Mitra Institution (Main) is a heritage educational institution of Kolkata, West Bengal, teaching grades one to twelve under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The school premises are situated at 60-B Surya Sen Street, near Sealdah. There is a different co-educational primary and a girls school section up to class X.[1]
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60-B Surya Sen Street , , 700 009 | |
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| Type | Government |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Established | 5 January 1898 |
| Founder | Bisweswar Mitra |
| School board | WBBSE & WBCHSE |
| Authority | Government of West Bengal |
| Category | Higher Secondary |
| Chairman | Governor of West Bengal |
| Principal | Biplab Naha Biswas (Teacher-in-charge) |
| Years offered | 120 |
| Gender | only boys |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | West Bengal Board of Secondary Education West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education |
History
editThe school was established by Babu Bisweswar Mitra on 5 January 1898. Initially it started with only five students. In 1901, Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee became the first President of the school. After the recognition of University of Calcutta in 1904, the school became famous. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee and Sir Alexander Pedlar, the then Vice Chancellor, helped the institution to grant affiliation of the university. Bipin Chandra Pal, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Sir Bhupendra Nath Bose, Amritlal Bose visited Mitra Institution (Main) and became involved with its affairs.[2]
Alumni
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edit| Name | Year | Degree | Notability | References |
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| Saumyendranath Tagore | 1917 | Matriculation | Political ideologue, essayist | [3] |
| Bishnu Dey | Poet, essayist | [4] | ||
| Nirendranath Chakravarty | Matriculation | Poet, translator, novelist | [5] | |
| Debi Prasad Pal | Matriculation | Advocate, Legislator, Union minister of India | [6] |
References
edit- ^ "Mitra Institution (Main) School". icbse.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "MITRA INSTITUTION". www.mitrainstitutionmain.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Saumyendranath Tagore". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Bishnu Dey, 'rebel' poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "The guardian of Bengali literature Nirendranath Chakraborty passes away". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Mitra Institution (Main) Alumni". Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Mitra Institution (Main) at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
