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{{Infobox school
|name = The Daly College, Indore.
|image=The Daly College.jpg
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| caption = The Daly College main building
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|motto = "Gyanamev Shakti"
| motto_translation ="Knowledge itself is Power "
|established = 1882 (1870)<ref name=lord/>
|type = [[Private school|Private]] [[boarding school]]<br>[[Day school]]
|affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]
|grades = Pre Primary – 12th<br />Boarding: 4th to 12th
|principal = Dr(Ms) Gunmeet Singh Bindra,<ref name=IT/>
|students = 2000 appx.
|fees = {{INR}}4 lakh per annum (day school)<br>{{INR}}7.5 lakh per annum (boarding)<ref>http://dalycollege.org/Fees_Structure.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=April 2023}}</ref>
|campus_size = {{convert|118.8|acre|km2}}
|location = [[Indore]], Madhya Pradesh
|country = India
|website = {{URL|dalycollege.org}}
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'''The Daly College''' is a [[co-educational]] [[Private school|private]] [[boarding school|boarding]] and [[day school]] located in [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. It was founded by [[Henry Daly|Sir Henry Daly]] of the [[British Indian Army]] during India's colonial [[British Raj]], following an English [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] model . The school started in 1870 as the Residency School. It was then renamed as the East Rajkumar College in 1876, and in 1882, it came to be known as The Daly College. It was established by the Resident Governor of the erstwhile Presidency, to educate the children of the royalty, nobility and aristocracy of Central Indian [[Princely State]]s of the '[[Maratha Empire|Marathas]]', '[[Rajput]]s', '[[Mohameddan]]s' and '[[Bundela]]s'. It is one of the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the world.<ref name=lord>{{cite book|title=Lord Curzon in India: Being a Selection from His Speeches as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1898–1905|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44932|author=George Nathaniel Curzon |publisher=Macmillan and co.|year=1906|page =[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44932/page/n243 233]|quote=4th November, 1905....The old Daly College was founded here as long ago as 1881, in the time of that excellent and beloved Political Officer, Sir Henry Daly}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=India as I Knew it: 1885–1925|author=M. O'Dwyer|date=1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dW4yLJNw5oC&pg=PA161|page=161}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Progress of Education in India: Quinquennial Review|author1=India. Education Dept|author2=India. Ministry of Education|date=1904|issue=no. 4, v. 1–2|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgQNAQAAIAAJ}}</ref><ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=The Paramount Power and the Princely States of India, 1858–1881|author=A.K. Neogy|date=1979|publisher=K. P. Bagchi|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12844}}</ref>

{{As of|2015}} the school has more than 2,000 students.<ref name="olddalians">{{cite web|url=http://www.olddalians.org/Home/Aboutus#sthash.f5blmhYJ.dpuf.|title=AboutUs|publisher=olddalians.org|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> It is ranked 1st in India by Educationworld India for the year 2015 in the category day-cum-boarding schools.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912221325/http://www.educationworld.in/rank-school/2015/ School Rankings of 2015]. educationworld.in</ref>

Daly College is affiliated to the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] (CBSE) and CIE. In 2007, the first [[Round Square#Annual International Conferences|International Round Square Conference]] was held at Daly College, and was attended by former King [[Constantine II of Greece]]<ref name=IT>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&issueid=1741 Tapping global education]. ''India Today''. 2 November 2007.</ref> as its president. In December that year, a commemorative stamp on the college was released by [[India Post]].<ref>[http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2007.html 08th December 2007: A commemorative postage stamp on 'THE DALY COLLEGE' -Denomination 0500 P] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412001403/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2007.html |date=12 April 2011}} [[India Post]] Official website.</ref> The school is a member of the [[G20 Schools]] Group. The Daly College now also has a Business School under its umbrella – the Daly College Business School (DCBS), in collaboration with the [[De Montfort University]], Leicester, UK. DCBS offers undergraduate courses in business management- Bachelor in Management (Business Studies) (BMBS).<ref name="dcbsindia">{{cite web|url=http://dcbsindia.org/programs.html|title=Daly College Business School Indore|publisher=dcbsindia.org|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Old Campus of The Daly College, Indore.jpg|thumb|Old Campus of The Daly College, Indore]]

