Sylhet Government Pilot High School Explained

Sylhet Government Pilot High School
Nickname:	Pilot School
Type:	Public
Head Teacher:	Kabir Khan
City:	Sylhet
Country:	Bangladesh
Students:	2500
Campus:	Urban

The Sylhet Government Pilot High School (Bengali: সিলেট সরকারি পাইলট উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is one of the oldest schools in Bangladesh as well as in Indian Subcontinent. Founded in 1836, it is situated in the Kalighat area of Sylhet, on the bank of the Surma River.

Events during the twenty-first century

Sylhet Gov. Pilot High School won the national prize in 2003.

Sylhet Government Pilot High School celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2010 with a grand reunion on 20 and 21 January 2010 at the school campus.

Notable alumni

Alphabetically listed according to the last name.

• - scientist, electrical engineer
• Syed Mujtaba Ali - writer^[1]
• Abdul Malik (physician)
• Arup Ratan Choudhury - dental surgeon
• Humayun Rashid Choudhury - Speaker of the National Parliament (1996–2001)
• Mahmudul Amin Choudhury - Chief Justice (2001–2002)
• Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury - Chief of Army Staff (2002-2005)
• Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Structural Engineer
• Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury - professor and founding vice chancellor of SUST
• Sundari Mohan Das - medical doctor^[2]
• Shuvro Dev - Singer
• Faruk Rashid Chowdhury - Minister of State for Finance (1987–1991)
• Mohammed Farashuddin - Governor of Bangladesh Bank (1998–2001)
• Syed Manzoorul Islam - writer, winner of Ekhushe Award
• Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran - Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation (2003–2013)
• Faruq Ahmed Choudhury - diplomat
• Ariful Haque Choudhury - Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation
• Khalil Ullah Khan - film actor
• Abu Sayeed Ayyub - Philosopher
• Abdul Malik - National Professor of Bangladesh
• AK Abdul Momen - Foreign Minister^[3]
• Abul Maal Abdul Muhith - Minister of Finance (1982–1984 and 2009–2019)
• M. A. G. Osmani - Commander in Chief, Bangladesh Liberation Army, 1971^[4]
• Abu Nasr Waheed - educationist^[5]

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Abdullah Shibli . 7 March 2015 . Syed Mujtaba Ali as a Rebel . The Daily Star.
2. Web site: About Dr. Sundari Mohan Das . Sundari Mohan Seva Bhawan . https://web.archive.org/web/20170315141224/http://sundarimohan.org/about%20sundari%20mohan%20das.htm . 15 March 2017.
3. Web site: Hon'ble Foreign Minister . Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 25 March 2019.
4. Book: Khan, Muazzam Hussain . 2012 . Osmany, General Mohammad Ataul Ghani . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Osmany,_General_Mohammad_Ataul_Ghani . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
5. Web site: Shamsul ‘Ulema, Abu Nasar Waheed . Banglapedia.