Hindu College, Kolkata
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1B, Bankim Chatterjee Street Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 073 India |
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| Motto | তমসো মা জ্যোতির্গময়ঃ (Enlighten The Darkness) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Established | 20th January, 1817 |
| Founder | Raja Rammohan Roy, Radhakanta Deb, Rasamay Dutt, Baidyanath Mukhopadhya, David Hare, Sir Edward Hyde East |
| School board | WBSEB & WBCHSE |
| Authority | Government of West Bengal |
| Category | Higher Secondary |
| Chairman | Governor of West Bengal |
| Principal | Tushar Kanti Samanta |
| Faculty | 53 |
| Teaching staff | 19 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Number of students | 1250 (approximate intake) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Alumni | See List of Hindu School people |
| Website | www |
Hindu School is a government-administered school in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It is located on College Street, in the vicinity of Hare School, College Square, Kolkata, Presidency College, Sanskrit College, Calcutta Medical College and the University of Calcutta. Established in 1817, the school is the oldest modern western-type school in India and one of the oldest existing schools in Asia. The school is declared as a "National Heritage in institutional education, History and Social Reform" by the Government of India. This institution is nicknamed as the Eton of the East from the British era for its academic excellence during the Bengali renaissance era and afterwards.
The school was established as Hindu College in 1817 by Raja Rammohan Roy, David Hare, Radhakanta Deb, Rasamay Dutt, Baidyanath Mukhopadhya, Sir Edward Hyde East and other educationists. In 1855, the pathsala part of Hindu College became Hindu School and the other part (mahapathshala) became Presidency College (now Presidency University). Before this separation the students under the age of 14 were taught in the junior section pathsala. The date of establishment of Hindu College is considered the establishment date of both Hindu school and Presidency College.
Situated in the heart of the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) – the cultural capital of India - opposite to Presidency College, amidst College Square, Sanskrit College, Hare School, Coffee House and University of Calcutta, Hindu School is reputed to be one of the oldest and leading institutions for education in India. It was established in 1817 by stalwart educationalists like Maharaja Radhakanta Deb, David Hare, Diwan Baidyanath Mukhopadhya and others in a visionary and ahead-of-era intention to impart modern education to the young students in European and Oriental subjects.
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