==History==
[[File:HH The Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior, General Sir Henry Daly (Founder of The Daly College, Indore), with British officers and Maratha nobility in Indore, Holkar State, Cental India. Circa 1879..jpg|thumb|left| [[Jayajirao Scindia|HH Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State]], General Sir [[Henry Daly]] (Founder of The Daly College), with British officers and [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[nobility]] ([[Sardar]]s, [[Jagirdar]]s & [[Mankari]]s) in Indore, Holkar State, {{circa|1879}}.]]
The school has its origins in the [[Residencies of British India|Residency]] School, founded by [[Henry Daly|Sir Henry Daly]] [[Governor General of India]]'s [[Political Resident|Agent]] to [[Central India Agency]] in 1870, as a school for the children of nobility and aristocrats in the [[Indore Residency]]. It was later renamed as the East Rajkumar College in 1876, and in 1882 the school received its present name, The Daly College, after its founder. The school was visited by [[Lord Northbrook]] ([[Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook|1st Earl of Northbrook]]) [[Viceroy]] and [[Governor-General of India]] in 1875, thereafter it was renamed "Indore Residency College" in 1876. In 1882 the Chiefs named the school "The Daly College" to honour the contribution of Sir Henry Daly.

The foundation stone of the new building was laid on 14 November 1885 by [[Lord Dufferin]] ([[1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava]]) [[Viceroy]] and [[Governor-General of India]], as a memorial in the honour of Sir Henry Daly.<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850, with an index of the most interesting matter|author=Frederic Boase|publisher= Netherton and Worth|year= 1912|page= 16|quote=the Daly college, Indore erected as a memorial of him was opened 14 Nov, 1885.}}</ref> In 1891 the two [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] Maharajas, Sir [[Shivaji Rao Holkar|Shivaji Rao]] [[Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]]) and Sir [[Madho Rao Scindia|Madho Rao]] [[Scindia]] of [[Gwalior state|Gwalior]] donated the two student houses, 'Gwalior House' and 'Indore House'. In 1898 the "Rajkumar School", which had opened at [[Nowgaon]] near [[Chhatarpur]] ([[Bundelkhand]]) in 1872, was amalgamated with the Daly College.<ref>{{cite book|title=Speeches By George Nathaniel Curzon|publisher= Office of the Superintendent of Govt. Print., India|year= 1902|page =408}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The History and culture of the Indian people|author= Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]], Bharatiya Itihas Samiti|publisher= G. Allen and Unwin|year= 1969|page =72}}</ref> Later Lt. Gen. Maharajadhiraja Sir [[Madho Rao Scindia]], [[Maharaja]] of [[Gwalior state|Gwalior]] unveiled a bust in the honour of Sir Henry Daly in the main building of the school.

[[File:The Scindia Pavillion, Circa 1910's.jpg|thumb|[[Daly College Ground|The Scindia Pavilion]], Circa 1910s]]
In 1905, Sir Henry's son, Sir [[Hugh Daly]], was appointed agent to the [[Governor-General]] for [[Central India]] at [[Indore]], to the position previously occupied by his father. He took great interest in the Daly College and made it flourish it as a Chief's College. Maharajadhiraja Sir [[Tukojirao Holkar III]], [[Holkar|Maharaja of]] [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]]) then donated {{convert|118|acre|km2}} of land east of the old campus and rulers contributed to build on the newly acquired land. Construction started in 1906 on two student houses, a temple, a mosque and the Principal's residence. The main building was constructed with [[marble]] from the [[Udaipur]] quarries and was designed in the [[Indo-Saracenic|Indo-Saracenic architecture]] by Col. [[Samuel Swinton Jacob|Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob]]. The clock tower was donated by Maharaja Sir [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Sayaji Rao III]] [[Gaekwad]] of [[Baroda State|Baroda]].<ref>{{cite book|title=World architecture 1900–2000: a critical mosaic|author= Kenneth Frampton, Rahul Mehrotra, Preeti Goel Sanghi, Shilpa Ranade|publisher= Springer|year= 2000|isbn=978-3-211-83291-2|page =24}}</ref>

The main building was officially inaugurated on 8 November 1912 by [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Lord Hardinge]] ([[Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst]]) [[Viceroy]] and [[Governor-General of India]], after which the old campus was given up. For the next 28 years the college was open exclusively to the sons of the Princes and Chiefs of [[Central India]] as well as the rest in the [[Indian Empire]]. In 1940 the Board of Governors decided to prepare students for a modern and free India. The Daly College came together with a few other institutions and started the Indian Public Schools Conference. Its doors were thrown open to admissions on merit, regardless of caste or creed. Recently, the school added an 1100+ seat auditorium to its infrastructure.

