Two rooms of this hostel (no. 23 and 24) were converted into a museum in honor of
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and the first
president of Bangladesh. The museum was inaugurated on 31 July 1998. On 23 February 2011, a bust of Mujib was installed in the hostel. In 2017, the All Bengal Minority Youth Federation criticized the decision and demanded that the bust of Bangabandhu be removed from the hostel as
Islam does not allow the installation of idols in the building. The organization's general secretary Kamruzzaman found this act objectionable because a mosque is located inside the hostel. The organization sent letters to
Mamata Banerjee, the
chief minister of West Bengal and
Sheikh Hasina, the
prime minister of Bangladesh, regarding the matter. In March, the month before Sheikh Hasina's visit to India, the
central government of India had directed the
West Bengal government to take action against the organization and its supporters, who it termed as anti-Hasina extremist groups. However, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister of Bangladesh,
Md. Tajul Islam, visited the museum in March 2019 and found defects in the bust, which was replaced by a new bust on August 3. Room No. 24 of the museum is known as Bangabandhu Memorial Room. Bangabandhu's bust is located in front of the door of the room. Inside the room are his used bed, table and chair. There is a small library where the books written by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are arranged. On the table is a photograph of him giving his
7 March Speech. Entry to the museum is limited and it is managed by the hostel authority. ==Notable alumni==