Government Saadat College is a public college in Karatia, Tangail, Bangladesh. It is often referred to as Karatia College.It was established in July 1926. The college is located at Karatia near the Dhaka-Tangail highway and about 7 kilometres from the Tangail district. First Principal of the college Ibrahim Khan who is the Founder and Principal of Bhuapur College at Bhuapur, Tangail. Later named Ibrahim Khan Govt. College.
Sadat college is the first college in Bangladesh established by a Muslim Zamindar. It was founded by Wazed Ali Khan Panni, a zamindar and educationalist of Tangail. He named it after his grandfather Saadat Ali Khan Panni. The founder member of Saadat college was Principal Ibrahim Khan. He was the first chief executive of the college. He worked in college till 1947. The college was upgraded as a degree college in 1938. In Saadat college, the Honours course was commenced in 1966 and the Masters course was commenced in 1974. The Government of Bangladesh promulgated the Saadat college as a national university college on July 7, 1979. It has Honours programme in 16 subjects and Masters programme in 10 subjects. The college is recognised as a postgraduate college. The college played a vital role in the liberation war of Bangladesh. There are so many reputed student of this college made influence in Bangladesh's socio-political circumstances.
Faculties and departments
Saadat college comprises following four faculties: ;Faculty of Arts
The main building of this college is surrounded within of area. Inside the campus area there are one college auditorium, two students common room, one central library, one sports office, one B.N.CC office room, one Rover scouts office, one Mosque and one canteen available for students. There are 5 laboratories available for science faculty - Physics Chemistry Math Zoology and Botany. The college also has 16 seminar rooms. The college library has 200 rare medieval manuscripts, including some other manuscripts written by Shahnama. Since its inception, the college has been providing lodging facilities for its students.
Halls of residence
There are 6 residential halls to provide housing for Saadat college students. 4 for males and 2 for females. The halls for male students are:
This is a partial list of notable alumni of Government Saadat College. Entries on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies they are an alumnus, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name.
