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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Baker Hostel<br />
| image = <br />
| status = active<br />
| location = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| start_date = 1910<br />
| owner = West Bengal Government<br />
}}<br />
'''Baker Hostel''' is a government hostel located in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref name="JaiJaidin">{{cite news |script-title=bn:স্মৃতির-পাতায়-বেকার-হোস্টেল |url=https://www.jaijaidinbd.com/feature/rong-berong/63766/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2 |work=Jaijaidin |language=bn |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref> The hostel was founded in 1910 during the [[British Raj|British rule]] by [[Edward Norman Baker]], the then [[List of governors of Bengal#Lieutenant-Governors, 1854–1912|Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Bengal]].<ref name="Prothom Alo">{{cite news |script-title=bn:বেকার হোস্টেলে বঙ্গবন্ধুর স্মৃতিকক্ষের সামনে বসছে ভাস্কর্য |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/international/article/1607256/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87 |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=11 April 2020 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বঙ্গবন্ধুর বেকার হোস্টেল |url=https://risingbd.com/greatest-hero-in-history-news/307066 |work=Risingbd.com |language=bn |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref> The hostel is located at 5 Smith Lane in Taltala. Due to the unhygienic environment and inadequate housing system around the Taylor hostel built in 1896 for Muslim students in Kolkata, the students started a movement for the construction of a new hostel.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite web |title=Jabbar, Nawab Abdul |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jabbar,_Nawab_Abdul |website=Banglapedia |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref> [[Nawab Abdul Jabbar]] initiated the movement in 1908.<ref name="Banglapedia"/> [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]] played a major role in establishing the hostel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahsanullah, Khan Bahadur |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahsanullah,_Khan_Bahadur |website=Bapnglapedia |access-date=11 April 2020}}</ref> As a result, government built this hostel.<ref name="Banglapedia"/><br />
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==Notable residential students==<br />
* [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]<br />
* [[Azizul Haque (educator)|Azizul Haque]]<br />
* [[Syed Murtaza Ali]]<br />
* [[Khalilur Rahman (general)|Khalilur Rahman]]<br />
* [[Hamidul Huq Choudhury]]<br />
* [[Khaleque Nawaz Khan]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=bn:ছাত্রলীগের ৭০তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী আজ|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/ছাত্রলীগের-৭০তম-প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী-আজ/59994<br />
|date=4 January 2019|access-date=16 January 2020|website=Ekushey Television|language=bn<br />
}}</ref><br />
* [[Syed Hedayetullah]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1910 establishments in India]]</div>>Worldbruce