[1] Middle English School was established in Moulvibazar town in June 1885 during the British Raj.

The nationalisation was followed by expansion of the school through the acquisation of land for building new hostels.

[2]In 1930, J. R. Cunningham, director of public instruction of Assam, issued a circular banning Anti-British activities, independence movement, and forced students and parents to sign an undertaking declaring they would participate in those activities.

25 bodies of Mukti Bahini personnel were recovered from the school but the death toll was believed to be much higher.

[10][11] Moulvibazar police declared a bounty on five suspects worth 50,000 BDT each.