Pabitrajhar Karamatia Madrasa
Pabitrajhar Karamatia Fazil Madrasah (Arabic: المدرسة الفاضلة الكرامتية بِفبترجار, Bengali: পবিত্রঝাড় কারামতিয়া ফাযিল মাদ্রাসা) is a madrasa located in Pirgacha, Rangpur District, Bangladesh.[1]
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Religious affiliation(s) | Sunni (Hanafi) |
Established | 1950 |
Founder | Akbar Ali Khan |
Principal | Muhammad Abduzzaher |
President | Abdullah Al-Mahmud Milon |
Language | Bengali |
Website | 127732 |
History
The institution was first established as a furqania madrasa in 1950 by Akbar Ali Khan. It was named after Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, a 19th-century Islamic scholar celebrated for reformist activities in Bengal who died in Rangpur in 1873.[2] Seven years after its establishment, the madrasa was given dakhil status. It attained alim status in 1964 and fazil in 1968.[3]
Infrastructure
The madrasa is composed of 5 buildings, which include one administrative building, three academic buildings and one student accommodation building. It includes facilities such as a computer lab and library. The school premises is approximately 2.95 acres, with a total of 7.22 acres of land.[3]
References
- "Pabitra Jhar Kara Motia Fazil Madrasah". Sohopathi. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- Hoque, Muhammad Inamul (2012). "Jaunpuri, Karamat Ali". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- আহবান (in Bengali). Pirgacha Upazila: Pabitrajhar Karamatia Madrasa. 2020. pp. 1, 12–16.