menagerie. He lived in a house full of cats and snakes. Except for occasional visits to Dhaka (where he had his first exhibition in 1976) he lived in the quiet isolation of his house.
A confirmed bachelor, Sultan settled down in an abandoned building in Narail overlooking the river Chitra, where he lived ever since with an adopted family and pets of his own including dogs, mongoose and monkeys. Sultan would later build a mini-zoo near his home. Apart from occasional visits to Dhaka, the capital, Sultan only once left Narail for any substantial period of time. He became interested in a ruined house in Sonargaon, pretty much like his own home in Narail, and lived there for a period.
Sultan's first exhibition in Dhaka was in 1976, inordinately late for a painter of his stature. Sultan died in 1994.
SM Sultan won the "Ekushey Padak" in 1982, Bangladesh Charu Shilpi Sangsad award in 1986 and the "Independence Award" in 1993. In 1989, Tareque Masud directed a 54 minute documentary film on SM Sultan's life, called Adam Surat (The Inner Strength). Masud started filming it in 1982 with the help of the painter, and traveled with him all around Bangladesh with Sultan. According to Masud, Sultan agreed to cooperate only on the condition that "... rather than being the film's subject, he would act as a catalyst to reveal the film's true protagonist, the Bengali peasant". Bangladesh government recently completed the construction of Sultan memorial complex though it hasn't yet been inaugurated. Sultan, of course, had a special relation with Narail. He was known to the locals as "Lal Mia", a most informal and homely name only to be given to a close person. Chetona Theatre from Norail has staged Aango Lal Mia (Our Lal Mia) on Sultan. In 2005, famous Bangladeshi photographer Nasir Ali Mamun published a book named Guru with 68 photographs of Sultan. These were selected from thousands of photographs taken by Mamun in the period from 1978, when he first met Sultan until his death.
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