>Citation bot at 04:46, 1 November 2020

2020-11-01T04:46:17Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
[[File:Huzurpaga Girls High School.JPG|right|thumb|Huzurpaga Campus]]
'''Huzurpaga''' is the oldest Indian run girls' high school in [[India]].<ref>Chandra, S. (2009). Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Mystique of Indian English: Western India, 1870-1900. The Journal of Asian Studies, 68(1), 199-225. Retrieved October 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619679</ref>

==History==
[[File:Bene Israel girls.jpg|right|thumb|Bene Israel Students of Huzurpaga from early 20th century]]
The school was established by the Maharashtra Girls Education Society (MGE) in 1885.<ref>Ghurye, G. S. (1954). Social Change in Maharashtra, II. Sociological Bulletin, page 51.</ref> The school's founders included noted social reformers Vaman Abaji Modak, [[Mahadev Govind Ranade|Justice Ranade]] and historian Dr. [[R. G. Bhandarkar]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=edited by Sabyasachi|title=Education and the disprivileged : nineteenth and twentieth century India.|date=2002|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=978-8125021926|pages=239|edition=1. publ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&q=tilak+swaraj&pg=PR7|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Huzurpaga|url=http://www.huzurpaga.com/about-us.php|website=Huzurpaga}}</ref> Ranade's then young wife, [[Ramabai Ranade]] had presented a petition to the governor of Bombay, [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet|James Ferguson]] in 1884 about the desirability of opening a high school for girls. Ferguson inaugurated the school in 1885.The school was originally called the Poona Native Girls High School (PNHS).It was the first indian managed school to offer education to girls to the level of [[Matriculation]].<ref>Chandra, S. (2009). Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Mystique of Indian English: Western India, 1870-1900. The Journal of Asian Studies, 68(1), 199-225. Retrieved October 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619679</ref> The subjects taught included those required to appear for the matriculation examination such as English literature, arithmetics, geometry,Marathi and science.Sanskrit was an optional language on the syllabus.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=edited by Sabyasachi|title=Education and the disprivileged : nineteenth and twentieth century India.|date=2002|publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=978-8125021926|pages=240|edition=1. publ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-jBIp3iWdEC&q=tilak+swaraj&pg=PR7|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref> <ref>Chandra, S. (2009). Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Mystique of Indian English: Western India, 1870-1900. The Journal of Asian Studies, 68(1), 199-225. Retrieved October 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619679</ref>The establishment of the school and its curriculum were vehemently opposed by [[Lokmanya Tilak]] in his newspapers, the Mahratta and Kesari.<ref>Rao, P.V., 2008. Women's Education and the Nationalist Response in Western India: Part II–Higher Education. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 15(1), pp.141-148.</ref>
<ref>Rao, P.V., 2007. Women's Education and the Nationalist Response in Western India: Part I-Basic Education. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 14(2), p.307.</ref>
A play disparaging the English language curriculum went to second edition. The play also on stage ran in Pune for many performances. <ref>Chandra, S. (2009). Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Mystique of Indian English: Western India, 1870-1900. The Journal of Asian Studies, 68(1), 199-225. Retrieved October 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619679</ref>
In 1887, the ruler of the Princely state of [[Sangli State|Sangli]], Tatyasaheb Patwardhan, offered land on [[Roads in Pune|Laxmi road]] in Pune, where the high school is based. The girls' hostel and the elementary school were established later on the same campus.

The school has offered a boarding option for out-of-town students for more than a century. The school and the boarding option were popular among the [[Bene Israel]] community in the early part of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Feinberg|first1=Miriam P.|last2=Shapiro|first2=Miriam Klein|title=Hear Her Voice! Twelve Jewish Women Who Changed the World|date=2010|publisher=Pitspopany Press|isbn=978-1936068029|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHcBfbq3CYkC&q=huzurpaga+school&pg=PA83|accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Roland|first1=Joan G.|title=The Jewish communities of India : identity in a colonial era|date=1998|publisher=Transaction Publ.|location=New Brunswick [u.a.]|isbn=978-0765804396|page=318|edition=2.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&q=huzurpaga+native+girls++poona&pg=PA318|accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref> Notable boarders of school include Anandibai Karve and actress Reema Lagu.

In the 1990s, MGE started a new branch of the school in the Pune suburb of [[Katraj]]. It started with pre-school and gradually extended to include high school and Higher secondary school respectively.

==Academics==
[[File:Entrance of Hujurpaga Girls school Pune IMG-20170811-WA0008.jpg|right|thumb|Huzurpaga school entrance on Laxmi Road]]
The school is officially called the HHCP Girls High School in honor of Tatyasaheb Patwardhan's father, the Maharaja, His Highness Chintamanrao [[Patwardhan]] of [[Sangli]]. Huzurpaga is located in the main commercial area of [[Roads in Pune|Laxmi Road]] in [[Pune]]. The school location was historically used as horse stables for the Maratha Cavalry during the days of [[Peshwa]] rule. The school opened its second branch at Katraj. In 2001, the MGE Society established a senior college of commerce exclusively for girls called Huzurpaga Mahila Vanijya Mahavidyalaya (HMVM).<ref>[http://www.hmvmpune.inHuzurpaga Mahila Vanijya Mahavidyalaya (HMVM)]</ref>

At present, the school offers instruction from grades 5 to 10 to nearly 2,400 girls. The school's medium of instruction is mainly [[Marathi language|Marathi]] with some students being offered the chance to learn science and maths through the English language. The latter option is called semi-English curriculum. In the [[Secondary School Certificate|S.S.C.]] exams conducted by the Maharashtra government for 10th grade students, the school consistently achieves a pass rate in the high 90s percentage.

