St Xavier's School, Jaipur

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{{Infobox school
| name = St Xavier's School, Jaipur
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| logo = XavierRej.png
| image = St.Xaviersjaipur.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| caption = The facade of the main school building
| motto = {{lang-la|Deus Fortitudo Mea}}
| motto_translation = God is my strength
| streetaddress = Bhagwan Das Road
| city = [[Jaipur]]
| state = [[Rajasthan]]
| province =
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.912446|75.809467|region:IN_type:edu_scale:2000_source:wikimapia|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| denomination = [[Jesuit]]
| religion = [[Catholic church|Catholicism]]
| established = {{start date and age|1941}}
| status =
| closed =
| principal = Fr. Dominic S.J.{{cn|date=March 2018}}
| teaching_staff = 100+
| grades = 1 -12
| gender = [[Mixed-sex education|Co-educational]] (since 1989)
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| newspaper = X Rays
| website = {{url|stxaviersschooljaipur.com}}
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| enrollment = 3,500+{{cn|date=March 2018}}
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| colors = Blue and gold {{colorbox|blue}}{{colorbox|gold}}
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'''St Xavier's Senior Secondary School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] secondary school located in [[Jaipur]], in [[Rajasthan]] in north-western [[India]]. The school was established by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] in 1943.

==History==

The school was established in 1943.<ref name=verma>{{cite book |author=Verma, G. C. |year=1984 |url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&hl=en&id=vEw6AAAAMAAJ |title=Modern Education, its Growth and Development in Rajasthan, 1818–1983 |location=Jaipur |publisher=Publication Scheme |isbn= }}</ref>{{rp|95}} Following a visit to [[St Xavier's School, Patna]], [[Mirza Ismail]], the prime minister of [[Jaipur State]], wished to have a similar institution in his home city, Jaipur. As a result, the Jesuits took over management of St. Mary's Boys School,{{r|verma|page=95}} which had been founded two years earlier, in 1941.<ref name=verma/>{{rp|94}} The school became [[co-education]]al in 1989.<ref name=self>{{cite web |url=http://www.stxaviersschooljaipur.com/HistoricalView.aspx |title=A Historical View of the School |publisher=St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School |date= |access-date=1 May 2018 }}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
{{alumni|date=May 2021}}
* Lt. Amit Bhardwaj, a soldier martyred in the Kargil War
* [[Rajiv Mehrishi]], Comptroller and Auditor General of India
* [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]], vice-chancellor of Ashok University
* [[Raghubir Singh (photographer)| Raghubir Singh]], photographer<ref name="rg">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/fline/fl1610/16100660.htm|title=TRIBUTE: The colours of India |volume=16 |issue=10 |date=May 1999 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106190541/http://www.thehindu.com/fline/fl1610/16100660.htm |archivedate=2003-11-06}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in Rajasthan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://stxaviersschooljaipur.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.exrays.net/ Student's portal]
* [http://xavierites.org/index.php/ St.Xavier's alumni website]

{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]
[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Christian schools in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Private schools in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Schools in Jaipur]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1941]]
[[Category:1941 establishments in India]]

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