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'''Hooghly Gour Hari Harijan Vidya Mandir''' is a co-ed school in Chawk Bazar near [[Bandel]]/[[Chinsurah]], [[India]], on the bank of the [[Hooghly River]]. The school was inaugurated by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on 8 March 1921. Since then it has been a well-known center providing primary, secondary and higher secondary education in [[Hindi]] medium.

The nearest railway station is Hooghly Ghat (1&nbsp; km) on the Bandel – Naihati line. It is adjacent to Hooghly BT (B.Ed) college and shares its boundary with Hooghly Sub Post office.

This school caters to Grade 1 to 12 standard students and offers courses in Science, Arts, and Commerce for Higher Secondary (11&12) standards. It is affiliated to the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] and [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]. Current Head Master of the school is Shri Kalika Singh

==History==
The school was first started by the two of the famous patriots and lawyers late Nagendra Nath Mukhopadhyay and late Gour Hari Som on 8 March 1921 with the help of the current minister of Bengal Honourable Sree [[Bhupati Majumdar]] and Sree [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]].

Initially, the school was started at the Kathghara Lane house of Khagendra Nath Ghosh. Classes were held at the two-storied building of late Rasiddan Nabi Sahab from 1921 to 1932 where it was honored by the gracious presence of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Deshbandhu [[Chittaranjan Das]], Netaji [[Subhash Chandra Bose]], Acharya Rayjee, [[Sarojini Nayadu]], Yamuna Lal Prasad and Honourable [[Governor of West Bengal]] [[C. Rajagopalachari]]

In 1932 the school was locked and sealed by the [[British Government]] due to political reasons. In 1933 the school was restarted by late Nagendra Nath Mukhopadhyay and late Gour Hari Som with 10 Harijan students and a new name — Harijan Vidyamandir instead of the old name Vidyamandir — which was again changed to Gour Hari Harijan Vidyamandir after the death of the co-founder Gour Hari Som.

In 1934 the school was moved to a new building that was built on the land of the municipality.
  
In 1944 the government granted assistance to the organization but due to political reasons, the school started the benefit from 1947.

During the freedom of the Republic of [[India]] from [[British Raj]] the school was successfully educating 240 students with its [[Hindi]] Wibhag (up to class 8 with 8 teachers and 175 students), Bangla Wibhag (with 4 teachers and 80 students), [[Sanskrit]] Pathshala (with 2 teachers and 25 students), Tant Charakha Wibhag, and Gandhi Granthagar to advertise Gandhism in free [[India]]. Besides being the only center to spread and advertise Rashtra Bhasha Hindi in the district, the school was known for the purity and the quality of its [[Khadi]] produced as it was mandatory for every student to learn how to run charkhas and hand [[loom]] in the presence of well-trained teachers.

==Academics==
The school provides education to almost more than 2000 boys and girls. This includes students from nearby places like [[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]], [[Bandel]], [[Chinsurah]], [[Bansberia]], [[Tribeni, Hooghly|Triveni]], [[Chandannagar]], [[Sahaganj]] ([[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]]), [[Naihati]], [[Garifa]] etc. 

Higher secondary is divided into Science (intake: 35) Commerce (intake: 100) and Arts (intake: more than 100).

The medium of teaching is mainly [[Hindi]] except the classes of 11 and 12 science which are taught in [[English language|English]] due to unavailability of books and other contents in [[Hindi]] covering the syllabus of science of the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]. Interested students are taught [[Urdu]] in separate classes when other students are having their  [[Hindi]] periods.

==Location==

The school is at Chawk Bazar (22°54'41"N  88°23'50"E; a famous fish market in [[Hooghly District]]) behind the Hooghly Sub Post office. It falls on the course of [[Bandel]] - [[Chinsurah]] roadway through Bali More. 

==See also==
*[[Education in India]]
*[[List of schools in India]]
*[[Education in West Bengal]]

== References ==
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==External links==



[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Schools in Hooghly district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1921]]
[[Category:1921 establishments in India]]