Krishnagar Collegiate School

Krishnanagar Collegiate School is a senior-secondary school and one of the oldest schools in West Bengal, situated in the city of Krishnanagar in Nadia district.[1]

Krishnanagar Collegiate School
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Krishnanagar Collegiate School
Address
25, RN Tagore Rd

Krishnanagar
, ,
741101

India
Coordinates23°24′29″N 88°29′48″E / 23.4080147°N 88.4966909°E / 23.4080147; 88.4966909Coordinates: 23°24′29″N 88°29′48″E / 23.4080147°N 88.4966909°E / 23.4080147; 88.4966909
Information
Established1846; 179 years ago (1846)
Campus typeUrban

HistoryEdit

The school building was donated by Monomohun Ghose, a famous barrister and good friend of Dr. K D Ghose, father of Sri Aurobindo. The main school building built with red bricks with a tinge of Anglo-Indian architecture is itself a place of visit in the city of Krishnanagar. The school is more than 170 years old,[2] established in 1846 in Krishnanagar, Nadia. The first principal of the school was David Lester Richardson, who later served as the principle of Presidency College, Kolkata. The school started with three European and ten Indian teachers which included the likes of Ramtanu Lahiri and Madan Mohan Tarkalankar. Beni Madhab Das, teacher of Subhash Chandra Bose at Ravenshaw Collegiate School also taught here.


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ReferencesEdit

  1. "KRISHNAGAR COLLEGIATE SCHOOL - Ward No. 5, District Nadia (West Bengal)". schools.org.in. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. "Krishnanagar Collegiate School Observed 165th Foundation Day". News from Nadia.

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