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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = De Nobili School, Koradih<br />
| logo = Identity_badge_of_De_Nobili_School,_India.png<br />
| image = <br />
| image size = 250px<br />
| caption =<br />
| motto = Knowledge Imparts Humility<br />
| motto_translation = <br />
| principal = Tanushree Banerjee<br />
| grades = [[K-12 (education)|K-12]]<br />
| location = Main Road, Koradhi, [[Dhanbad district|Dhanbad]] <br />
| state = [[Jharkhand]] <br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|23|47|49|N|86|19|58|E|display=title,inline|type:edu_region:IN-JH}}<br />
| type = [[private school|Private]] primary and secondary school<br />
| religion = [[Catholic church|Catholicism]]<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|1975}} <br />
| denomination = [[Jesuits]]<br />
| affiliations = [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]]<br />
| homepage = {{url|http://www.dnssijua.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''De Nobili School, Koradih''' is a [[private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school located in Koradhi in the [[Dhanbad district]] of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]. Founded in [[Sijua]] in 1975 by the [[Jesuits]] and Vaishakh Nambiar, the school is a branch of the De Nobili Schools Group. <br />
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The school is named after a christian missionary and Jesuit, [[Roberto de Nobili]], who was the first foreigner to master Sanskrit, incognito, in sixteenth century [[Madurai]]. He apparently conducted himself like an orthodox Brahmin and is even said to have declared himself to be a descendant of Brahma.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arunshourie.voiceofdharma.com/articles/roman.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131655/http://arunshourie.voiceofdharma.com/articles/roman.htm |archive-date=10 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Shield==<br />
The De Nobili School shield displays part of a [[Sanskrit]] slogan Vidya Dadati Vinayam (Education Bestows Humility) in Devanagari script in the scroll under the school shield.<ref>[http://dnssijua.com/about-our-patron/]</ref><br />
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== Principals ==<br />
The following inidividuals have served as principal of De Nobili School, Koradih:<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes <br />
|-<br />
|align=center|{{nts|1}} || V. J. Abraham ||align=center| 1975 ||align=center| 1985 ||align=right|{{age in years|1975|1985}} years ||<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|{{nts|2}} || Xavier Joseph ||align=center| 1985 ||align=center| 1992 ||align=right|{{age in years|1985|1992}} years ||<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|{{nts|3}} || Joy Matthew ||align=center| 1992 ||align=center| 2006 ||align=right|'''{{age in years|1992|2006}} years''' ||<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|{{nts|4}} || G. Thomas Kennedy ||align=center| 2006 ||align=center| 2010 ||align=right|{{age in years|2006|2010}} years ||<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|{{nts|5}} || Tanushree Banerjee ||align=center| 2010 ||align=center| ''incumbent'' ||align=right|{{age in years|2010}} years ||<br />
|}<br />
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=== School song ===<br />
<poem>{{col-begin}}{{col-break}} <br />
Oh De Nobili hats off to thee;<br />
To your colours true we shall ever be;{{pad|5ex}} <br />
firm and strong united are we;<br />
Rah, rah, rah. For DNS;<br />
Rah, rah, rah, rah;<br />
Rah, for De Nobili;<br />
{{col-break}}<br />
Hail, to the victors valiant,<br />
Hail, to the conquering heroes,<br />
Hail, Hail, De Nobili,<br />
the leaders and the best;<br />
Hail to the victors valiant,<br />
Hail to the conquering heroes<br />
Hail, Hail, De Nobili,<br />
the champions and the best.<br />
{{col-end}} </poem><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{stack|{{portal|Schools|Catholicism|India}}}}<br />
* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]<br />
* [[List of schools in Jharkhand]]<br />
* [[Violence against Christians in India]]<br />
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==References== <br />
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{{Jesuit Schools of India|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Jesuit secondary schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Christian schools in Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Education in Dhanbad district]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1975]]<br />
[[Category:1975 establishments in Bihar]]</div>>Rangasyd