I Loved My Birth-Place Very Much As Well As My Country.So First Of All I Like To Introduce My Town With You. And It's Comilla.

Comilla – A District In Bangladesh Having A Glorious History,Culture,Environment And Lot's Of  Surprises.

The city of Comilla is located in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh, in the Comilla District. A stone throw away from the Indian Border, this spectacular city has a legacy and history left behind by Mughal emperors, and the residents of Comilla are a multi ethnic blend, where it is a common sight to see people with either hazel or green eyes. It is city with a simple and uncomplicated lifestyle. The biggest industry in Comilla is the communications network which is responsible for the communications in the eastern regions of Bangladesh.

Comilla also has a food transportation network and is a destination that can easily be reached from cities such as Dhaka by bus or train. Trucks regularly pass through Comilla to fetch and deliver supplies and goods. But there is more to the city than just industry and a farming community; in and around the city are many attractions and noteworthy sights to visit.

As a vital regional craft market, visitors will be able to find an abundance of cane baskets, cloth, bamboo and other craft items. All through the city are water tanks, and there are approximately four hundred which have historic value. One of the water tanks, known as the Dharma Sagar, dates back to the fifteenth century. Other sights of interest include the army barracks and the commemorative cemetery, where unknown solders of the Second World War are remembered.

Within the Mainamati-Lalmai mountain range lies over fifty Buddhist settlements that were constructed between the eighth and twelfth centuries. The Salban Vihara settlement has 115 cells that were constructed with a massive courtyard in the middle. Near Salban Vihara is the settlement of Kotila Mura. The three stupas that are found here are represent Sangha, Buddha and Dharma. The Charpatra Mura shrine is also worth the visit. Include a trip to the Mainamati Site Museum that boasts a magnificent collection of ancient coins, sculptures, stupas and terracotta plaques.

Over and above the Buddhist attractions visitors are recommended to take time out to explore the Comilla Maheshangon Library that is home to the largest collection of old literature. The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development is also popular with tourists, as is the Shalban Monasary and the Comilla Zoo.

Comilla is a city full of surprises. With a rich history and fascinating culture, visitors will be spellbound at the beauty of the landscapes and intrigued by the vast amount of fascinating attractions and sights. It is a destination in Bangladesh that is waiting to be discovered.

Footprints of Nazrul in Comilla

Rebel Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam spent some years at Daulatpur under Muradnagar upazila and his wife Pramila Devi’s house is located in Comilla town. Nazrul had visited Comilla five times. On April 1921, he came here and resided at the house of Biren Shome for four days. Nazrul came with Ali Akbar Khan, a noted publisher of Kolkata. Nazrul along with Khan went to Daulatpur, where the poet stayed for two months and composed many poems and songs. Here he fell in love with Sayeeda Khatun alias Nargis, niece of Ali Akbar Khan.

On June 18, 1921 Nazrul married Nargis. Ustad Aftabuddin Khan, Shahabuddin Bayati, Baul poet Musa Shah and the family members of Indra Kumar Sengupta attended the wedding. But for some reason Nazrul was disturbed and left the house of Ali Akbar Khan on the night of his wedding. Nazrul moved in with Indra Kumar Sengupta and his family in Comilla town. Giribala Devi (Sengupta’s aunt) and her daughter Ashalata alias Pramila Devi also lived with the Senguptas. Nazrul was unwell and stayed there for almost three weeks. The Senguptas looked after the poet and Nazrul was gradually inclined towards Pramila.

Upon hearing the news of Nazrul’s illness, on July 6 1921, Muzaffar Ahmed, friend of Ali Akbar Khan, took Nazrul back to Calcutta (now Kolkata). The same year in November, Nazrul returned to Comilla and stayed at Giribala Devi’s residence. During his visit, Nazrul met with Congress leader Ashrafuddin Chowdhury, Basanta Kumar Majumder, Motahar Hossain Chowdhury, Jaan-e-Alam Chowdhury, Atindra Mohan Roy Chowdhury, Sachin Dev Burman and Ustad Muhammad Khusru.

On November 21, 1921, the Prince of Wales visited India, and in protest of this, a daylong ‘hartal’ (strike) was observed in Comilla as everywhere else in the sub-continent. People from all walks of life observed the ‘hartal’ and Nazrul sang �Bhikkha dao, bhikkha dao, phiria chao ogo purobashi, santan aaj upobashi.�

Nazrul was arrested and sent to Calcutta police station. Later, he was freed from police custody.

In the month of February, in 1922, Nazrul returned to Comilla and stayed here for five months. During this stay, he wrote several poems including “Priyar Roop,” “Baishakhi,” “Pralay Ullash” and “Chiro chena.”

On August 11, 1922, Nazrul’s famous publication �Dhumketu� came out. The rulers did not take the poet’s scathing criticism of the British rule kindly. Police looked for Nazrul, but he was then at the residence of Giribala Devi in Comilla. This was his fourth visit to Comilla. Police arrested Nazrul in front of the residence of Jogendranath Dutta in Comilla town on November 23, 1922.

He was sent to Alipore jail. After being freed from jail on December 23 1923, Nazrul again came to the home of Giribala Debi and stayed there for some days. On April 24 1924, Nazrul married Pramila Devi. Nazrul wrote many poems during his stay in Comilla. In Daulatpur, Nazrul composed 10 songs. The bard wrote “Akarun priya,” “Shesher gaan,” “Bedonamoni” and Lakkhichhara.”

Places in Comilla, bearing the memories of the National Poet, are now facing severe negligence. No steps to maintain these places have been taken in the past two decades. People of Comilla have repeatedly demanded naming the proposed Comilla University after Kazi Nazrul Islam.

