Kabi Nazrul College

Kabi Nazrul Government College, also known as KNGC, is a governmental college located in Luxmibazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) education as well as four-year honours and one-year master's degree programmes. The institution's history dates back to 1874, when Mohasania Madrasah was established using a grant from the Mohsin Fund, modeled on Calcutta Alia Madrasah. It was later known as Dhaka Madrasah, then Dhaka High Madrasah in 1915. In 1916, its Anglo-Persian department became a separate school, Dhaka Government Muslim High School. After the establishment of the University of Dhaka in 1921, the school was upgraded to a college and renamed Islamia Intermediate College. In 1968, the college section was named Government College Dhaka, and it received its current name, Kabi Nazrul Government College, in 1972. The college was affiliated with the University of Dhaka from February 2017 to January 2025. It offers courses across the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, and Faculty of Business Studies. Notable alumni include Salma Khatun, Bangladesh's first female locomotive driver, and Sheikh Shaheb Ali, an international football coach and player.