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{{Infobox school
|name = Rajkumar College
|caption =
|nickname = RKC
|image = RKC Emblem.JPG
|image_size = 200px
|motto = "Knowledge is Power"
|established = {{Start date|1868|df=yes}}
|type = [[Public school (privately funded)|Public]] (1938)
|affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]
|district = [[Rajkot]]
|grades = K-12
|founder = [[Richard Harte Keatinge]] &
The Princely Order of Western India
|president =
|principal = Mr. Shankar Singh Adhikari
|head of school =
|dean =
|faculty =
|staff =
|students = 1500
|enrollment =
|sports = Cricket, football, hockey, swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis, horse riding, volleyball
|athletics = Track and field, and athletics meet annually
|conference = Boys and Girls Assemble
|houses = Jhalawar, [[Halar]], Sorath, Gohilwad
|mascot =
|alumni = [[K S Ranjitsinhji|H.H.Ranjitsinhji]] ([[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar]])
|free_label = Alumni website
|free_text = [http://www.rkcalumni.com/ http://www.rkcalumni.com/]
|free_label2 =
|free_text2 =
|location = Gymkhana Road [[Rajkot]] 360001
|coordinates = {{Coord|22.2932|70.7974|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|country = India
|homepage = [http://www.rkcrajkot.com/ www.rkcrajkot.com/]
}}
The '''Rajkumar College''' (or '''RKC''') in [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]] is one of the oldest [[K-12]] institutions in [[India]]. RKC has a 26-acre (105,000 m²) campus in Rajkot.

==History==
[[File:Ranjitsinh.jpeg|thumb|left|K S Ranjitsinhji played for the English cricket team<ref> [http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/418303.html K S Ranjitsinhji & the English cricket team ] </ref>]]
The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by [[Richard Harte Keatinge|Colonel Keatinge]] and was formally opened by the Governor of Bombay, [[William Vesey-FitzGerald|H. B. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald]], in 1870. The college was founded for the education of the princely order by the princes and chiefs of [[Kathiawad]] for their sons and relations.<ref name="Bhalla2015">{{cite book|author=A. S. Bhalla|title=Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emATBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|date=30 March 2015|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78453-087-7|page=151}}</ref>

In 1938, on the initiative of its founding members, the college became a [[Public school (privately funded)|public school]] (private school in American terms). The college is a founding member of the Indian Public Schools Conference and a member of the [[Round Square (educational organisation)|Round Square]] conference of schools, a worldwide association of more than 60 schools that allows students to travel between schools and tour the country or do community service.

In 2001 the college opened its doors to girls, in what has been a boys' bastion for over a century. The school has around 50 girls, with boarding facilities.

Another endeavor of the Rajkumar College Administration has been Priyalok Villas, a pre-school program for the kids; originally housed in a 1909 Hyde sanatorium but now housed in a different building. Whilst having its own domain, it has access to all the facilities of the Rajkumar College.

The school is expanding. The Rajkumar College for Girls, a secondary school was inaugurated on 24 March 2011; before this, the fully functional elementary co-ed school had flourished for a decade.
[[File:Rajkoomar Indian College, Kattywar.jpg|thumb|Rajkoomar Indian College, Kattywar]]
===Inauguration of the Rajkumar College for Girls, Rajkot===
The Rajkumar College for Girls was inaugurated on 24 March 2011, by [[Kamla Beniwal]], governor of Gujarat. The principal, Mr. Thakkar, said that it was a special day for the Rajkumar family. Almost 140 years ago on 16 December 1870 the college was inaugurated by the governor of the Bombay Presidency, Sir Seymour Fitzgerald.

==Student life==
Sport teams from the college travel around the country to participate in inter public school competitions and district/state/national level events.

Co-curricular activities include public speaking/recitation/debates, bio-enrichment camps, and other cultural activities.

The college motto is ''Yasya Bhuddhi, Balam Tasya'' ("Power is where there is knowledge").

==Notable alumni==
* Lael Anson Best, Chief of [[Thoracic Surgery]] and Chief of Surgery 2005–2012 at [[Rambam Hospital|Rambam Medical Center]], Israel Awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2017
*[[Shahu of Kolhapur|Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur]]: Primary education to all; a true democrat and social reformer
*[[Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne]], Maharaja of [[Jawhar State]], the first [[Member of parliament]] from [[Thane (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* Nawab Ahmad Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan of [[Janjira]]
* [[Krishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh]], Maharaja of [[Bhavnagar State]], the first governor of Madras state
* [[Nawab]] [[Muhammad Mahabat Khan III]] [[Nawab]] of [[Junagadh State]]
* [[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji]] [[Babi (title)|Babi]] of [[Manavadar State]]
* [[Sahibzada]] Omeir Ahmed Khanji [[Babi (title)|Babi]] of Devgam [[Junagadh State]]
* [[Raol Shri Dharmakumarsinhji]], prince, ornithologist and environmentalist
* [[Madansinhji]] – Maharaja of [[Kutch district|Kutch]]
* [[Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji of Porbandar]], Maharaja of [[Porbandar]]
* [[K.S. Digvijaysinhji]], Maharaja [[Jam Sahib]] of [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar]]
* [[Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji]], cricketer
* [[Bhagvatsingh of Gondal]], Maharaja, physician and architect
* [[Kumar Indrajitsinhji]], test cricketer
* [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja]], commander-in-chief of the Indian armed forces
* [[Kavi Kalapi]], poet
* [[Ruswa Majhalumi]], poet
* [[Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, 15th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot]], cricketer and politician
* [[Ashok Kamte]], [[Mumbai Police]], additional commissioner for the East Region, martyr of 26.11.2008 Mumbai attacks
* [[Ranjitsinhji]], test cricketer and later Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar
* [[Takhtsinhji]], Maharaja of [[Bhavnagar]]<ref name=rkc/>
*[[Sujan R. Chinoy]], diplomat and China expert; Ambassador of India to Japan
* [[Bhavsinhji II|Maharaja Bhavsinhji II]] of [[Bhavnagar State]]<ref name=rkc>Forty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College by Chester Macnaghten first principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar.</ref>
* [[Himmatsinhji Vijayaraji]], noted ornithologist and a prince of [[Kutch State]]
* [[Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji]], the Maharana of Porbandar.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
* [[Amarsinhji Banesinhji]], the Maharana Raj Sahib of [[Wankaner]]{{cn|date=June 2020}}
* Thakor Saheb Chaitanyadev of Wadhwan – past President of the College Council
* [[Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad]] – past President of the College Council
* [[Lavkumar Khachar]], ornithologist




==Council presidents==
* Darbar Saheb Shri Mahipal Vala of Jetpur
* Thakor Saheb Chaitanyadev of Wadhwan – past
* [[Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad]] – past

== See also ==
* [[Rajkumar College, Raipur]]
* [[List of the oldest schools in the world]]
* [[History of the Indian cricket team]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
https://www.edustoke.com/rajkot/rajkumar-college-sadar-residential
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130818210237/http://ipsc.co.in/IPSC_Pages/Historyofipsc.aspx Founding member of the Indian Public School Conference]
*[http://www.mcconnellfinebooks.com/book/145/india-forty-years-of-the-rajkumar-college-an-account-of-the-origin-and-progress-of-the-rajkumar-college-rajkot-prepared-and-abridged-from-the-papers-of-the-late-chester-macnaghten-first-principal-of-the-college-and-other-sources-compiled-by-sir-hh-bhavsi Forty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College. Rajkot abridged from the papers of the late Chester Macnaghten first principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar.]

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