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| address = Rajapur, Purulia Dhanbad Rd.<br />
| city = [[Dhanbad]]<br />
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| established = 1866<br />
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''' Jharia Raj High School''' is the oldest higher secondary school in [[Dhanbad district]] located near [[Jharia]] at [[Bhagatdih]].<ref name=a/><br />
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==History==<br />
The school was established in 1866, by Raja Durga Prasad Singh, the [[Zamindar]] of [[Jharia Raj]] and hence named Jharia Raj High School.<ref name=a>{{cite news|title=New site for oldest school|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151008/jsp/jharkhand/story_46681.jsp#.VtvCn-Y_yKE|accessdate=6 March 2016|agency=The Telegraph Calcutta|date=8 October 2015}}</ref> The district gazetteer notes that during [[Civil disobedience|Civil disobedience movement]] in 1930-34 the attendance at Jharia Raj School dropped from 420 to 89.<ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book|author=Papiya Ghosh|title=Civil disobedience movement in Bihar, 1930-1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tH8MAQAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Manak Publications|isbn=978-81-7827-000-5|page=66}}</ref><br />
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The school is a co-educational school, which has a large playground, library and computer learning facilities.<ref name="j">{{cite web|title=Jharia Raj High School Jharia|url=http://schools.findthebest.in/l/89456/Jharia-Raj-High-School-Jharia-in-Jharia-Jharkhand|accessdate=6 March 2016}}</ref> The total number of students studying currently are 2024.<ref name=j/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]<br />
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*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Jhariya+Raaj+Uchcha+Vidyalaya/@23.7526801,86.4125971,328m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sJharia+Raj+High+School!3m4!1s0x0:0x15b87037f9b93c38!8m2!3d23.7529011!4d86.4135057|title= Jharia Raj High School}}<br />
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[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]<br />
[[Category:Private schools in Jharkhand]]<br />
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