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Martin died in Lucknow on 13 September 1800. According to [[s:The will of Claude Martin|his will]], he was buried in the vault prepared for his remains in the basement of the college in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamartinierelucknow.org/main.htm |title=A Synopsis of The History of La Martiniere College, Lucknow |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094738/http://www.lamartinierelucknow.org/main.htm |archivedate=2012-02-07 }}</ref> | Martin died in Lucknow on 13 September 1800. According to [[s:The will of Claude Martin|his will]], he was buried in the vault prepared for his remains in the basement of the college in Lucknow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamartinierelucknow.org/main.htm |title=A Synopsis of The History of La Martiniere College, Lucknow |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094738/http://www.lamartinierelucknow.org/main.htm |archivedate=2012-02-07 }}</ref> | ||
The major portion of his estate was left for the founding of three institutions, one each at Lucknow, Calcutta and his birthplace Lyon in France. It took 30 years to dispose of the litigation arising out of Claude Martin's will. Finally, as the result of a Supreme Court decision, La Martinière Schools opened in Calcutta, on 1 March 1836. | The major portion of his estate was left for the founding of three institutions, one each at Lucknow, Calcutta and his birthplace Lyon in France. It took 30 years to dispose of the litigation arising out of Claude Martin's will. Finally, as the result of a Supreme Court decision, La Martinière Schools opened in Calcutta, on 1 March 1836.{{fact|date=July 2021}} | ||
Though his will had not mentioned any ethnic or religious restrictions on those who would be allowed to apply to the institutions of learning, the La Martinier College in Calcutta (after thirty years of litigation) only permitted European and Armenian Christians to apply. Coming about due to changing attitudes towards race among the [[Company rule in India|Company administration in India]], the school only permitted Indian students (of any religious denomination) to apply in 1935.{{fact|date=July 2021}} | |||
==La Martinière coat of arms== | ==La Martinière coat of arms== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Wikisource|Vive La Martiniere}} | {{Wikisource|Vive La Martiniere}} | ||
* [[Siege of Lucknow]] | * [[Siege of Lucknow]] | ||