Nawab Bari, the place of only lady Jaminder Nawab Faizunnesa, a poet, educationist and a philanthropist. Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, passed a significant time of his life in this town. Both his wives, Promila Devi and Nargis, hailed from this district. Comilla Victoria College and Comilla Zilla School are here, the latter since 1837. Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) is situated in Kotbari. The area saw the development of Comilla Model. Education Comilla University Comilla Medical College Comilla Victoria Government College Comilla Government Women's College Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology Comilla Polytechnic Institute Comilla Government College Comilla Government Women's College Comilla Cadet College Comilla Zilla School Chandina Pilot High School Nawab Faizunnesa Government College Laksam Pilot High School Notable people The following people were either born or stayed in this district for a significant span of their lifetime: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh (15 August 1975 to 3 November 1975). Ferdous Ahmed - film actor Kazi Zafar Ahmed: former Prime Minister Kamrul Ahsan : secretary to the government and now serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia. Earlier served as High Commissioner to Canada and Singapore. Buddhadeb Basu (1908–1974): Bengali poet, novelist, essayist, translator and editor. General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan : former chief of Army Staff Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975): singer, composer and music director. Sabitri Chatterjee: actress in Indian Bengali film, TV serial and theatre. Nawab Faizunnesa Choudhurani (1834–1903): poet and philanthropist. Alaka Das, artist of classical music, principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan (সঙ্গীত শিক্ষার্থী সম্মেলন) Talpukur Par, Comilla Shib Narayan Das: The designer of the first national flag of Bangladesh in 1971, a freedom fighter and political activist Sudhin Das, Swaralipikar of Nazrul Sangeet, awarded by Ekushe Padak Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971): political leader, provincial minister of the than East Pakistan, Language Movement activist and lawyer. Muhammad Hasanuzzaman (1900–1968), politician and educationist Kazi Shamsul Hoque eminent journalist, founder editor of weekly Akhon Samoy, New York. Akbar Hossain BP: former minister of Bangladesh Government. Abdul Gani: (1919 – 1957) was a Bengali military officer. He was the founder and the first in-charge of one of the pioneer companies of 1st East Bengal Regiment. Sagarmoy Ghosh : Bengali editor and author Atiqul Islam - Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation Md Mainul Islam - former chief, Border Guards Bangladesh Md. Tafazzul Islam - 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. AKM Bazlul Karim - theater