Rev. Alexander Duff, the first missionary to India from the Church of Scotland, founded  General Assembly's Institution on 13 July 1830, in Feringhi Kamal Bose’s house, located in upper Chitpore Road, near Jorasanko, with the support of Lord William Bentinck,  the then Governor General of India. In 1836 the institution

Sailing on a ship named The Scotia, a group sisters belonging to the institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, left Dublin on 1st September, 1841 under the leadership of Mother Delphine Hart and landed at Babughat, Kolkata on December 29, 1841. After formal welcome and religious ceremony at the Cathedral

The pivotal role played by the Christian Missionaries in establishing a modern system of education in India and in spreading education to the varied sections of society, can never be denied. They came forward to spread the light of education side by side with evangelism. At the beginning of the 19th

Born in Lyon, France, Claude Martin came to India when he was 17, to serve in the French East India Company. After French influence declined in India, he accepted a commission in the British East India Company's army and promptly promoted to the position of Major-General. After taking up residence in Lucknow,

Situated at 294 APC Roy Road, Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya, a girls' school in Calcutta, was founded on 16th May 1890, by Shivnath Shastri on behalf of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. Originally, the School was opened at 13 Cornwallis Street. However, in 1903 a plot of land along with a house

St. Xavier's Collegiate School, a boys’ school, founded in 1860 by the Jesuits, was named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century. The founder of the school is Fr. Henri Depelchin, who oversaw most of the groundwork, during its early years. It is interesting to note that, the

Dedicated to the memory of Archdeacon John Henry Pratt, an educationalist, Pratt Memorial School, situated at 168, Lower Circular Road (AJC Bose Road), was founded in the year 1876, primarily for the education of Anglo Indian community and the Christian Children of the locality. An extremely kind hearted man, Archdeacon John Henry Pratt was keen

Located at 165, AJC Bose Road, St. James' School, established on 25 July 1864 by Bishop George Edward Cotton, is a CNI (Church of North India) school. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious private schools in India and is associated with St. James' Church, Calcutta. During the first twenty years, the School had to

Located at 118, Princep Street, Kolkata 700071, Calcutta Girls' High School (abbreviated as CGHS) is a private school for girls, founded in 1856 as a boarding school under the patronage of Lord Canning. From the very inception the School was supported by the Evangelical sector of the city and finally in 1877, Bishop

Located at 72, S. N. Banerjee Road, the Calcutta Boys' School was founded by the Bishop J. M. Thoburn of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1877. Actually, it was promoted by the late Robert Laidlaw and others, who were interested about imparting education to the sons of the Anglo-Indian and domiciled European community