Prof. Dr. Mahmuda Kkhatun
The Department of History is one of the leading departments in the arena of teaching and learning at the University of Rajshahi. It started its activities with the inception of the University in 1953. The academic activities of this department, however, started in the session 1954-55.The department was built up with the sincerity and erudition of two renowned professors Dr. A. R. Mallick and Dr. A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed. At present the department has 14 teachers and more than 6 hundred students. The department has a seminar library with adequate number of reference books, periodicals and national and international Journals. Extra curricular activities like games and sports, cultural functions, etc. are given priority here for the betterment of the students.