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	== History ==		== History ==
	Under the ~~dynamic~~ leadership of its founder, Miss Alice Emilie Kimmins, many buildings were completed over various periods. For 15 out of 23 years in Panchgani, she was involved in getting buildings planned and made.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Kimmins {{!}} Milestones Of Success\|url=http://kimminsschool.edu.in/milestone-school.php\|access-date=2020-08-23\|website=kimminsschool.edu.in}}</ref>		Under the leadership of its founder, Miss Alice Emilie Kimmins, many buildings were completed over various periods. For 15 out of 23 years in Panchgani, she was involved in getting buildings planned and made.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Kimmins {{!}} Milestones Of Success\|url=http://kimminsschool.edu.in/milestone-school.php\|access-date=2020-08-23\|website=kimminsschool.edu.in}}</ref>

	In 2011, the author, Nayana Currimbhoy, a former student, immortalized the school in a novel titled ''Miss Timmins' School for Girls''.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Currimbhoy, Nayana.\|title=Miss Timmins' School for Girls : a novel\|date=2011\|publisher=Harper\|isbn=978-0-06-199774-7\|edition=1st\|location=New York, NY\|oclc=662153501}}</ref>		In 2011, the author, Nayana Currimbhoy, a former student, immortalized the school in a novel titled ''Miss Timmins' School for Girls''.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Currimbhoy, Nayana.\|title=Miss Timmins' School for Girls : a novel\|date=2011\|publisher=Harper\|isbn=978-0-06-199774-7\|edition=1st\|location=New York, NY\|oclc=662153501}}</ref>

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| name = Kimmins High School
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| image = Kimmins High School, Panchgani.jpg
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| caption = Kimmins High School
| logo = Kimmins High School logo.png
| motto = God, My Leader
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| location = [[Panchgani]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| type = [[Boarding school|Boarding]] [[secondary school]]
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| established = {{start date and age|1898}}
| founder = Alice Emilie Kimmin
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| sister_school = [[Queen Mary School, Mumbai]]
| website = {{URL|http://kimminsschool.edu.in}}
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'''Kimmins High School''' is a girls' [[boarding school]] in [[Panchgani]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], founded in 1898. It was founded as the "sister" school of [[Queen Mary School, Mumbai]], providing boarding school capability for girls who could not attend Queen Mary's as day students.

== History ==
Under the dynamic leadership of its founder, Miss Alice Emilie Kimmins, many buildings were completed over various periods. For 15 out of 23 years in Panchgani, she was involved in getting buildings planned and made.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kimmins {{!}} Milestones Of Success|url=http://kimminsschool.edu.in/milestone-school.php|access-date=2020-08-23|website=kimminsschool.edu.in}}</ref>

In 2011, the author, Nayana Currimbhoy, a former student, immortalized the school in a novel titled ''Miss Timmins' School for Girls''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Currimbhoy, Nayana.|title=Miss Timmins' School for Girls : a novel|date=2011|publisher=Harper|isbn=978-0-06-199774-7|edition=1st|location=New York, NY|oclc=662153501}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
* [[Protima Bedi]] - dancer<ref name="birth">''Time Pass : The Memoirs of Protima Bedi'', Biographical info: ‘Early Years’. p.11.</ref>
* [[Jenny Bhatt]] - author
* [[Maria van der Linden]], née Tarasiewicz - author<ref>[http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM An unforgettable journey (1992) 11. Life in Panchgani]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://kimminsschool.edu.in/}}

{{coord missing|Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Boarding schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Panchgani]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1898]]
[[Category:1898 establishments in India]]
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