The school became coeducational residential in 1997, and in 2005 it became a member of the [[Round Square (educational organisation)|Round Square]]. It was proclaimed the second best school in India in 2013. The school won the prestigious "Kasliwal Trophy" for a record 20 times (1992–2012).

==The College Coat of Arms==

'''Motto''' –
The Sanskrit motto "Gyanamev Shakti" or "Knowledge is power".<ref name="dalycollege">{{cite web|url=http://www.dalycollege.org/collegecoat.html|title=The College Coat of Arms|publisher=dalycollege.org|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

'''Coat of arms''' –
The arms represent the main section of the Central Indian Community [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]], [[Rajput]], [[Bundela]] and [[Mohammedan]]. The arms have been devised in great measure from those given to chiefs on the Delhi, banners of 1877.

'''1st Quarter''' – 'Tenne' is the nearest Heraldic colour to '[[Bhagwa Dhwaj|Bhagwa]]', the colour of [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] standard and of Saivite devotee: the wings and flame represent the [[Pawar]]s (Puars of [[Dewas Junior]], [[Dewas Senior]] & [[Dhar State|Dhar]]), who derived descent from the [[Parmara|Parmar]]s, the worldwide Sovereignty of clan being proverbial (Wings), while they were also Aganikulas (Flame), the play of 6 argent and gules gives the well known [[Holkar]] banner, while the horse of [[Khandoba]] is their emblem, the chief azure is for [[Scindia]], and the cobra is the mark of the house.

'''2nd Quarter''' – A Barry of fives is the Pachranga of the [[Rajput]]s: the sun representing the Suryavanshis and the moon the Chandravanshis, the flame the Agnivanshis.

'''3rd Quarter''' – Green is the [[Mohammedan]] colour and the crescent their badge: the tower represents Bhopal and its fort of Fatehgarh, the spear and 'talwar' the Pindari element, and the fish, the Mani Martib- the sacred emblem.

'''4th Quarter''' – Purpure or murrey is given to all [[Bundela]] Arms, the Chevron 'gutty de sang' refers to the traditional origin from 'bund' a drop, the fort on a hill to the famous Ath-kot of [[Bundelkhand]], and to the Vindhyas whence also (Vyandhyelkhand) they derive their name: Devi Vindhyvasini of Mirzapur is the Tutelary goddess of the clan.

'''The Daly arms''' are commemorative of General Sir Henry Daly, from whom the College derives its name. All these symbols of different states are brought together by a common motto 'Gyanameva Shakti'.

'''The Supporters''' –
On the right a [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] prince and on the left [[Rajput]] Prince. Below the barley refers to Bundelkhand and the poppy to [[Malwa]], thus designating the east and the west of the Region. And the [[Lion (heraldry)|British Lion]] is seated on top.

==Patrons of the Institution==
[[File:Daly College 2007 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Daly College on a 2007 stamp of India]]
'''Honorary'''
* [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]]
* [[Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow]]
* [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell]]
* [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]

'''Hereditary'''
* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[George Jivajirao Scindia|Jivaji Rao]] [[Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State]]
* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[Yeshwantrao Holkar II|Yeshwant Rao II]] [[Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]])
* Nawab Sir Muhammad [[Hamidullah Khan]] of [[Bhopal]]
* Maharaja Sir [[Gulab Singh Baghel Ju Deo]], Maharaja of [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]]

'''''(Post-independence)'''''
* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[Yeshwantrao Holkar II|Yeshwant Rao II]] [[Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]])
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Madhavrao Scindia|Madhav Rao II]] [[Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State]]
* Nawab-Begum Saleha Sultan of [[Bhopal]]
* Maharaja [[Martand Singh|Martand Singh Baghel Ju Deo]] of [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]]

'''Alive'''

''Hereditary -''
* Maharaja [[Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State]]
* Maharani [[Holkar|Usha Devi Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]])
* Maharaja [[Pushpraj Singh Baghel Ju Deo]] of [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]]

''Life -''
* Raja [[Digvijay Singh (politician)|Digvijay Singh]] of [[Raghogarh-Vijaypur|Raghogarh]] ([[Gwalior State]])
* [[Mukesh Ambani]]
* [[Anil Ambani]]

<ref name="dalycollege2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dalycollege.org/patrons|title=Patrons|publisher=Daly College|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

==Presidents of the Board of Governors==

'''British Raj'''

* [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst]]: (1910–1916)
* [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]] : (1916–1921)
* [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading]]: (1921–1925)
* [[Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton]]: (1925–1926)
* [[Lord Irwin]]: (1926–1929)
* [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen]]: (1929–1931).
* [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]]: (1931–1933)
* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[Yeshwantrao Holkar II|Yeshwant Rao II]] [[Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]]) : (1933–1940).
* Nawab Sir Muhammad [[Hamidullah Khan]] of [[Bhopal]] : (1940–1942).
* Maharaja Sir [[Vir Singh Bundela II]] of [[Orchha]] ([[Tikamgarh]]) : (1942–1946).

