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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = Maharani Girls High School<br />
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| district = [[Darjeeling]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
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| established = {{start date and age|1908}}<br />
| category = [[Higher Secondary]]<br />
| campus = Urban<br />
| founder = [[Suniti Devi|Maharani Suniti Devi]] & [[Sucharu Devi|Maharani Sucharu Devi]]<br />
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| affiliations = [[WBBSE]] & [[WBCHSE]]<br />
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'''Maharani Girls High School''' is a [[Higher Secondary]] school for girls located at [[Darjeeling]], [[West Bengal]], India.<br />
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==History==<br />
The school was founded in 1908 through the efforts of Hemlata Sarkar, daughter of [[Sivanath Sastri]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi / The Tagores and Sartorial Styles By Sukhendu Ray, Malavika Karlekar, Bharati Ray|year=2010|pages=8|isbn=9788187358312|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2pDxinD28AC&dq=maharani+school+darjeeling&pg=PA8|last1=Chaudhurani|first1=Sarala Devi|last2=Ray|first2=Sukhendu}}</ref> who was a [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahmo]] reformist. Hemlata was aided by [[Suniti Devi]], the queen or Maharani of the [[princely state]] of [[Cooch Behar State|Koch Bihar]], and her sister, the [[Sucharu Devi|Maharani Sucharu Devi]] of [[Mayurbhanj State]], both daughters of another Brahmo reformist [[Keshub Chandra Sen]]. The maharanis funded the school and it was, therefore, was named Maharani Girls School.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Princes and Their States, Volume 3 By Barbara N. Ramusack|year=2004|pages=144|isbn=9781139449083|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&dq=suniti+devi+cooch+behar&pg=PA144|last1=Ramusack|first1=Barbara N.}}</ref> It was upgraded to a High School in 1911.<ref>{{cite book|title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Darjeeling|year=1980|publisher=West Bengal District Gazetteers|pages=503|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isJFAQAAIAAJ&q=maharani+}}</ref><br />
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The school is affiliated with the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and teaching is in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and English; [[Sanskrit]] is also taught as a subject.<ref>Darjeeling, a favoured retreat, 1989 pp:90</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[List of schools in India]]<br />
*[[Education in West Bengal]]<br />
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[[Category:Girls' schools in West Bengal]]<br />
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[[Category:Schools in Darjeeling district]]<br />
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