Editing Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School

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{{Infobox school
| name                   = Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School
| colours                = Blue {{color box|blue}} and White {{color box|white}}
| location               = Rajgarh Road, [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| pushpin_map            = India Haryana
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt        = 
| pushpin_map_caption    = School in Hisar on Map of Haryana
| coordinates            = {{coord|29|09|N|75|42|E|display=inline,title}}
| specialist             = 
| schooltype             = Independent Educational Trust
| motto                  = ''Tamso Ma Jayotir GamYa (तमसो मा  जयोतिर्  गमय)''
| founded                = 1957
| founder                = [[Thakur Dass Bhargava]]
| head                   = Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School
| gender                 = Co-educational
| lower_age              = 3
| upper_age              = 18
| principal              = Dr. Krunesh Chandra Chaturvedi, PhD<ref name=iscbse1>[https://www.icbse.com/schools/thakur-dass-bhargava-senior-secondary-model-s-n08o5e TDB SSMS profile], ICBSE.</ref><ref>[http://www.seniormodelschool.co.in/principal-message.php School info]</ref>
| chair                  = Krishana Bhargava
| pupils                 = 2000
| faculty                = 74
| district               = [[Hisar district|Hisar]]
| affiliation            = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]
| website                = {{url|www.tdbssms.edu.in}}
}}
'''Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School''' is an [[independent school]] on [[Rajgarh (Rajasthan)|Rajgarh road]] section of [[National Highway 52 (India)|National Highway 52]] in [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], in [[Haryana]] state in northern [[India]]. It is regulated by the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]].<ref name=iscbse1/><ref name=data1/><ref name=PS1>[https://www.seniormodelschool.co.in/ Thakur Dass Bhargava Senior Secondary Model School]</ref>

==History==
This school, founded in 1957 by the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] politician, former [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of parliament]] and [[Indian independence movement|freedom fighter]] - [[Pandit]] ''"Thakur Das Bhargava"'', is the first [[Education in India#Private schools (unaided)|public school]] (elite private school) of then [[Hisar district]].<ref name=data2/> It was initially named as the ''"Model School"'', later renamed to ''"Senior Model Public High School"'', then to ''"Senior Secondary Model School"'', and finally renamed again after the founder.<ref name=data2/> ''"Thakur Das Bhargava"'' (b.1886 - d.1962), the son of Munshi Badri Prasad, was born at [[Rewari]] in an upper middle class [[brahmin]] family, he passed his [[matriculation#India|matriculation exam]] from the [[List of schools in Hisar#Schools|Government High School, Hisar]].<ref name=data2>M. M. Juneja, 2004, "Hisar City: Places & Personalities", page 130, 311, 339, 77.</ref> As a practicing lawyer, he was member of the ''"Hisar Bar Council"'' which came into existence in 1870 CE after the [[East India Company]] established the ''"Hisar Court"'' in 1832 CE.<ref>[https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/hisar Hisar Courts History]</ref> In 1923 the national organisation ''"Vidya Pracharini Sabha"'' was founded by Thakur Das Bhargava and Lala Hardev Sahai in Hisar, under which they set up several schools in and around [[Hisar district]] to promote [[Indian nationalism#National consciousness in India|national consciousness]], [[Culture of India|Indian culture]] and [[social services]].<ref>Jugal Kishore Gupta, 1991, "History of Sirsa Town", Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, page 261, 204.</ref> Thakur Das Bhargava was also instrumental in setting up [[Fateh Chand College for Women (Lahore), Hisar|Fateh Chand College for Women]] at Hisar.<ref name=data2/> Thakur Das Bhargava's brother,<ref>[http://bhargava.techwiz.ca/individual.php?pid=I1108 Individual info on Gopi Chand Bhargava]</ref> [[Gopi Chand Bhargava]],<ref name=data2/>  was a several times [[Chief Minister of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].<ref name="Arora1991">{{cite book|author=Subhash Chander Arora|title=Current Issues and Trends in Centre-state Relations: A Global View|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=is3EsOhHAOEC&pg=PA60|accessdate=25 January 2018|year=1991|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-307-0|pages=60–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/punjab/government-and-politics/chief-minister.html | title=List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Punjab | publisher=Maps of India | accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref>

The school is run by the ''"Hisar Education Society"'', which is an independent [[nonprofit organization]].<ref name=iscbse1/>

==Courses==
The school offers [[K–12]] [[English-medium education#India|english-medium]] education system from [[Preschool#India|preschool]] ([[Kindergarten#India|nursery]]) to [[10+2]] ([[Education in India#Secondary education|senior secondary]]).<ref name=iscbse1/><ref name=data1/> It is a day-boarding only [[Mixed-sex education|coeducational]] school with no hostel facilities.<ref name=data1>[https://schoolwale.net/index.php?event=school-details&name=1603-Thakur+Dass+Bhargava+Senior+Secondary+Model+School Schoolwale profile of TDB SSMS], schoolwale.net.</ref>

==Facilities==
Established on 16 acres or 60,000+ sqm land; the school has 10,000 sqm buildup area; 30,000 sqm sports ground; 20,234 sqm play area; 58 class rooms; 4 science and computer labs; 1 library; indoor games; dance rooms; music rooms and medical checkup facilities.<ref name=iscbse1/>

==Sahodya Schools==
This school is also the official head office of the ''"Hisar Sahodya Schools"'' (HSS) - a registered nonprofit society of 26 CBSE affiliated schools of Hisar district, which was founded in 1986 to share the innovative methods in teaching, education management, teacher's professional growth and [[Vocational education#India|vocationalisation of education]]. The term ''"sahodya"'' means ''"rising together"''. HSS holds the annual sports and cultural events as well as regular workshops of the member schools.<ref>[http://www.sahodayahisar.com/ Hisar Sahodya Schools]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of schools in Hisar]]
* [[List of universities and colleges in Hisar]]
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Haryana]]

==References==
===External links===
* [https://www.tdbssms.edu.in/ TDB SSM School Official website]
* [http://www.sahodayahisar.com/ Hisar Sahodya Schools official website]

===Citations===
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[[Category:Schools in Hisar (city)]]
[[Category:Private schools in Haryana]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Haryana]]