Jagannath University, Dhaka

Jagannath University (Bengali: Jagannath Bishwabiddaloy) is a govt. financed public university of Bangladesh situated in the southern part of the city of Dhaka near the Buriganga. This prestigious educational establishment has a history of about 156 years which started in 1858 when Dhaka Brahma School was founded in 1858 by Dinanath Sen, Prabhaticharan Roy, Anathbandhu Mallik and Brajasundar Kaitra. The name Jagannath school was given by Kishorilal Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Baliadi who took over the school in 1872 and renamed it after his fathers name. In 1884, it was raised to a second grade college. Law was one of the first courses introduced in the college. The college started with only 48 students and in five years, the roll raised to 396.It was known as the best equipped private college in Dhaka as early as 1910. With the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921 the college had to stop admission in Degree courses and was renamed Jagannath Intermediate College. This stat...