==Notable alumni==
*Anandibai Karve (1866 -1950) - Was a boarder with her son in 1890s after her second marriage to social reformer [[Dhondo Keshav Karve|Maharshi Karve]] and birth of their son <ref>{{cite book|last1=Kosambi|first1=Meera edited by|title=Intersections : socio-cultural trends in Maharashtra|date=2000|publisher=Orient Longman|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8125018780|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XU8dmAiaZSgC&q=anandibai&pg=PA92|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="McDonald1963">{{cite book|author=Ellen E. McDonald|title=The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ky5IH3-LPNwC&pg=PA58|year=1963|publisher=University of California Press|pages= 74|id=GGKEY:U3PU2CLAUDR}}</ref>
*Kashibai Herlekar (1874 -1936) - Social reformer, educationalist and writer<ref>{{cite book|last1=Anagol|first1=Padma| authorlink = Padma Anagol|title=The emergence of feminism in India, 1850-1920|date=2006|publisher=Ashgate|location=Aldershot|isbn=978-0754634119|page=231|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YICroPrSyz4C&q=hujur&pg=PR6|accessdate=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Sisir Kumar|title=A history of Indian literature, 1800-1910 : western impact: Indian response|date=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-8172010065|pages=250|edition=Reprint.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&q=%22kashibai+herlekar%22&pg=PA250}}</ref>
*Rebecca Reuben (1889 - 1957) - [[Bene Israel]] educationalist - Miss Reuben also taught at the school for three years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Feinberg|first1=Miriam P.|last2=Shapiro|first2=Miriam Klein|title=Hear Her Voice! Twelve Jewish Women Who Changed the World|date=2010|publisher=Pitspopany Press|isbn=978-1936068029|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHcBfbq3CYkC&q=huzurpaga+school&pg=PA83|accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref>
*Padmabhushan [[Tarabai Modak]] (1892 -1973) - Advocate of Montessori education <ref>{{cite book|last1=Srivastava|first1=Gouri|title=Women's higher education in the 19th century|date=2000|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170228233|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgHEF9QhJo8C&q=pune&pg=PA1|accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Muktabai Dixit]] (1901 - 1980) - Writer in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
*[[Irawati Karve]] (1905 – 11 August 1970) - Eminent social scientist & [[anthropologist]]
*[[Malati Bedekar]] (née Baltai Khare) - Writer in Marathi
*[[Kamal Ranadive]] (8 November 1917 – 2001) - Biologist specializing in cancer research
*[[Shanta Shelke]] (19 October 1922 – 6 June 2002) - Poet and writer in Marathi language
*[[Shirish Atre-Pai|Shirish Pai]] (1929-) - Writer in Marathi and English
*[[Sai Paranjpye]] (1938-) - Broadcaster and film director
*[[Rohini Godbole]] (1952-) - Particle physicist
*[[Reema Lagoo]] (1958- 2017) - Stage and film actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/marathi/news/kallabaji/reema-lagoo-and-her-school-memory-at-pune-school/365274|title=फोटो आणि रिमा लागूंची पुण्यातली एक आठवण|publisher=[[Zee News]]|language = Marathi|quote=''ज्येष्ठ अभिनेत्री रिमा लागू १९७० ते १९७४ या कालावधीत हुजुरपागा शाळेत शिकत होत्या''|date=18 May 2017|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni|Mrunal Kulkarni]] (1971-) - Actress
* Tejashree Walavalkar - Actress. she played young [[Ramabai Ranade]] in the Marathi TV serial, [[Unch Maaza Zoka]].<ref>{{cite news |title=In full swing |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/in-full-swing/articleshow/31681454.cms |accessdate=1 June 2020 |work=Pune Mirror |issue=July 29, 2012 |publisher=BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. |date=2012}}</ref>
*Prajakta Gaikwad (1998-) - Actress. She has worked in the Marathi TV serial [[Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji]] as Maharani Yesubai, the wife of Chatrapati [[Sambhaji]] Maharaj.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prajakta Gaikwad a warrior queen in reel and real life |url=https://www.punekarnews.in/prajakta-gaikwad,-a-warrior-queen-in-reel-and-real-life/ |work=Punekar News |issue=November 11, 2019 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{coord|18.5148|73.8528|type:edu_region:IN|display=title}}

[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Schools in Pune]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:Private schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra]]

Huzurpaga - Revision history

>Citation bot at 04:46, 1 November 2020