Government school in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Hare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India , teaching grades one to twelve under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education . It is a state government-administered boys school and was established by the Scottish watch-maker, David Hare . The establishment date is not agreed upon, but the official year of establishment is 1818. Thus the school is declared as the oldest western type school in Asia.[ 1] Presidency University , and is also adjacent to the University of Calcutta and Hindu School .[ 2] [ 3]
History
Inside the Hare school building David Hare established the school in 1818, opposite Hindu College, in the heart of College Street [ 4] Hindu College , Kolkata (later Presidency College, and now Presidency University) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818. The school started with the name "Arpuli Pathshala" and later as Colootala Branch School,[ 5]
A statue of David Hare at the school
Notable alumni
Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri — former Chief of the Army Staff Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury — former general secretary of the Congress PartyKrishna Mohan Banerjee — educationist, linguist and Christian MissionaryRajnarayan Basu — writer, intellectual, and social reformerGirish Chandra Ghosh , playwright, theatre director and thespianJagdish Chandra Bose — scientist. His work includes crescograph to prove life in trees, the first proof of radio waves .Akshay Kumar Baral — poetDibyendu Barua — chess grandmaster Pramathesh Barua — actor and directorBrajendranath De , I.C.S., — civilian and historianGuru Dutt , actor, directorRomesh Chunder Dutt — civil servant, economist, historian, poet, translator of VedasRamtanu Lahiri — researcher on Bengali language, member of the Young Bengal groupDinabandhu Mitra — Bengali writer of British India, works include Neel Darpan Prafulla Chandra Roy — Scientist/chemist: worked on various mercury compounds & founder of Bengal Chemical Nagendra Prasad Sarbadikari — father of Indian football[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Peary Charan Sarkar — social reformer and writerRadhanath Sikdar — mathematician, the first person to calculate the height of Mount Everest Mukur Kanti Khisa - Indian Diplomat (Ambassador of India to Argentina, Chile), the first Chakma person in Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Rank-8th in All India, 27th in IAS Exam.Meghnad Saha — inventor of the theory of thermal ionization Ziaur Rahman — Bir Uttom , freedom fighter, and President of Bangladesh 1977–1981Digambar Mitra — First Bengali Sheriff of Kolkata Mahendralal Sarkar — Doctor, social reformer, founder of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Romesh Chandra Mitra — Judge, Calcutta High Court Protap Chunder Mozoomdar — leader of Brahmo Samaj Jatindra Mohan Sengupta - Barrister , freedom fighter and politicianKalikrishna Mitra — Social reformer and educatorSwami Saradananda — (Saratchandra Chakrabarty) Direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna — Author of Sri Ramkrishna LilaprsangaSwami Vijnanananda — (Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya) Direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Mahendranath Gupta — (Author of Sri Sri Ramkrishna Kathamrita )
See also
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