La Martiniere Calcutta

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| address = 11, Loudon Street (Boys) 4, Rawdon Street (Girls) 54
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| motto = Labour et constantia 
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| founder = [[Claude Martin|Major General Claude Martin]]
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| free_text = [[Paul Chater]]
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| sister_school = [[La Martiniere Lucknow]] [[La Martiniere Lyon]]
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'''''La Martiniere '''''(informally known as '''LMC''') is an elite, independent [[Private school|private day school]] located in [[Kolkata]] (Calcutta), [[West Bengal]]. It comprises two single-gender boys and girls schools. It was established in 1836 in accordance with the will of the French soldier of fortune and philanthropist, Major General [[Claude Martin]]. They are Christian schools, controlled by the Anglican [[Church of North India]] and independent from the government, with English as the primary language of instruction.<ref name=coatofarms>[http://members.tripod.com/~La_Martiniere/history.htm La Martiniere history at Tripod] accessed 10 August 2007</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120913162516/http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_rupee_of_saadat,_nawab.aspx Oudh fish coins at the British Museum] accessed 10 August 2007</ref>

La Martiniere Calcutta is often ranked among the best day schools in the country, and has produced a distinguished list of alumni in all walks of Indian and British society. It has an annual meet with [[La Martiniere Lucknow]] hosted in September, as well as occasional meets with its sister school [[La Martiniere Lyon]] in France.

== Notable alumni ==
{{main|List of Martinians}}
* [[Jaidip Mukerjea]] Tennis ('59 batch)
* [[Mausam Noor]] [[Member of Parliament (India)]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Chhanda Gayen]], first Bengali woman to climb [[Mount Everest]]
* [[Leander Paes]] ('92 batch), tennis: till Class VII only; he transferred thereafter to the Brittania Academy, Madras)
* [[Sunanda K. Datta-Ray]] ('54 batch), author, journalist and former editor of ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]''
* [[C. K. Birla]] ('69 batch), Hindustan Motors
* [[Rajiv Mehrotra]] ('69 batch), award-winning documentary film maker. iconic 'voice' and television anchor. Managing Trustee, Public Service Broadcasting Trust.
* [[Jug Suraiya]] ('62 batch), humourist and journalist
* [[Pritish Nandy]] ('63 batch), poet, journalist and film producer.
* [[Swapan Dasgupta]] ('71 batch), journalist, political commentator and Member of Parliament.
* [[Chandan Mitra]] (Gold Medallist, '71 batch), Ex-Member of Parliament, owner of ''The Pioneer'' newspaper; author of ''Constant Glory'', an authorized history of La Martinière.
* [[Paranjoy Guha Thakurta]] ('71 batch), journalist, Editor of EPW.
* [[Prannoy Roy]], television broadcaster. (till Class V; he transferred thereafter to Doon School, Dehra Dun)
* [[Suhel Seth]] ('82 batch), advertising professional and TV personality.
* [[Catchick Paul Chater]] (1864 batch), Father of modern Hong Kong, benefactor to the College (Rupees 1.1 million in the 1910s). Chater was a Foundation Scholar.
* [[Vijay Mallya]] ('72 batch, Hastings House Captain), Chairman of the United Breweries (UB) Group and ex [[Rajya Sabha]] member
* [[Harshavardhan Neotia]], Chairman and CEO, Bengal Ambuja
* [[Pramod Bhasin]] ('75 batch), founder and first CEO of Genpact.
* [[Hemant Kanoria]] ('80 batch), founder and Chairman of SREI Infrastructure Finance
* [[John Mason (schoolmaster)|John Mason]] (Good Conduct Medal, '62 batch), educationist. Mason was a Foundation Scholar and later teacher.
* [[Nirmalya Kumar]] ('77 batch), business writer, Professor and Director for Aditya V. Birla India Centre at London Business School.
* [[Ashok Malik]] ('88 batch), former press secretary to the President of India
* [[Rajit Gadh]], Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
* [[Nafisa Ali]], actress/ model, Miss India in 1975, also a National Swimming champion
* [[Bickram Ghosh]] ('84 batch), tabla pandit
* [[Merle Oberon]] ('29 batch), Hollywood actress
* [[Kiran Rao]] ('85 batch, plus 2 only), film producer ("Dhobi Ghat")
* [[Kumar Mukherjee]] ('90 batch), Hindustani Classical singer")
* [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]] ('61 batch), Union Cabinet minister (Information and Broadcasting) in the 1980s
* [[Anuvab Pal (comedian)|Anuvab Pal]] ('95 batch), comedian, author and scriptwriter
* [[Ramit Tandon]] ('11 batch), Asian Games'18 squash bronze medalist
* [[Tapan Singhel]], MD & CEO, [[Bajaj Allianz General Insurance]]
* [[Khokhan Sen]] ('43 batch), India cricketer with 14 Test caps

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|La Martiniere Calcutta}}
* {{official|http://www.lamartiniere.co/}}

{{coord missing|West Bengal}}

[[Category:La Martinière College]]
[[Category:Church of North India schools]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Private schools in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Christian schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1836]]
[[Category:1836 establishments in India]]

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