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Colonel Brown Cambridge School is an English medium residential school located in Dehradun, India. It was founded in 1926. it was the first residential school in Dehradun.
The campus is in the town of Dehradun on the foothills of Mussoorie, with 500 students and nine hostel buildings.
Academics
The academic year is in two sessions - 30 July to 30 November (first term) and 30 January to 30 May (second term).
Management
The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and is recognized for the purpose of sending up students for the I.C.S.E.
Founder's Day
Founder's Day is celebrated each year on 17 March. The school celebrates Annual Day in the month of March. Arts & Crafts exhibition, march-past,P.T, yoga, drama etc. are shown on this day to the parents who arrive to pick their child for 7 day vacation.
Notable alumni
The students studying at CBS are also called Brownians and the ex students are called ex-Brownians or simply Old Boys. Colonel Brown Cambridge School has produced many prominent and notable persons which include the following:
- Vishwanath Pratap Singh – Prime Minister Of India[1]
- Vijai Singh Shekhawat - Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy[2]
- Raj Kapoor - Actor, film producer and director[3]
- Madan Mohan – Music Director[4]
- Hanut Singh - Lt. General of the Indian Army[5]
- Md Shamsul Hasan Khan – Member Of Parliament[6]
- Virbhadra Singh – Ex-Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh[7]
References
- ↑ Vishwanath Pratap Singh: The original Aam Aadmi hero, Phadnis, Aditi. Business Standard(24 January 2014).
- ↑ Services Chiefs of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Northern Book Centre(2007). ISBN 9788172111625
- ↑ The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema{{#if:Jain|, Jain}. Viking (India)(2005). ISBN 978-0670058372
- ↑ His Journey, Nerurkar, Vishwas. madanmohan.in.
- ↑ A VISIONARY CAVALIER : Lt Gen Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC. Aakash Media.
- ↑ 6th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile. Lok Sabha.
- ↑ Congress veteran, six-time Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh turns 88. Hindustan Times(24 June 2021). Retrieved 9 July 2021.