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The name "Salimullah Muslim Hall" is related and passed with the University of Dhaka Act. with an old secretariat building but the new building Salimullah Muslim Hall was inaugurated on 11 August 1931 as a university hall for the students of Dhaka University. It is named after Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur. Among the residential halls of Dhaka University Salimullah Muslim Hall holds a special status due to its architectural heritage. == History == On 27 May 1912, the British government constituted the “Nathan Committee” establishing a residential hall based university. The Calcutta University Commission recommended to establish a Muslim Hall for the Muslim students of Dhaka University so that the Muslim students can maintain their own culture and religion. The report of the Nathan Committee and the recommendation of Calcutta University commission to the government of India prepared the Dhaka University bill. The bill was passed by the Indian Law Assembly. The viceroy and governor general Lord Reading agreed to the bill on 23 March 1920. According to the Dacca University Act of 1920, the viceroy and governor general appointed Mr P.G. Hartog as the first Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University. Enrollment of students started from 10 July 1921. The journey of Dhaka University began with three halls. These were Muslim Hall (Salimullah Muslim Hall), Jagannath Hall, and Dhaka Hall (later renamed Shahidullah Hall). At the beginning, the Muslim Hall was established in the Secretariat House. An arrangement was made for the Muslim students to reside on the first floor. The largest room in the ground floor of the Secretariat House was divided into several parts to be used for a dining room, kitchen, common room, library, etc. In the first year of Dhaka University, educational session 1921-22, the Muslim Hall started functioning with 75 residential students and the total number of Muslim residential and attached students were 178. Associate Professor Ahmed Fazlur Rahman, Reader of the History Department, Ex-Faculty of Aligarh Muslim University was appointed as Provost of Salimullah Muslim Hall. Two house tutors were also appointed. One of them was the sub-librarian of the university, Mr Fakhruddin Ahmed, who supervised the hall students. The other house tutor, Muhammad Shahidullah was in charge of religious instruction. During the 1922-23 session the number of residential students increased to 101 and the total number of Muslim students became 229. More rooms were required, and for this reason, 8 other rooms were arranged for the students of Muslim Hall. In the 1923-24 session the number of Muslim residential students became 127, and 61 rooms were allocated in the Secretariat House. Since the number of Muslim residential students was increasing day by day, the house tutor of the Muslim Hall Mr M.F. Rahman felt that it would be difficult for him to arrange more rooms for the students. He then wrote a letter to the Vice Chancellor of the university and mentioned that “The Mahomedan Community desired that a separate hall should be built for them; the University has agreed to spend a part of its capital grant and Government has asked to grant a loan. If this is done, the Community would be grateful; it will have the satisfaction that a suitable building has been provided for the Mahomedan young men who are the real trustees of their generation.” Due to increase in number of residential students every year, the university authority deeply felt the necessity to build a new Muslim Hall Building and formed a building committee. The Muslim Hall Building Committee appointed the architect, Mr Gwyther, to plan and design the proposed Muslim Hall which was later named the Salimullah Muslim Hall. In 1927 the Government of Bengal wisely decided to provide funds to carry out the recommendation and construct a Hall in which there will be enough rooms for students to enjoy the advantages of a co-operative life. During the 1930-31 session, the contractors Messrs Martin & Co. made considerable progress with the construction of the building under the supervision of Mr D.J.Blomfield and latter of Mr A.F.L.H.Harrison. The people who were involved in making Salimullah Muslim Hall a proper place for the residential students to live in are Lord Briton, Sir Abdur Rahim, Sir Muhammad Sulaiman, Sir Sultan Ahmed, Sir Akbar Haidari, Sir Radha Krishno. In the 1931-32 session the Salimullah Muslim Hall Union was complete. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salimullah Muslim Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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