respective department. They actively supervise the clinical services as well as clinical training of the trainee doctors. Student life Students' accommodation In the past, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, the then vice chancellor of University of Dhaka, arranged accommodation for the medical college students. Muslim students were accommodated in Salimullah Muslim Hall, Hindus were accommodated in the then Dhaka Hall (now Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall). Baptist mission hostel at Sadarghat accommodated the Christian students. Nursing Hostel was allocated for the female students. Later, 20 medical barracks were built and students were accommodated there. As of 2019, there are four hostels for accommodation of the students as well as interns. Shaheed Dr. Fazle Rabbee Hall (established in 1955) - For male students (named after martyred intellectual Mohammed Fazle Rabbee) Dr. Alim Chowdhury Hall - For female students (named after martyred intellectual AFM Alim Chowdhury) Shaheed Dr. Shamsul Alam Khan Milon Intern Doctors' hostel (Male) (named after the martyred activist of anti-autocracy movement in 1990, Shamsul Alam Khan Milon) Shaheed Dr. Shamsul Alam Khan Milon Intern Doctors' Hostel (Female) Dr. Fazle Rabbee Hall and Dr. Milon Intern Doctors' hostel (for male) share the same compound at Bakshibazar, Lalbagh, Dhaka. Dr. Alim Chowdhury hall and Dr. Milon Intern doctors' hostel (for female) share the same compound inside the territory of the college. Club Activities There are several clubs are active in the Campus. The most important are-Sandhani (Sandhani Dhaka Medical College Unit), Medicine Club, Sporting Club, Debating Club, Quizzing Society,Career Club, Cultural Society, Student Welfare Club, Rotaract Club. Sports facility DMC has a sports ground inside Fazle Rabbee Hall. It is used for football, cricket, and other athletics. Fazle Rabbee Hall also houses a basketball ground and a tennis ground. Besides, college building and hostels have students' common rooms with indoor game facility Cultural activities College has an auditorium with 1200 sitting capacity. DMC day is celebrated each year on 10 July, the foundation day of the college. Role in national politics Bengali Language Movement (1948-1952) The college dormitories that were known as barracks were at the heart of the Bengali Language Movement from 1948 to 1952. The barracks were formerly situated at the current location of the Shaheed Minar. There were about 20 tin shed barracks where the medical students resided. Because they were close to the Parliament of East Pakistan (presently Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University), the medical dormitories were chosen as the