| Pogose Laboratory School and College , IER ,Jagannath University | |
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6 Chittaranjan Avenue, Dhaka-1100 Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 23°42′34″N90°24′37″E / 23.7094°N 90.4102°E /23.7094; 90.4102 |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | June 12, 1848; 176 years ago (June 12, 1848) |
| Grades | Class 1−10 |
| Campus size | 5-acre (20,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Skyblue khaki |
Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University (Bengali:পোগোজ ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ ,আ.ই.আর,জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was established inDhaka on June 12, 1848, as the first private school of the country byArmenian merchantNicholas Pogose, who was an ex-student ofDhaka Collegiate School. It is located at Chittaranjan Avenue. The school was managed as a proprietary institution and in 1871, about a year after the death of Pogose, it was taken over by Mohini Mohan Das, a banker andzamindar. After the death of Das in 1896 his estate kept the school open.
According to historian Muntasir Mamun, Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University started in 1848.[1] It was also found that the school may have started a few years earlier as 99 students were suspended due to their inability to pay extended fees. After that the principal at the time, Dr. A.T. Wise, opened a school named Union School. It was created mainly for poor and underprivileged students, with Pogose taking it over two years later at his own expense. He gave it the name Pogose School.
This school was named Pogos Anglo Vernacular School at Dhaka. The school might have started in his own house and later moved to his friend JC Paniati's home. Paniati was paid 10tk as rent. The former headmaster of the school Monindrachandra Vattachariya moved the school from Paniati's house to the inside of Armenisa Church at the Sudhamay House, or beside the Shabistan Cinema Hall. The house boasted a large balcony, a garden and a cricket ground.
In 1878 the school was taken over by Mohinimohon Das, a famouszamindar and banker, after Pogose left Dhaka forLondon. After the death of Mohinimohon Das in 1896 the school was looked after by the trustee board of the Zamindari Estate, who moved it to Chittaranjan Avenue where it still stands today. It is believed that Mohinimohon's mother appointed Headmaster Proshonnokumar and Asst. Headmaster Horihor Dhor in 1907.
N.P. Pogose, a linguistics expert, was its founder and first headmaster. In the Jubilee report of the school Monindrachandra Vattachariya mentioned Pogose was the headmaster until 1855 and were used to give 3,000tk per month even after his departure. It is found from a report ofDhaka College that the income of the school on 1850 was 50rupees, and expenditure was 90 rupees. N.P. Pogose paid all of the expenses from his own pocket. Mohini Mohon also donated three thousand taka every year for the duration of his ownership.
On August 13, 2015, Pogose School integrated withJagannath University[2] assuming the new name of Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University.
Many of the students of Pogose School became famous and successful. Among them are Chief MinistersProfullah Chandra Ghosh (ofWest Bengal) andAtaur Rahman Khan (ofEast Bengal), as well as the first Bengali doctorate Nishikanto Chatterjee and the first IndianDoctor of ScienceAghornath Chatterjee, who was the father ofSarojini Naidu.
There are a number of alumni who went on to become pioneers in their fields, including Dr. P K Ray, the first Bengali principal ofDhaka College, Sir K G Gupta, the first IndianPrivy Councilor and the firstICS officer from East Bengal, andGirish Chandra Sen, firstQuran translator in Bengali.
PoetShamsur Rahman,Kaykobad, editorKaliprasanna Ghosh, writer and Marxist activistSomen Chanda and comedianBhanu Banerjee, as well as Zahirul Haque, Director of Banking Control ofKarachi, the writerNowsher Ali Khan Yusufzai, Journalist M Mamun Hossain and Babu Mathuramohan Chakraborty, the founder ofAyurvedic medicine houseSakti Ausadhalaya studied here.
Many scholars came to visit the school includingSwami Vivekananda,Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Rambai and others.
According to sources, formerBangladesh national football team captain,Mohammed Mohsin was a student at the school.[3]
Notable actors such asPrabir Mitra andATM Shamsuzzaman also studied here.
