Some prominent schools of the renaissance period

Hindu School was established on 20th January 1817. The foundation committee of the college was headed by Raja Rammohan Roy. Initially the classes were held in a house belonging to Gorachand Bysack of Garanhatta (later renamed 304, Chitpore Road), which was rented by the college. In January 1818 the college moved to 'Feringhi Kamal Bose's house' which was located nearby in Chitpore then to Bowbazar and later to the building that now houses the Sanskrit College. In 1855 the 'Pathshala' part was renamed as Hindu School and the 'Mahapathshala' part became Presidency College, Kolkata.



Hare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata founded in 1818 by Scottish watch-maker, David Hare. David Hare had also established the Calcutta School David Hare Book Society and the Hindu College, Kolkata (now Presidency College) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818. The school started with the name "Arpuli Pathshala" and later as Colootala Branch School, finally it was renamed Hare School in 1867.




Sanskrit Collegiate School was founded on 1st January 1824 under the Governor-General Lord Amherst based on a recommendation by HT James Prinsep, Thomas Babington Macaulay and others. The institution rose to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar served as Principal from 1851- 1858, and was noted for admitting non brahmin students. The tol or traditional Indian training school model was incorporated as a department in the 1870s.  H.H. Wilson, the Secretary to the then British Govt., played a pivotal role in teaching ancient literature, philosophy, Hindu Law, grammar, Indian Culture and to promote the learning of Sanskrit among British officials as well as the Indians. The college specializes in the scholarship of Indian Tradition, Oriental Philosophy and Religion with undergraduate programmes in Sanskrit, (both formal and TOL system) Pali, Linguistics, Ancient Indian and World History, Bengali and English at present. The college library comprise of more than 2 lakhs books and more than 20000 manuscripts including some rare ones.




Holy Child Institute was founded on 11th June 1938 in a building at 34/1, Beadon Street with a Kindergarten and Primary school. During the Second World War in 1942 the school was shut down temporarily with the sisters vacating the school premises to stay with the Loreto Sisters. The institution was resumed at 32/1 Beadon Street in January 1944. On 9th January, 1953, the present premise (later known as 1, Abhedananda Road) was purchased. The community of sisters was set up on 13th June, 1953. Government of West Bengal gave the recognition of the Primary School from 1st January 1954 and the High School from 1st January 1956.


References: Informations collected from instituitional websites and pictures from the internet


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