Ananda Mohan College

Ananda Mohan University College

Motto	Welcome for knowledge, go for hospitality
Type	Public
Established	1908
Academic affiliation	Bangladesh National University
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Students	about 35,000
Location	Mymensingh Town, Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, 15.28 acres
Colours	Blue and Gold
Website	anandamohangovtcollege.edu.bd

Ananda Mohan College is a national university affiliated university college of Bangladesh situated in the town of Mymensingh. It is one of the old educational premises of Bangladesh also.

History

Anandamohan Bose, who founded the City College in 1878, decided to open a branch of it at his home town in Mymensingh. In 1883, an educational institution was established at the residence of Ananda Mohan as the City Collegiate School. Later the college section of the institution was shifted to College Road on 1 January 1908 as a college and it was named after him. In 1964, the college was nationalized.^[1]

Organization

Departments

A monument of the visiting of Rabindranth Tagore at the Ananda Mohan College Campus on 16th February, 1926

• Accounting
• Bengali
• English
• History
• Islamic History and Culture
• Islamic Studies
• Economics
• Political Science
• Social Welfare
• Sociology
• Degree
• Zoology
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Geography
• Management
• Marketing
• Banking & Finance
• Philosophy

Notable alumni

• Nurul Amin – prime minister
• Abul Fateh — diplomat, statesman and Sufi
• Nirmalendu Goon — poet
• Prabodh Chandra Goswami — educationist
• Niharranjan Ray — historian
• P. C. Sorcar — magician
• Syed Waliullah — novelist

Notes

1. Islam, Aminul (27 January 2008). "Centenary of AMC College, Mymensingh". Star Campus. The Daily Star.

External links

• Hossain, Md. Zakir (2012). "Ananda Mohan College". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

Coordinates: 24°45′42″N 90°23′43″E / 24.7617°N 90.3952°E