About the Founder

Founder: Mazlum Jananeta Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani

Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani founded Islami Bishwabidyalay High School at Santosh in Tangail on 1 January 1975. He established it to spread education and to equip a new generation with modern learning, and it stands today as an important institution in the region.

Mawlana Bhashani (1880–1976) was a renowned politician, social reformer and leader of the oppressed across the subcontinent. He lived at Santosh in Tangail and gave his life to the rights of ordinary people. During the Pakistan period he led progressive and peasant movements, and he played a leading part in the liberation struggle of Bangladesh. For his work and his philosophy he is still remembered as the “Mazlum Jananeta”.