 It started with 3 faculties and 12 departments, covering the subjects of Sanskrit, Bengali, English, Education, History, Arabic, Islamic Studies, Persian, Urdu, Philosophy, Economics, Politics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Law.The East Bengal Cinematograph Company produced the first full length silent movies in Dhaka during the 1920s, including "Sukumari" and "The Last Kiss".DEVCO, a subsidiary of the Occtavian Steel Company, began wide scale power distribution in 1930.