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{{Infobox school
|name = Govt.Boys' High School, Gunupur
|image = File:Govt. Boys' High School, Gunupur.jpg
|motto =
|established = 1903
|type =
|affiliation =
|grades = Class 6th to 10th
|president =
|headmaster = Mr.Chandra Sekhar Prodhan
|head_of_school =
|dean =
|faculty =
|staff =
|students = 650 to 700<ref>[http://www.odisha.gov.in/schooleducation/pdf/school.xls "List of High schools with no of students in Odisha.xls"]</ref>
|campus_type =
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|location = [[Gunupur]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
|coordinates ={{coord |19.082469|83.807721}}
|website = [http://www.ghsgunupur.com/index.html "www.ghsgunupur.com"]
}}

'''Govt. Boys' High School, Gunupur''', is located beside the banks of [[Vamsadhara River]] at [[Gunupur]] of [[Rayagada district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Odisha]]. The original structure of the public educational building is totally made of stone & the institution stands on an elevated plot of the town. It is one of the oldest High Schools of the district. It is an oriya medium school affiliated to the [[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha]] under [[Government of Odisha|State Government of Odisha]]. The school celebrates its Centenary celebration in April 2015.<ref>[http://gunupurinfo.blogspot.in/2015/02/gunupur-boys-high-school-celebration.html "Centenary celebration of Gunupur High School"]</ref><ref>[http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=156325&boxid=14532444 "Centenary celebration of Gunupur High School"]''[[Sambad|The Sambad]]'' Jeypore, 11 April 2015. Retrieved on 11 April 2015</ref><ref>[http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=156570&boxid=1628239 "Centenary celebration of Gunupur High School"]''[[Sambad|The Sambad]]'' Jeypore, 12 April 2015. Retrieved on 12 April 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=156854&boxid=1027427 "Centenary Celebration of Govt. High School, Gunupur"] ''[[Sambad|The Sambad]]'' Jeypore, 13 April 2015. Retrieved on 13 April 2015</ref>

==History==
The 111-year-old high school was established in the year 1903. During pre-independence period, the district Board at koraput (with the collector and Agent as its president) upgraded the middle school at Gunupur to a High School in 1929.<ref name="name">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6cRUFLyk1ecC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Govt.+Boys%27+high+school,+Gunupur&source=bl&ots=ojkNsdfvtw&sig=eDyTC_nIykYSltkST7PhrdA8FKw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J5pOU-vhD8GHrgeA7YCQCg&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Govt.%20Boys%27%20high%20school%2C%20Gunupur&f=false "Development of education in Koraput district"]</ref> The school was a pioneer in the development of education in the undivided [[koraput]] district.<ref name="name" /> It has given rise to many well known personalities such as former justice of High Court of Odisha M. Papanna (worked as judge from 29.09.2000 to 03.03.2004),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/judgesret.asp |title="Former judges of orissa high court" |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114044157/http://www.orissahighcourt.nic.in/judgesret.asp |archive-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nagbhushan Patnaik]], Sri [[Arjuna Gamang]], Pandit [[Raghunath Panigrahi]]. The school maintains an ECO Club<ref>[http://www.cesorissa.org/NGC/District_wise_Eco-club_list/Rayagada.pdf "List of eco clubs in high schools of Rayagada district"]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha]]
*[[List of schools in India]]

==References==
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[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Odisha]]
[[Category:Education in Rayagada district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1903]]
[[Category:1903 establishments in India]]

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