Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School Explained

Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School
Native Name:নবাব ফয়জুন্নেছা সরকারি বালিকা উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Motto:Better Education For Better Citizen
Students:About 2000
City:Comilla
Country:Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.4625°N 91.1771°W
Campus:Comilla city centre
Sports:Cricket, football, badminton

Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School is a girls' school in Comilla, Bangladesh, established in 1873 by Faizunnesa Choudhurani, who would in 1889 be titled India's only female nawab by Queen Victoria. Faizunnesa, a wealthy zamindar, established Faizunnesa Girls' Pilot High School, having noted the need for female education which would accommodate Muslim girls practising purdah.[1] [2] [3] The school taught its children in the local Bengali language rather than Urdu or Persian which were the standard languages of education at the time.[4] The students also learned English.[4] During the early years of its establishment, it was treated as the English medium school for girls. It was converted to a junior high school in 1889, and to a high school in 1931.[5]

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Notes and References

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  2. Book: Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Muslim Women,, Reform and Princely Patronage. 18 January 2014. 2013-05-24. Routledge. 9781134143474. 86–.
  3. Book: Ray, Bharati. Early Feminists of Colonial India: Sarala Devi Chaudhurani and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. 18 January 2014. 2002. Oxford University Press. 9780195656978.
  4. Book: Caudhurāṇī, Phaẏajunnesā. Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal. 18 January 2014. 2009. BRILL. 9789004167803. 6–.
  5. Book: Amin, S N. The World of Muslim Women in Colonial Bengal, 1876-1939. 18 January 2014. 1996. BRILL. 9789004106420. 150–.
  6. Book: Smith, Bonnie G.. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford University Press. 2008.