Barishal Zilla School (Bengali: বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল), popularly known as BZS, is a public educational institution for boys, located in Barisal, Bangladesh. Founded as Barisal English School on 23 December 1829 by W. Garrett, it began with 27 students. In 1853, the school was renamed Barisal Zilla School. Notable alumni...
Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan, Bengali nationalist and former minister of Unite
d Bengal
Abdul Jabbar Khan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1965-1969)
Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (1991-1996)
Altaf Mahmud, music composer
Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher
Buddhadeb Guha, writer
Golam Mustafa, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award winning actor
Manzoor Alam Beg, father of the fine art photography movement in Bangladesh, Alokchitracharya (the great teacher of photography), Ekushey Padak awardee
Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former chief of Army staff of Bangladesh
Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, Padma Bhushan awardee
Promode Dasgupta, communist leader
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikrom
Hafizuddin Ahmed, Bir Bikrom
Siraj Sikder, communist revolutionist
