Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Grandson of Dhaka School Founder Receives Warm Bangladesh Welcome
Anjankrishna Pal visited Bangladesh because his grandfather started a school there 125 years ago.
His grandfather, Benode Behari Pal, founded the school in Dhaka in 1901.
The school invited Anjankrishna many times to join its anniversary celebration.
People met him at the border and helped take him to the school.
Teachers, students and local residents gave him a big welcome.
They also invited him to many meals during his visit.
The visit happened while relations between India and Bangladesh have been tense.
Pal said ordinary people in the two Bengals still share strong bonds through language, culture and feelings.
Anjankrishna Pal travelled from Malda to Dhaka to attend the 125th anniversary of a school founded by his grandfather.
Benode Behari Pal established the school in 1901, when Dhaka was part of the united Bengal Presidency.
School officials repeatedly invited Anjankrishna Pal and arranged his reception and travel after he crossed into Bangladesh.
Students, teachers, alumni, guardians and residents welcomed Pal at the anniversary celebration on Sunday.
Pal said the visit showed that people across the two Bengals remain connected by language, culture and shared feelings despite political tensions.
- Who
- Anjankrishna Pal, grandson of school founder Benode Behari Pal, and the community of Beltali Gangaprasad Jagannath High School.
- What
- Pal attended the school's 125th anniversary celebrations and was given a ceremonial welcome.
- When
- He travelled to Bangladesh on Friday, was welcomed at the school on Sunday, and planned to leave on Wednesday.
- Where
- Beltali Gangaprasad Jagannath High School in Sreenagar, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Why
- He was invited to represent his grandfather, who founded the school in 1901.
- School anniversary
- The school celebrated its 125th anniversary.
- Founder
- Benode Behari Pal founded the school in 1901.
- Visitor
- Anjankrishna Pal is a septuagenarian trader from Malda, India.
- Travel route
- Pal crossed through the Mahadipur land port and was received at Sona Masjid port in Bangladesh.
- Welcome
- Managing committee members, teachers, students, alumni, guardians and local residents attended his reception.
- Family legacy
- Benode Behari Pal later founded a girls' school in the name of his wife, Radhapyari.
- Political context
- The visit took place amid strained India-Bangladesh relations following the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government in August 2024.