Jagannath University

jagannath university as a govt. financed full pledged public university of bangladesh is 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 father's name. in 1884, it was raised to a second grade college. law was one of the first courses introduced in the college. a common management committee administered the school and college until 1887, when the school section was separated to form an independent school named kishore jubilee school. it is now known as k l jubilee school. the administration of the college was transferred to a board of trustees in 1907. in the following year, it became a first grade colle