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{{Infobox school<br />
|name = Jagadbandhu Institution <br />
|native_name = <br />
| image = Jagadbandhu Institution.jpg <br />
| image_size =<br />
| alt = An Indian school building<br />
|caption = The main school building in South Kolkata<br />
|motto = <br />
|motto_translation = "Know thyself" <br />
|location = 25, Fern Road, [[Ballygunge]], [[Kolkata]]<br />
|city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
|state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
|county = [[India]] <br />
|coordinates = {{coord|22|31|11.39|N|88|21|58.02|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
|postcode = <br />
|postalcode = 700019<br />
|type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]], [[Selective school|selective]], [[Single-sex school|single-sex]] [[Higher Secondary Examination|high secondary school]]<br />
|established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --><br />
|founded = 1914<br />
|founder = Jagadbandhu Ray<br />
|headmaster = Avijit Bhattacharya<br />
|teaching_staff = ~56 <br />
|key_people = <br />
|grades = 1-12<br />
|years = <br />
|gender = Male<br />
|age_range = 6-18<br />
|pupils = 2000<br />
|medium_of_language = Bengali<br />
|schedule = 11 A.M to 4.20 P.M. <br />
|song = <br />
|yearbook = Sanchari <br />
|affiliations = [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education|WBBSE]] and [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education|WBCHSE]]<br />
|website = {{URL|http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Jagadbandhu Institution''' {{audio|Jagadbandhu_Institution_pronunciation.ogg|listen|''Jogod̪bond̪ʱu Institution''}}) is a school for boys in [[South Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], affiliated to the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] for [[Madhyamik]] Pariksha (10th Board exams) and to the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]] for [[Higher Secondary Examination]] (12th Board exams).<br />
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== History ==<br />
Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of [[South Kolkata]]. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Alumni Website|url=http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/school.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074057/http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/school.asp|archive-date=11 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Asutosh Mookerjee|Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee]] laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/presidents_since1914.asp|title=School Website|access-date=2 August 2011|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328063533/http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/presidents_since1914.asp|archive-date=28 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/school_secretary_since1914.asp|title=School Website|access-date=2 August 2011|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328063543/http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/school_secretary_since1914.asp|archive-date=28 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
===Notable alumni===<br />
* Salil Chowdhury, music director and songwriter<br />
* Tushar Talukdar, police commissioner, Kolkata Police<br />
* [[Chinmoy Guha]], scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati<br />
* [[Samik Bandyopadhyay]], scholar and critic<br />
* [[Subrata Guha]], test cricketer<br />
* [[Subrata Roy (scientist)]], professor, inventor, author<br />
* [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], historian, professor<br />
* Prof. Partha Saha, molecular biologist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata<br />
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=== Notable teachers ===<br />
* [[Jyoti Bhusan Chaki]], linguist, author, translator<br />
* [[Shyamal Dutta Ray]], water-colour painter<br />
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== Alumni association ==<br />
The school alumni association was established in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Website|url=http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/alumni.asp}}{{dead link|date=March 2021}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Kamala Girls' High School]], girls' school in south Kolkata, India<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/teachers_since1914_01.asp List of teachers]<br />
* [http://www.jagadbandhualumni.com/students_list.asp List of students]<br />
{{Ashutosh Mukherjee}}<br />
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[[Category:Boys' schools in India]]<br />
[[Category:Primary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Schools in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1914]]<br />
[[Category:1914 establishments in British India]]</div>>BrownHairedGirl