19th century was the  period of Bengal Renaissance. For  that Renaissance, a change had seen all around the  Bengal. Everyone  could realize the necessity of girls' education from then. 'Shrehotta Sommelon'  established by the educated youth of Sylhet played a vital  role in imparting education.

It was the educated youth who had taken oath to educate the  women. In the beginning, the  teaching started through home tutoring. Husband taught his wife, brother taught his sister, father guided his daughter. In that way, girls' education began on a limited scale. At that time, Special Sub Register Raj Chandra Chowdhury's learned wife Hemonto Kumari Chowdhurani came forward to educate the women. Leaving behind contemporary superstitions, the legendary woman who was born in 1868 established a girls' school in 1903.

She had to struggle  a lot for  the establishment. In fact  she was enlightened with the charm of rebirth and became the pioneer to educate the  girls of Sylhet. Her school transfigured into a established high school in 1924.
She was the first Headmaster and  Secretary of the school. She was also the  Editor of 'Masik Ontopur' which was the  first newspaper edited  by a woman  in Sylhet. Before the Partition of  Bengal, she  left the  country and went to  India. She  breathed her last  there in 1952.