Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya (School for Hindu Women) was an all-female boarding school located at 22 Beniapukur Lane, Entally, Kolkata, India.[1][2] Founded by British translator Annette Beveridge, the school was one of the first in India to provide girl students with a curriculum equivalent to that offered for boys.[3] Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Indian historian Jogesh C. Bagal records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873,[1] American historian David Kopf mentions it as 18 September 1873.[4]
Dwarkanath Ganguly was the headmaster.[4] Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das bore the expenses of the institution.[5] Others involved in the school were Sivanath Sastri and Monomohun Ghose.[3] Mrs. J. B. Phear was an honorary teacher.[1][6] She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at a table with cutlery.[3]
After the marriage of Annette Akroyd, the school was closed in March 1876. It was revived on 1 June 1876 as Banga Mahila Vidyalaya (Bengali Women's College).[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bagal, Jogesh Chandra, History of the Bethune School and College (1849-1949) in Bethune College and School Centenary Volume, edited by Dr. Kalidas Nag, 1949, p. 33
- ↑ Frozen Frames, Karlekar, Malavika. The Tribune, 8 May 2005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lessons in a Sari – Did women's education in India change the way they dressed?, Karlekar, Malavika. The Telegraph, 4 February 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, pp. 34–39, Princeton University Press, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Sastri, Sivanath, History of the Brahmo Samaj, 1911-12/1993, p. 164, Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
- ↑ Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh{{#if:Amin|, Amin}. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh(2012)