Jenkins School

Jenkins School
Address
Silver Jubilee Avenue Cooch Behar West Bengal , 736101 India
Coordinates	26°19′13″N89°26′50″E / 26.3201513°N 89.4471541°E / 26.3201513; 89.4471541
Information
Type	Government school
Motto	'Shraddhavan Labhate Gyanam! (Wisdom is achieved by tribute)'
Established	1861;164 years ago (1861)
Founder	Narendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
Faculty	43
Gender	Male
Number of students	1400
Language	Bengali, English
Color(s)	White and olive green
Affiliation	WBBSE and WBCHSE
Alumni Association	JSAA
Website	coochbehar.gov.in/JenkinsSchool.html

Jenkins School is a boys school in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was established in 1861 in the town of Cooch Behar. ^[1]

History

Jenkins School gate

After the independence of India in 1947 the princely state of Cooch Behar became the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal in 1950, and Jenkins School became one of the state government schools. The school was under the patronage of the then Maharaja (king) of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan and the government of West Bengal. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Maziruddin Ahmed (born 1898), Cooch Behar politician ^[3]
• Mustafa Kamal, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh and Chairman of Law Commission
• Charu Chandra Dutt, revolutionary, writer
• Rai Choudhury Sushil Kumar Chakravarty, Fourth Minister, Cooch Behar State
• Rai Saheeb Uma Nath Dutta, Civil and Sessions Judge, Revenue Officer (Dewan), Cooch Behar State
• Dr. Bhabendra Narayan
• Ambika Charan Roy, Law Practitioner, Social Reformer, Sitarist, Chairman Baharampur Municipality
• Dr. Dinesha Nanda Chakravarty, Minister, Cooch Behar State Council
• Prafulla Chandra Mustofi, musician
• Nirmal Chandra Mustofi, First Class Magistrate, Cooch Behar State, philanthropist and erudite
• Himadri Ballav Biswas, Civil and Sessions Judge, Cooch Behar State
• Ashruman Das Gupta, Household Minister, Cooch Behar State, Writer
• Rajendra Nath Sen, Player, Mohun Bagan Club
• Shoilesh Chandra Mustofi, Orchid specialist and Horticulturist
• Rai Saheeb Lalit Mohan Bakshi, Revenue Secretary and Development Commissioner, Cooch Behar State, Deputy Collector, Cooch Behar District
• Col. Nitya Nanda Chakravarty, I.M.S.
• Bireshwar Bakshi, Civil and Sessions Judge
• Suresh Chandra Singha, F.R.C.S.
• Tarapada Mukhopadhyay, Civil and Sessions Judge, Cooch Behar State
• Kumar Surendra Narayan, Player, Mohun Bagan Club
• Bhabani Prasanna Talukdar, Member, Legislative Assembly
• Rai Saheeb Surendra Kanta Basu Majumder, State Pleader, Member, Legislative Council, Cooch Behar State
• Tulsi Lahiri, Bengali actor, director and play writer
• Shailen Roy (Bana Roy), Music Composer and Lyricist
• Abbasuddin Ahmed, singer
• Subodh Kumar Chakraborty, Writer
• Sarat Singha,Player, Mohun Bagan Club
• Dr. Amiya Bhushan Guha, chairman, Cooch Behar Municipality
• Arun Das Gupta, Player, Mohun Bagan Club

See also

• Education in India
• List of schools in India
• Education in West Bengal

References

1. "WBBSE :: Affiliated Schools Coochbihar". wbbse.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
2. "About Jenkins School". coochbehar.nic.in. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
3. Who's Who in India. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat. 1957. p. 71.

External links

• Jenkins School
• Jenkins School in LinkedIn
• Jenkins school on Facebook
• Jenkins School Group in Facebook
• The Jenkins School Alumni Association on Facebook
• Pictures of the school