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'''RC Commercial High School''', founded as '''Ranchhodlal Chhotalal High School''', is one of the oldest [[high school]] of [[Gujarat]], located in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name=t>{{cite news|title=Entrance test for class IV in 1865! - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Entrance-test-for-class-IV-in-1865/articleshow/10837165.cms|accessdate=17 June 2017|work=The Times of India|date=23 November 2011}}</ref>

==History==
The school was founded in 1846 by [[Ranchhodlal Chhotalal]] and was the second English medium school and high school of the city after the [[Tuljaram Sakharam High School]], which was founded in 1824.<ref name=z>{{cite book|last1=Mehta|first1=Kapilray M.|title=Ahmedabad, 1958|date=1959|publisher=Gujarat Publishers|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AouAQAAIAAJ&q=RC+HIGH+SCHOOL+AHMEDABAD|accessdate=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> The school conducted an entrance test for admission and many elite mill owners and eminent personalities lined up for admission at this school<ref name=t/>

In 1904, the foundation of a new building with infrastructure for the school was laid by [[Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington|Lord Lamington]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Occasional Reports|date=1911|publisher=Superintendent Government Printing|pages=66–67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wt07AQAAMAAJ&q=Ranchhodlal+chhotalal+HIGH+SCHOOL+AHMEDABAD|accessdate=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> The infrastructure had badminton and tennis courts, as well as a gymnasium for students' all-around physical development. Students could also learn French, Sanskrit and Persian and a hostel catered to those coming from far away.<ref name=t/>

In 1967, the school was taken over by the local government and converted into a Gujarati-medium school lost its prominence.<ref name=t/>

==Present status==
Currently, it is run by the government as Gujarati-medium high school and is known as '''RC Commerce High School'''.<ref name=z/><ref name=t/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gujarat|first1=India Superintendent of Census Operations|title=District Census Handbook|date=1964|publisher=Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcrUAAAAMAAJ&q=RC+HIGH+SCHOOL+AHMEDABAD|accessdate=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Alumnus==
Among its notable alumni include [[Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai|Shrenik Kasturbhai]] and [[Arvind Narottambhai]] of Lalbhai group and [[Arvind Mills]]. [[U.R. Chhipa]], who played Cricket for Pakistan, and [[Jasu Patel]], who played for India, also studied here.<ref name=t/> [[Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar]] was also alumni of this school.<ref>{{cite book|title=GANESH VASUDEO MAVALANKAR|date=2016|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=9788123023236|edition=1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miDiDQAAQBAJ&dq=RC+HIGH+SCHOOL+AHMEDABAD&pg=PT11|accessdate=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> Congress leader [[Ahsan Jafri]] was also alumni of the school, who also edited the Urdu magazine published by the school in his time.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gayer|first1=Laurent|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation|date=2012|publisher=Hurst|isbn=9781849041768|pages=63–64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&dq=RC+HIGH+SCHOOL+AHMEDABAD&pg=PA64|accessdate=17 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1846]]
[[Category:Schools in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:1846 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Government schools in India]]

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