Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College

Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College সরকারী শহীদ সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী কলেজ
Crest of Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College
Location
36-37, Municipality Street, Luxmibazar, Old Dhaka Dhaka , 1100 Bangladesh
Information
Former name	Quaid-i-Azam College
Type	Public
Established	November 11, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-11-11)
School board	Dhaka Education Board
Principal	Kakali Mukhopadhyay
Gender	Co-education
Number of students	12 thousand +
Campus size	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Campus type	Urban
Affiliations	University of Dhaka
Website	gsscdhaka.edu.bd

College entrance gate

Main campus

Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College (Bengali: সরকারি শহীদ সোহরাওয়ার্দী কলেজ) is a public college in Luxmibazar near Bahadurshah Park of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2] It offers higher-secondary education (HSC), bachelor's degree and master's degree programs that were affiliated to the University of Dhaka from February 2017 to January 2025.[3][4][5]

History

Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College was established on 11 November 1949 as the Quaid-i-Azam College.[6] Professor Syed Zahir Ahsan of the Bihar Provincial Service became the first principal of the college in 1950.[6] On 15 April 1954, A. M. A. R. Fatemi became principal of the college.[6]

The Governor of East Pakistan, A. K. Fazlul Huq, inaugurated science courses in 1956.[6] Governor of East Pakistan, Zakir Husain, inaugurated graduate courses at the college.[6]

After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the college was renamed as Shaheed Suhrawardy College.[6] In 1984, the college was nationalized and the word government added to the name.[6]

In September 2005, the president of the college unit of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was gunned down in the college.[7]

Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College is one of seven affiliated colleges under the University of Dhaka since 2017.[8][9] The other affiliated colleges are Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls' College, Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Bangla College, Government Titumir College, and Kabi Nazrul Government College.[9] The affiliation has drawn criticism from students of the University of Dhaka and the affiliated colleges who claim that the University of Dhaka does not have the manpower to run the seven colleges.[9][10][11]

Academics

Faculty of Arts

• Bangla
• English
• History
• Philosophy
• Islamic History and Culture
• Islamic Studies

Faculty of Social Science

• Economics
• Political Science
• Social Work

Faculty of Science

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Zoology
• Botany
• Soil Science
• Mathematics
• Geography and Environment

Faculty of Business Administration

• Accounting
• Management

International Club:

• Leo Club of Government Shahid Suhrawardy College

Since 24 October, 2024

Founder: Leo Md. Eleyas (Botany 2018-2019)

Join now: https://www.facebook.com/leoclubgssc

References

1. "সরকারি শহীদ সোহরাওয়ার্দী কলেজ সংকট সমস্যায় ৭৫-এ পদার্পণ". Jaijaidin (in Bengali). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
2. "Students of seven colleges block Nilkhet intersection". Prothom Alo. 27 August 2023.
3. "7 colleges to be separated from DU". Prothom Alo. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
4. "DU at last moves to fix its 7 affiliated colleges". The Business Standard. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
5. "Home". Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Dhaka. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
6. "Welcome to Shaheed Suhrawardy College". www.gsscdhaka.edu.bd. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
7. "Suhrawardi College JCD leader killed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
8. "Affiliation of 7 colleges: DU students continue demo". The Daily Star. UNB. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
9. Alamgir, Mohiuddin; Apu, Aashiq Abdullah (19 August 2019). "Reaffiliation of 7 Colleges: Hasty move helped no one". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
10. "DU students block roads demanding dissociation of 7 colleges". The Daily Star. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
11. "DU affiliated college students block Nilkhet". The Daily Star. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2023.