Hare School
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
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] The school is situated opposite the Presidency University, and is also adjacent to the University of Calcutta and Hindu School.[2] The combined campuses of the Hare School and Presidency College is one of the largest in Kolkata.[3]
History
David Hare established the school in 1818, opposite Hindu College, in the heart of College Street[4] after establishing the Calcutta School David Hare Book Society and the Hindu College, Kolkata (now Presidency College) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818. The school started with the name "Arpuli Pathshala" and later as Colootala Branch School,[5] finally it was renamed Hare School in 1867.
Notable alumni
- Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury — former general secretary of the Congress Party
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee — educationist, linguist and Christian Missionary
- Rajnarayan Basu — writer, intellectual, and social reformer
- Girish Chandra Ghosh, playwright, theatre director and thespian
- Jagdish Chandra Bose — scientist. His work includes crescograph to prove life in trees, the first proof of radio waves.
- Akshay Kumar Baral — poet
- Dibyendu Barua— chess grandmaster
- Pramathesh Barua — actor and director
- Brajendranath De, I.C.S., — civilian and historian
- Guru Dutt, actor, director
- Romesh Chunder Dutt — civil servant, economist, historian, poet, translator of Vedas
- Ramtanu Lahiri — researcher on Bengali language, member of the Young Bengal group
- Dinabandhu 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 writer
- Radhanath 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 1977–1981
- Digambar 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
- Kalikrishna Mitra — Social reformer and educator
- Swami Saradananda — (Saratchandra Chakrabarty) Direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna — Author of Sri Ramkrishna Lilaprsanga
- Swami Vijnanananda — (Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya) Direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
- Mahendranath Gupta — (Author of Sri Sri Ramkrishna Kathamrita)
References
- ^ "Overthere - Class apart". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Hare School, Kolkata". InfiniteCourses.com. www.infinitecourses.com. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Hare School". pages.rediff.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "College street". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Hare School". pages.rediff.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The Unsung Face Behind Indian Football | Sportycious". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Majumdar, Rounak (22 April 2019). "The Golden Years of Indian Football". www.chaseyoursport.com. Kolkata: Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "FOOTBALL IN BENGAL". www.ifawb.com. The Indian Football Association (West Bengal). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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