It may be mentioned that some local influential people have allegedly constructed a building by filling up a pond (opposite Farida Bidyayatan) belonging to Pramila Devi’s family. The occupiers have removed the memorial plaque from the place. A public dumpster has been placed next to the memorial plaque at Ranirdighipar. No memorial sign exists at Rajganj from where the poet was arrested by the British police in 1921.

Comilla Victoria College

Comilla Victoria Govt. College is one of the oldest colleges in Comilla as well as Chittagong division. It is the pride of the people of Comilla. Landlord of that time Roy Bahadur Anandra Chandra Roy had established the college on 24 September,1899.

Anandra Chandra Roy was a renowned patron of promoting and developing education in the district. He was a contractor by profession and accordingly set aside a large amount of money to establish a college for the development of higher education in Comilla. Comilla Victoria College was thus born to fulfill his long cherished dream.

In recognition of his noble endeavour th British Govt. awarded him the title �Roy Bahadur� after the establishment of the college. A white color sculpture was built in front of the main gate of intermediate section of the college to keep the memory of Roy Bahadur alive.

Reason behind the name of the college
Queen Victoria was the Empress of India from 1876 to 1901. At that time, Comilla was also under the rule of the Empire hence the college was named as �Comilla Victoria College.�

First principal of the college
�Sattendranath Boshu� was the first principal of the college. He was the headmaster of former Comilla Victoria School. He remained the principal of the college till his death. He was a scholar as well as a researcher of literature. He was also a professor of English and was awarded Rabindranath Prize for his outstanding contribution to literature.

Foundational status of the college
Comilla Victoria College started its journey with only 107 students and 7 teachers. There was only intermediate section at the time of beginning of the college and later honours section was started in 1918. There was only one classroom and an administrative building at the initial stage of the college.

Progressive period of the college
BSC Course and BCOM Course commenced in 1942 and 1956 respectively. The college started its night Shift program from 1958. Intermediate section and honours section were divided in 1962.The college was nationalized in 1968. Five more new departments were initiated in 1971 while Bengali and Economics courses commenced in 1973.

ICMA program was started from 1982. It gained the dignity of an University College during 1984-1985. More nine departments were included in 1996.

All the principals of Victoria College played a great role for the development of the institute. In this regard the name of Akter Hamid Khan is worth mentioning, who was also the founder of Comilla BARD ( Bangladesh Academy For Rural Development). The numbers of students of this college increased rapidly during his period.

Victoria College is located on 29 acres of land including its intermediate and honours section. At present there are about 2,400 students in intermediate section and 12,500 students in honors section.

There are 129 teachers in this college against 150 posts. But this small number of teachers is not sufficient address such a huge number of students. Moreover teachers are to take classes in both intermediate section and honours section. So the authorities urged the Govt. to recruit more teachers for the betterment of the college.

The total number of departments of the college stands at 18. The name of the departments are Accounting and Management department of Business faculty, Physics, Chemistry ,Biology, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Statistics of science faculty and English, Social Science ,Social Welfare, History, Islamic History, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy and Arabic of arts faculty.

Brilliant results of the college
The academic result of the college is something college authorities always take pride of. The college always stands first in Comilla Board on the basis of good result in HSC. Meritorious students try to get admission in this college because of its name and fame. Students of the Honours section also do very good in examinations. Most of the times students of this college get top positions in exams held under the national university.

A student named Abdul Mazid was awarded gold medal from this college for his outstanding result. Five students got distinction from this college when Radha Govinda was the Principal.

There are three halls for the students of the college of which two are for male and one is for female students. Students of this college face acute accommodation problem. Only three halls are not sufficient for about 1500 students. As a result, most of the students have to stay in rented rooms in town at a very high cost.

There are six buses for the students of which one bus is run with Govt. fund and rest five buses are run with college fund. There is also a microbus for the teachers. The number of transport needs to be increased to meet the growing demand.

A computer Laboratory is going to be built to increase the technological knowledge of the students. The Govt. has offered some financial support for this purpose.

Comilla Victoria College has a library where 9 daily newspapers are kept and there are about 2100 academic books. But no magazines and journals are subscribed. In this regard Assistant Librarian Md. Rezaul Karim Bhuiyan said that there is lack of sufficient space in the library. But students and teachers feel that more academic books should be acquired and more manpower should be appointed.

Freedom fighters of the college
At least 334 students participated in the war of whom 35 sacrificed their lives for the noble cause. Major Rafiqul Islam, Saheed Khaza Nizam uddin got the recognition of “Bir Uttam” and Lieutenant Col. Akbar Hossain, Saheed Abdul Momin got �Bir Protik� respectively who were the students of this college.

Advocate Abdul Matin Khosru, Prof. Ali Asraf, AHM Mostafa Kamal (Lotus Kamal), AKM Baha Uddin Baher also participated in the war, were students of this college.

Views of the former and current students
Former student of the college AHM Mostafa Kamal(Lotus Kamal)who is the chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board(BCB) and also chairman of finance committee of the present govt. said that Comilla Victoria College is one of the renowned colleges under national university. He was very proud to be a student of this college, who contributed a lot for the development of the college.

Another former student of this college Anisur Rahman Mithu who is the Chhatra League Secretary of Comilla District said that when he was a student of this college the overall situation was very good. But he feels there are some limitations at the moment which should be solved by the govt. immediately.

Two student of this college, Md. Badiul Alam and Md. Mafizul Islam who are second year students of Accounting Department said that they feel proud to be studying in a renowned college like Victoria. The teachers of this college were very dutiful and sincere to students they commented. They however feel that the accommodation and transport problems of this college should be solved soon.

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