Pabitrajhar Karamatia Madrasa

Pabitrajhar Karamatia Madrasah
Academic building
Location
Pabitrajhar, Pirgacha Union, Pirgacha Upazila, Rangpur District Bangladesh
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Sunni (Hanafi)
Established	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Founder	Akbar Ali Khan
Principal	Muhammad Abduzzaher
President	Abdullah Al-Mahmud Milon
Language	Bengali
Website	127732.ebmeb.gov.bd

Pabitrajhar Karamatia Fazil Madrasah (Arabic: المدرسة الفاضلة الكرامتية بِفبترجار, Bengali: পবিত্রঝাড় কারামতিয়া ফাযিল মাদ্রাসা) is a madrasa located in Pirgacha, Rangpur District, Bangladesh.

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.^[1] Seven years after its establishment, the madrasa was given dakhil status. It attained alim status in 1964 and fazil in 1968.^[2]

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.^[2]

References

1. 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 4 January 2025.
2. আহবান (in Bengali). Pirgacha Upazila: Pabitrajhar Karamatia Madrasa. 2020. pp. 1, 12–16.