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Birla School Pilani | |
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Location | |
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Coordinates | 28°21′48″N75°36′8″E / 28.36333°N 75.60222°E |
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Type | Residential School, Private |
Motto | tamasomā jyotir gamaya (Sanskrit) |
Established | 1901 |
Principal | Dhirendra Singh [1] |
Headmaster | Bupan Sharma [2] |
Faculty | Science, Commerce, Arts |
Grades | 1-12 |
Number of students | 1800 |
Campus | Country |
Website | http://www.birlaschoolpilani.edu.in |
Birla School Pilani(abbrevieated as BSP), in Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan is a boarding school in India. Previously known as Birla Senior Secondary School. The school is considered to be a royal school along with a few other schools in India, due to its long patroness history and has educated some well known royal families of India during British Raj. It also has a prominent alumni network in India due to its rich old history.
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