Hare School

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{{Infobox school
| name = Hare School
| image = HareSchool2006.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| motto = তমসো মা জ্যোতির্গময়ঃ
(illumine the darkness)
| address = 87, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]]
| city = [[Kolkata]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| postal_code = 700 073
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|22|34|32.54|N|88|21|38.75|E|display=title, inline}}
| type = Government school
| religious_affiliation = Secular
| established = {{start date and age|September 1, 1818}}
| founder = [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]]
| status = Active
| locale = [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]]
| school_board = [[WBBSE]] & [[WBCHSE]]
| authority = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| category = Higher Secondary
| chairman = Governor of West Bengal
| principal = Jayanta Bhattacharya
| faculty = 50
| teaching_staff = 42
| enrollment = 1320 (approximate intake)
| grades = I to Xll
| years = 200
| gender = Boys' only
| age_range = 5 to 18 years
| capacity =
| affiliations = [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]]<br>[[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]
| alumni =
| language = Bengali, English
| campus = Urban
}}
'''Hare School''' is one of the oldest schools in [[Kolkata, India]], teaching grades one to twelve under the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]. It is a state government-administered boys school and was established by the Scottish watch-maker, [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]]. The establishment date is not agreed upon, but the official year of establishment is 1818. Thus the school is declared as the oldest western type school in Asia.<ref>{{cite news|date= 11 November 2009|title=Overthere - Class apart|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/careergraph/story_11727897.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312094824/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091111/jsp/careergraph/story_11727897.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2010|newspaper=The Telegraph, Calcutta|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> The school is situated opposite the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], and is also adjacent to the [[University of Calcutta]] and [[Hindu School]].<ref name="Hare">{{cite web|title=Hare School, Kolkata|url=http://www.infinitecourses.com/School-Details.aspx?School=Hare-School&SchoolID=627|work=InfiniteCourses.com|publisher=www.infinitecourses.com|access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref> The combined campuses of the Hare School and Presidency College is one of the largest in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hare School|url=http://pages.rediff.com/hare-school/475101|publisher=pages.rediff.com|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Hair_School,_Kolkata.jpg|thumb|Inside the Hare school building]]

[[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]] established the school in 1818, opposite Hindu College, in the heart of [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]]<ref>{{cite web|title=College street|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/no-filter/college-street-200-year-journey-of-a-street-a-culture-a-history-of-book-lovers-paradise/publisher=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=17 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> after establishing the Calcutta School David Hare Book Society and the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Hindu College]], Kolkata (later Presidency College, and now Presidency University) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818. The school started with the name "Arpuli Pathshala" and later as Colootala Branch School,<ref>{{cite web|title=Hare School|url=http://pages.rediff.com/hare-school/475101|publisher=pages.rediff.com|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref> finally it was renamed Hare School in 1867.
[[File:David Hare Statue by Edward Hodges Baily - 1845 CE - Hare School Playground - 87 College Street - Kolkata 2015-02-09 2256.JPG|thumb|upright|A statue of David Hare at the school]]

==Notable alumni==
* [[Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri]] — former [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
* [[Krishna Mohan Banerjee]] — educationist, linguist and Christian Missionary
* [[Rajnarayan Basu]] — writer, intellectual, and social reformer
* [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]], playwright, theatre director and thespian
* [[Jagdish Chandra Bose]] — scientist. His work includes [[crescograph]] to prove life in trees, the first proof of [[radio waves]].
* [[Akshay Kumar Baral]] — poet
* [[Dibyendu Barua]]— chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]
* [[Pramathesh Barua]] — actor and director
* [[Brajendranath De]], I.C.S., — civilian and historian
* [[Guru Dutt]], actor, director
* [[Romesh Chunder Dutt]] — civil servant, economist, historian, poet, translator of Vedas
* [[Ramtanu Lahiri]] — researcher on Bengali language, member of the [[Young Bengal]] group
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]] — Bengali writer of British India, works include [[Neel Darpan]]
* [[Prafulla Chandra Roy]] — Scientist/chemist: worked on various mercury compounds & founder of [[Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals|Bengal Chemical]]
* [[Nagendra Prasad Sarbadikari]] — father of Indian football<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The Unsung Face Behind Indian Football {{!}} Sportycious|date=13 August 2020 |url=https://sportycious.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-959391|access-date=2021-08-06|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FOOTBALL IN BENGAL|url=http://ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042849/http://www.ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=14 January 2021|website=www.ifawb.com|publisher=The [[Indian Football Association]] (West Bengal)}}</ref>
* [[Peary Charan Sarkar]] — social reformer and writer
* [[Radhanath Sikdar]] — mathematician, the first person to calculate the height of [[Mount Everest]]
* [https://jumjournal.com/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%96%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%be/ Mukur Kanti Khisa] - Indian Diplomat (Ambassador of India to Argentina, Chile), the first Chakma person in Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Rank-8th in All India, 27th in IAS Exam.
*[[Meghnad Saha]] — inventor of the theory of [[thermal ionization]]
* [[Digambar Mitra]] — First Bengali [[Sheriff of Kolkata]]
* [[Mahendralal Sarkar]] — Doctor, social reformer, founder of [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science]]
* [[Romesh Chandra Mitra]] — Judge, [[Calcutta High Court]]
* [[Protap Chunder Mozoomdar]] — leader of [[Brahmo Samaj]]
* [[Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]] - [[Barrister]], freedom fighter and politician
* [[Kalikrishna Mitra]] — Social reformer and educator
* [[Saradananda|Swami Saradananda]] — (Saratchandra Chakrabarty) Direct disciple of [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]] — Author of Sri Ramkrishna Lilaprsanga
*[[Vijnanananda|Swami Vijnanananda]] — (Hariprasanna Chattopadhyaya) Direct disciple of [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]]
*[[Mahendranath Gupta]] — (Author of [[Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita|Sri Sri Ramkrishna Kathamrita]])
* [[Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury]] — former general secretary of the Congress Party
* [[Ziaur Rahman]] — [[Bir Uttom]], freedom fighter, and President of Bangladesh 1977–1981
* [[Manomohan Bose]] — Bengali journalist, playwright and writer
* [[Sisir Kumar Ghosh]], Editor

==See also==
* [[List of schools in Kolkata]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Kolkata topics}}

[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Schools in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1818]]
[[Category:1818 establishments in India]]

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