'''Union of India'''

* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[Shahaji II|Vikram Singh Rao Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (1946–1948).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Anand Rao IV Puar]] of [[Dhar State]] : (1948–1949).

'''Republic of India'''

* Maharaja Shrimant Sir [[Yeshwantrao Holkar II|Yeshwant Rao II]] [[Holkar]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Hokar State]]) : (1949–1955).
* Raja [[Yashodhar Singh Chauhan]] of [[Khilchipur]] : (1955–1959).
* Maharaja [[Chhatrapati]] Sir [[Shahaji II]] [[Bhonsale]] of [[Kolhapur (princely state)|Kolhapur State]] : (1959–1965).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (1965–1968).
* Raja Ajit Singh Rathore of [[Jhabua]] : (1968–1971).
* Raja [[Bhanu Prakash Singh Parmar]] of [[Narsinghgarh State|Narsingarh]] : (1971–1980).
* Raja Ajit Singh Rathore, of [[Jhabua]] : (1980–1983).
* Rana [[Surendra Singh Rathore]] of [[Alirajpur]] : (1983–1987).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (1987–1991).
* Thakur [[Jayendra Singh Jadon]] of [[Kathiwada]] ''{Honorary}'' : (1991–1995).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Krishnajirao III|Krishnaji Rao III Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (1995–1997).
* Thakur [[Narendra Singh Rathore]] of [[Bidwal]] ([[Dhar State]]) ''{Honorary}'' : (1997–2004).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Tukojirao IV|Tukoji Rao IV Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (2004–2007).
* Raja [[Narendra Singh Rathore]] of [[Jhabua]] : (2008–2010).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Tukojirao IV|Tukoji Rao IV Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (From 2010 to 2015).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Tukojirao IV|Tukoji Rao IV Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (From 14 June 2015 to 19 June 2015) (re-elected but died).
* Rajmata Shrimant [[Gayatri Raje Pawar|Gayatri Raje Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (2015–2017)<ref name="dalycollege3">{{cite web|url=http://dalycollege.org/presidents_dc.html|title=Presidents Daly College|publisher=dalycollege.org|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>
* Raja [[Narendra Singh Rathore]] of [[Jhabua]] : (2018–2022).
* Maharaja Shrimant [[Vikram Singh Rao II Puar]] of [[Dewas State]] [Senior] : (2022–Present)

==Notable Alumni==



*[[Arun Subhashchandra Yadav]]
*[[Deepak Obhrai]]
*[[Digvijay Bhonsale]]
*[[Digvijaya Singh]]
*[[G. S. Sareen]]
*[[Hanumant Singh]]
*[[K. M. Cariappa]]
*[[Kiran Kumar]]
*[[Lakshman Singh (politician)]]
*[[Prabhat Patnaik]]
*[[Raj Singh Dungarpur]]
*[[Tukoji Rao Pawar]]
*[[Vijayendra Ghatge]]
*[[Vikram Singh Rao II Puar]]
<ref>{{cite web |last1=College |first1=Daly |title=Daly College Alumni |url=http://www.dalycollege.org/alumni.html |website=www.dalycollege.org |publisher=Daly College |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Scindia School]], Gwalior
* [[Mayo College]], Ajmer
* [[Yeshwant Club]], Indore

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* ''Foundations of Daly College, Indore [India]'', by David Michael Litster. Published by [[Institution of Civil Engineers]], 1889.
* ''Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly, G.C.B.C.I.E., Sometime Commander of Central India'', by Hugh Daly. Published 1905.
* ''Report of the working of the Daly college'', by Indore Daly college. Published 1916.
* ''A short history of the Daly College'', by Daly College (Indore, India). Published by ([[s.n.]]), 1932.
* ''Colonial childhoods: the juvenile periphery of India, 1850–1945'', by Satadru Sen. Anthem Press, 2005. {{ISBN|1-84331-177-1}}.
* ''The Daly Chronicle'', Dermot Daly, ''The Irish Genealogist'', volume II, part i, 2002, p. 3 of pp. 3–12.

==External links==

* {{Official|http://www.dalycollege.org/}}
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