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{{Infobox School
|name           = Anandashram High School
|image          = AHSchool-1943.jpg
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|caption        = A. H. School building
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|established    = Established 1884<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=sIwBAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Bhadrakali+High+School%22+Gokarna&q=%22Hindu+High+school%22 Anandasharm High School, Bankikodla</ref>
|type           = Private/public
|affiliation    = Karnataka State Education Board
|president      = Dattanand S. Balwally (1965-66 batch student) preceded by Mr. Gopalkrishna Nadkarni (1947-48 batch student)
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|head of school = Gangadhar Bhat
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|location       = [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli, Karnataka]]
|country        = India
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'''Ananadasharm High School''' (established 1884),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sIwBAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Bhadrakali+High+School%22+Gokarna&q=%22Hindu+High+school%22 - Established in 1884]</ref> one of the oldest high schools in [[Uttar Kannada]], was a private school located in [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli]]. The school was funded by M.N.Kulakrni, A. Kagal, D. M. Nadkarni and Datta master (Nadkarni) [[Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin]]s from Bankikodla-Hanehalli and the local people. Kulkarni was a press owner in [[Mumbai]] and Datta master was the Headmaster of the English middle school (established 1884) then in Bankikodla. Later the school was converted to a high school in 1943. The school is now supported by the Karnataka state government.

It is a secondary education school, providing education from eighth standard through tenth standard (S.S.L. C). The medium of instruction is [[Kannada]].

==History==
[[Anandashram Swami|Anandashram]] High school (the name of the 8th Guru of Chitrapur Saraswats) is the second oldest high school in [[Uttar Kannada]] district. The leaders of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins during the [[British rule in India]] established the Rural Education Society (RES) and took the task of spreading education.

In the early days, classes were held in Bakanatheshwar temple and in the upper part of Dinu Master's house.
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Image:AHSchool-1988.jpg |Built in 1988 - contributions from the alumni and the RES
Image:AHSchool-Roll-of-Honor-list(1947-92).jpg |Roll of Honour of former students
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==Headmasters==
* Datta Master Nadkarni (Doddmane) from [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli|Bankikodla]], English middle school, in school 1884-1942
* R. V. Pandit (1911–99), from [[Ratnagiri]], in school 1943 - 1965
* [[Subbanna Ekkundi|S. R. Ekkundi]] (1923–95), from [[Ranebennur]], in school 1944 - 1977<ref>[http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/6110.htm - S. R. Ekkundi's photo from the Internet ]</ref>
* N. S. Naik (1927–2008), from [[Bankikodla-Hanehalli]], in school 1948 - 1982

==Notable former teachers==
* [[N. H. Gouda]]
* [[Gourish Kaikini]]
* [[Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni]]

==Notable alumni==
* [[Gopal H. Gaonkar|G. H. Gaonkar]]
* [[N. H. Gouda]]
* [[Arvind S. Nadkarni|A. S. Nadkarni]]
* [[Mangesh V. Nadkarni|M. V. Nadkarni]]
* [[Sundar V. Nadkarni|S. V. Nadkarni]]
* [[N. K. Naik]]
* [[Dr. Ranjan Naik]]

===Alumni from the English middle school===
* [[Gangadhar V. Chittal|G. V. Chittal]]
* [[Yashwant V. Chittal|Y. V. Chittal]]

==See also==
* [[Education in India]]
* [[Literacy in India]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Schools in Uttara Kannada district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1884]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in India]]


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