Muminunnesa Women's College
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Muminunnesa Women's College ((bn. মুমিনুন্নিসা মহিলা কলেজ)), or Muminunnesa College in short, is a public university-college located opposite Town Hall of Mymensingh
near the Brahmaputra river
in Bangladesh
. It was established in 1946 and was named after Muminunnesa Khan, mother of a reputed businessman M. R. Khan. Initially established as a private collecge, it was nationalized in 1982 and was upgraded into a university-college in 1993. It offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses in different faculties including Humanities and Science. It has a halls of residence within the campus. The college uniform is a red vest with white shorts or skirts and white socks and shoes.
Bangladeshi writer and publisher Iffat Ara
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College in 1968. Also educationsist Maliha Khatun served in this college as its principal for a long time.
In June 2007 the Muminunnesa Women's College debating team was declared the winner at a national Debate Workshop conducted by the Mymensingh Debate Federation.
Mymensingh
Mymensingh , pronounced moy-mon-shing-haw, is a city of Bangladesh situated on the river Brahmaputra. It is the headquarters of the administrative unit Mymensingh District. Mymensingh is the anglicized pronunciation of the original name Momenshahi, referring to a ruler called Momen Shah. The cadet...
near the Brahmaputra river
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra , also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. It is the only Indian river that is attributed the masculine gender and thus referred to as a in Indo-Aryan languages and languages with Indo-Aryan influence...
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It was established in 1946 and was named after Muminunnesa Khan, mother of a reputed businessman M. R. Khan. Initially established as a private collecge, it was nationalized in 1982 and was upgraded into a university-college in 1993. It offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses in different faculties including Humanities and Science. It has a halls of residence within the campus. The college uniform is a red vest with white shorts or skirts and white socks and shoes.
Bangladeshi writer and publisher Iffat Ara
Iffat Ara
Shamsun Nahar Iffat Ara , known as Iffat Ara, is a woman writer, social activist and literary organizer of Bangladesh. Her literary career began in late 1950s when she started to write short stories and publish them in the leading newspaper of the country including the Azad...
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College in 1968. Also educationsist Maliha Khatun served in this college as its principal for a long time.
In June 2007 the Muminunnesa Women's College debating team was declared the winner at a national Debate Workshop conducted by the Mymensingh Debate Federation.