Hare School
Hare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The boys-only school was established by the Scottish watch-maker David Hare with the help of social reformer Ram Mohan Roy. The establishment date is not universally agreed upon, but the official year is 1818. It is situated opposite the Presidency College, Kolkata, College Square and Hindu School, Kolkata and next to the University of Calcutta.
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[edit] History
After establishing the Calcutta School Book Society and the Hindu College, Kolkata (now Presidency College) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818, David Hare established the school opposite Hindu College in the heart of College Street (Kolkata). After its beginnings as Arpuli Pathshala and later as Colootala Branch School, it was renamed as Hare School in 1867.
[edit] Campus
The combined campus of the Hare School and Presidency College is one of the largest in Kolkata. The ownership of the campus is a contentious issue, leading to conflicts about which parts of the ground the students can access, whether they can play in the College's field and whether they can use the gates of the college. This situation was escalated some time ago after a widely-publicised incident of eve-teasing in the college campus,[1] though restrictions have again been brought down to a normal level. The dispute is being watched by the state government. The front-most ground of the school is used by the school authority for annual sport events.
The white school building is of Victorian architecture, having rooms with very high ceilings, very high doors and no windows. A third floor was later constructed on top of the original two story building that maintains the architectural style. More recently another adjacent, smaller building has been constructed in a modern architectural style. Initially the school had two very large playgrounds, but later the larger of these was given to Presidency College, though it continues to be used casually by students of the school.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ramtanu Lahiri - researcher on Bengali language, member of the Young Bengal group.
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee - educationist, linguist and Christian Missionary, member of Young Bengal group.
- Girish Chandra Ghosh - playwright and a pioneer of Bengali theatre
- Dinabandhu Mitra - Bengali writer of British India, works include Neel Durpan
- Jagdish Chandra Bose - polymath, physicist, plant physiologist, inventor of Radio and discoverer of life of plants - studied in Hare School for 3 months before joining St. Xavier's School and College at Kolkata.
- Akshay Kumar Baral - poet
- Rajnarayan Basu - writer, intellectual, and Brahmo
- Basanta Kumar De - senior railway officer
- Brajendranath De - civil servant, linguist and historian
- Romesh Dutt - civil servant, economist, historian, poet, translator of Vedas
- Behari Lal Gupta - civil servant, politician
- Prafulla Chandra Roy - pioneer chemist, founder of Bengal Chemicals
- Jatindramohan Sengupta - politician, freedom fighter
- Pramathesh Barua - actor
- Guru Dutt - actor
- Peary Charan Sarkar- writer
- Radhanath Sikdar - mathematician, first ever person to calculate height of Mount Everest and member of Young Bengal group.
- Charuchandra Chakrabarti - writer
- Ziaur Rahman - freedom fighter, and President of Bangladesh 1977-1981
- Dibyendu Barua- chess grandmaster
- Prateep Pal- Orator International event analyst
- Meghnad Saha - theory of thermal ionization - one of the top ten discoveries in astrophysics
- Nagendra Prasad Sarbadikari - first Indian footballer
[edit] School uniform
The uniform of the school is a white shirt with black shorts or trousers, white socks and black shoes. Physical education days require white trousers and white cades instead and in winter black sweaters are allowed. A school badge should be pinned to the shirt.
[edit] Famous Students
Upamannyu Moitra [young scientist]
Koustuv Sain [Cricker]
Anurag Chakraborty [Fame in Indian Culture]
[edit] Teacher's list
Dr.Sunil Das [Principal]
Mr.Dilip Shyamal [Assistant Head Master]
Mr.Anit Roy [Bengali]
Mr.Debashis Mondal [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Dhiraj Mondal [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Debobrata Biswas [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Bipul Bhattacharya [English]
Mr.Arindam Sengupta [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Jyotiprakash Ghosh [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Pranob Banerjee [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Rashbihari Mondal [Mathematics]
Mr.Bikash Bhadra [,,,,,,,,,,,]
Mr.Soumendranath Dutta [,,,,,,,,,,,]
Mr.Sudipto Roy [Physics]
Mr.Amal Sil [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Ashoke Panda [Statistics]
Dr.Sushanta Chakraborty [Chemistry]
Mr.Brajadulal Paul [,,,,,,,,,]
Dr.Dilip Deb [Biology]
Mr.Gayaram Paul [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Sanjay Chakraborty [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Basanta Bek [Hindi]
Mr.Mrittunjay Chakraborty [Sanskrit]
Mr.Ajay Halder [Commerce]
Mr.Tapan Maity [,,,,,,,,]
Mr.Kartik Passie [,,,,,,,,]
Mr.Saikat Kanango [Economics]
Mr.Pushpal Sirkar [Painting]
Dr.Ashoke Roy [Physical Education]
Dr.Bishwarup Ghatak [Phylosophy]
Mr.Sudipto Halder [Geography]
Dr.Tarapodo Santra [,,,,,,,,,]
Mr.Ashish Joush [History]
Mr.Chandan Mondal [,,,,,,,]
Mr.Madhab Ghosh [Political Science]
Mr.Tapan Samonta [,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,]
[edit] Hare School Science Centre
E.S.T.D. : 1986
Founder : Mr. Rupak Homeroy
Pressident:Mr.Ashoke Panda [In-Charge]
Secretary :Anurag Chakraborty
Members : Harshadip Das
Arunava Das
Apurva Das
Ayan Chanda
Sunandan Sharma
Shimul Sen
Anirban Kundu
Aniket Kundu
Subhrapratim Ghosh
Anirban Sil
Argha Seth
Argha mukherjee
Prantik Poddar
[edit] Hare School library
Secretary :Mrs.Nanadini dutta
[edit] Primary Teachers
Mrs.Sudakshina Kor-Mahapatra [In-Charge]
Mr.Debashish Chakraborty [Literature]
Mrs.Durba Mondal [Civics]
Mr.Subodh Chowdhury [Mechanical science]
Mrs.Kumkum Goswami [Sanskrit]
Mrs.Bithika Dasgupta [Phylosophy]
Mrs.Saswati Bhattacharya [Bio-Chemistry]
Mr.Nirmal Mishra [Physical Education]
Mr.Ramaprosad Ghatak [Painting]
Mr.Sanjay Chatterjee [Literature]
Mr.Tapas Ghosh [Civics]
[edit] Computer Sector
Secretary :Mr.Subirlal Mukherjee
[edit] Student's Association
Secretary :Anurag Chakraborty
[edit] References
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