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{{Infobox school<br />
|image = [[File:Puri Zila School.jpg|300px|]]<br />
|name = Puri Zila School<br />
|colours = Blue and white<br />
|founded = {{start date and age|1853}}<br />
|city = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Puri]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]<br />
|coordinates={{Coord|19|48|15.81|N|85|50|4.83|E|type:edu_region:IN-OR|display=inline,title}}<br />
|students = 1500<br />
|faculty = 45<br />
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'''Puri Zila School''' is a government high school<ref name="Council1934">{{cite book|author=Bihar and Orissa (India). Legislature. Legislative Council|title=Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council Proceedings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEEgAQAAIAAJ|year=1934|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing}}</ref><ref name="(India).1964">{{cite book|author=Orissa (India).|title=The Orissa Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8TrID9-QUC|date=April 1964}}</ref> and one of the oldest school in [[Odisha]], India. It was established in 1853 in the holy city of [[Puri]], located in Kundheibenta Sahi. The school moved to another building which later converted to [[Samanta Chandra Sekhara College]], Puri. Puri Zila School moved to its current location on Station Road in 1958.<br />
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It imparts teaching in humanities, social sciences, physical sciences etc. The school has indoor and outdoor games and sports facilities. Other societies and activities are NCC, Red Cross, Scouts and Guides.<br />
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==Noted alumni==<br />
* [[Nirmal Kumar Bose]], anthropologist<ref name="Sen2003">{{cite book|author=Tulika Sen|title=Nirmal Kumar Bose: Life, Works, and Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rByAAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Asiatic Society|isbn=978-81-7236-138-9}}</ref><br />
* [[Gopabandhu Das]], Freedom Fighter<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWljAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Sahitya Akademi.}}</ref><br />
* [[Madhab Chandra Dash]], Environmentalist<ref name="Mishra1995">{{cite book|author=P. C. Mishra|title=Advances in Ecology and Environmental Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPEegmF3IB4C&pg=PR15|year=1995|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-676-3|pages=15–}}</ref> <br />
* [[Kalindi Charan Panigrahi]], poet<ref>{{cite book|title=Glimpses on Art and Literature, Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5s1eAGVWTWcC|year=1976|publisher=Cuttack Students Store}}</ref><br />
* [[Sachidananda Routray]], poet<ref name="Rautroy1996">{{cite book|author=Sachi Rautroy|title=Verticals of Life: Selected Poems of Sachi Raut-Roy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Szcvh6bWAkC&pg=PA3|year=1996|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0138-5|pages=3–}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha]]<br />
* [[Badagada Government High School, Bhubaneswar]]<br />
* [[Capital High School, Bhubaneswar]]<br />
* [[Secondary Board High School]]<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Fieldview 1.jpg|Playground<br />
File:Headmaster.jpg|Outside Headmaster's Chamber<br />
File:Corridor view3.jpg|Corridor<br />
File:Room 19.jpg|Room 19<br />
File:Insideview 1.jpg|Inside the classroom<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Schools in Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Puri]]<br />
[[Category:1853 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1853]]<br />
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