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{{Short description|Girls-only school private boarding school in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India}}
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{{Infobox school
|name = Maharani Gayatri Devi Public School
|image = Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls High School Jaipur.jpg
|caption = The school building, {{Circa|1946|lk=on}}
|motto = Our utmost for the highest
|address = Sawai Ram Singh Road<br/>near Ajmeri Gate
|city = [[Jaipur]], 302001
|state = [[Rajasthan]]
|country = [[India]]
|established = 12 August 1943
|affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE) and Cambridge IGCSE
|website = {{URL|http://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/}}
}}

'''Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School''' or '''MGD''' is located in [[Jaipur]], [[India]] and was established by and named after Rajmata [[Gayatri Devi]] of Jaipur. It was the first all-girls school to be established in the state of [[Rajasthan]].

==History==
The school was founded on 12 August 1943. In the summer of 1940, the Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh Bahadur brought home Princess  Gayatri Devi, of Cooch Behar, as his bride. She was the daughter of the Maharaja and Maharani Indira Deviji, of [[Cooch Behar]]. Her concern for the education of the local court women led her and Bahadur to found the school. Bahadur ordered the Prime Minister Sir [[Mirza Ismail]], and the Education and Finance Minister, Rao Bahadur Amarnath Atal, to allot land and plan the school. It started with 24 girls and [[Lilian G. Lutter]] as Principal<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/History.aspx |title=History of MGD Girls School Jaipur |access-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101229/http://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/History.aspx |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> on the lines of the British public school pattern.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgdgirlsguild.org/am.php#history |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802161725/http://www.mgdgirlsguild.org/am.php#history |archive-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

MGD was the first girls' public school to be accepted as a member of the Public School Council of India' Conference (IPSC). In 1950, MGD became a center for the Cambridge Examination for Jaipur. In 1962 the school shifted to the Indian School Certificate Board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgdgirlsguild.org/am.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802161725/http://www.mgdgirlsguild.org/am.php |archive-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The school follows the Central Board for Secondary Education [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] curriculum. The founder principal of the school was Ms. L.G. Lutter. The principal of the school is Mrs. Archana S. Mankotia. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003 with a ceremony for the founder Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031118211003/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2002/10/20/stories/2002102000230800.htm Royal vignettes: Jaipur: In touch with reality] [[The Hindu]], 20 October 2002</ref> [[Shiv Kumari of Kotah]] is vice president of the school.

==School campus==
The school is situated on the Sawai Man Singh Road, in the heart of the city and sprawls over {{convert|26|acre|m2}}. Today it has over 3000 students from all parts of India of which 400 are resident on campus, studying from Classes I to XII.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/AboutProfile.aspx |title=Profile MGD Girls School Jaipur |access-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803034551/http://www.mgdschooljaipur.com/AboutProfile.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The campus consists of buildings, gardens, lawns, sports fields, tennis courts, a stadium cum auditorium and a swimming pool. There are six boarding houses, each for age groups -  Lillian Hurst, Ashiyana, Deepshikha, Maharani Indira Devi Bhawan, Rani Vidya Devi Bhawan, and the teacher's residence - Nivedita House.

==Boarding and hostel life==
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The students are divided in six hostels according to the house they are in. 
*Standard 1 to 5 are housed in Lilian Hurst named after the founder principal, Ms. LG Lutter. 
*Standard 6 and 7 are in Deepshikha hostel. 
*Madame Curie house girls are in Ashiana hostel. 
*Florence Nightingale house girls in Vidya Devi Bhawan hostel ground floor. 
*Helen Keller house girls in Vidya Devi Bhawan hostel first floor. 
*Sarojini Naidu house girls in Maharani Indira Devi Bhawan hostel.
*Separate building will be provided for residential teachers in Nivedita.

==Houses==
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The students are divided into four houses named after notable women achievers:
[[Madame Curie]]: red,
[[Helen Keller]]: blue,
[[Florence Nightingale]]: green,
[[Sarojini Naidu]]: orange.

Inter-house competitions range from cultural, art and craft activities to music and dance as well as debates and quizzes. In sport, the students participate in inter-house and inter-school sports competitions and represent the city and state at national and international levels.

==Sports and extra-curricular activities==
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MGDians participate in inter-house sports championships such as athletics, basketball, volleyball, swimming, running, badminton, tennis, Hockey competition etc. The girls engage in 13 sports. A sports day with a marching parade and school band is organised annually. MGD hosts the annual IPSC Sports Meet and other inter-school sports competitions.

==Notable alumnae==
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*[[Pamella Bordes]] – photographer and former Miss India<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890415-pamella-bordes-sexual-escapades-with-high-and-mighty-rock-british-establishment-815974-1989-04-15 | title =Pamella Bordes' sexual escapades with high and mighty rock British establishment | last =Salil Tripathi, Philippe Flandrin, Madhu Jain, Dipankar De Sarkar, Dilip Bobb, David Devadas, and Amrit Karkaria | date =15 April 1989 | publisher =India Today | access-date =2020-01-21 | quote =While the mother was consolidating her own career, Pamella was packed off to boarding schools - Lawrence School at Sanawar and, from 1974 to 1979, the exclusive Maharani Gayatri Devi School in Jaipur. | archive-date =10 June 2019 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190610144631/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890415-pamella-bordes-sexual-escapades-with-high-and-mighty-rock-british-establishment-815974-1989-04-15 | url-status =live }}</ref>
*[[Sandhya Mridul]] – actress
*[[Sminu Jindal]] - entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ravi|first=S.|date=2017-03-08|title=Raising the bar|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/raising-the-bar/article17426691.ece|access-date=2021-01-15|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121061129/https://www.thehindu.com/society/raising-the-bar/article17426691.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Krishnendra Kaur (Deepa)]] – former member of Lok Sabha<ref>{{cite web | url =http://myneta.info/rajasthan2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=3900 | title =Krishnendra Kaur (Deepa) | date =2018 | website =myneta | publisher =Association for Democratic Reforms | access-date =2010-01-21 | archive-date =26 September 2020 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200926020535/http://myneta.info/rajasthan2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=3900 | url-status =live }}</ref>
*[[Meira Kumar]] – [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] and presidential candidate for the Union of India from Indian National Congress, 2017<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/presidential-election-2017-live-meira-kumar-to-file-nomination-will-address-media-at-12-30-pm-3749535.html | title=Presidential Election 2017 : Meira Kumar stresses on Opposition unity, press freedom | date=28 June 2017 | publisher=Firstpost | accessdate=8 October 2018 | archive-date=9 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009092743/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/presidential-election-2017-live-meira-kumar-to-file-nomination-will-address-media-at-12-30-pm-3749535.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[Apurvi Chandela]] – international shooter
*[[Diya Kumari]] – Member of erstwhile royal family of Jaipur and [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] 

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