Jagadbandhu Institution
Jagadbandhu Institution | |
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![]() The main school building in South Kolkata | |
Location | |
25, Fern Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata Kolkata, India, West Bengal, 700019 | |
Coordinates | 22°31′11.39″N 88°21′58.02″E / 22.5198306°N 88.3661167°ECoordinates: 22°31′11.39″N 88°21′58.02″E / 22.5198306°N 88.3661167°E |
Information | |
Type | Public, selective, single-sex high secondary school |
Mottoes | "Know thyself" |
Founded | 1914 |
Founder | Jagadbandhu Ray |
Headmaster | Avijit Bhattacharya |
Teaching staff | ~56 |
Key people | Anshuman Bhowmik, Subhendu Sikdar, Swapan Kumar Goswami, Chandan Chatterjee |
Grades | 1-12 |
Gender | Male |
Age range | 6-18 |
Number of pupils | 2000 |
Medium of language | Bengali |
Schedule | 11 A.M to 4.20 P.M. |
Yearbook | Sanchari |
Affiliations | WBBSE and WBCHSE |
Website |
www |
Jagadbandhu Institution
History
Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of South Kolkata. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19.[1] Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee.[2] The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.[3]
Notable People
Notable Alumni
- Chinmoy Guha, scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
- Samik Bandyopadhyay, scholar and critic
- Subrata Guha, former test cricketer
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, national professor, got Padmabhushan Award
Notable teachers
- Jyoti Bhusan Chaki, linguist, author, translato
Alumni association
The school alumni association was established in 1992.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "School Alumni Website". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
- ↑ "School Website". Kolkata. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "School Website". Kolkata. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Alumni Website".
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