List of Hindu School people

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Alumni members as well as professors and teachers of Hindu School, Kolkata are nicknamed Hindu School People. The school's alumni includes many educationalists, poets, writers, social reformers, political activists, doctors and engineers.

  • Dr.Nilratan Sircar - founder of Campbell Hospital (now, Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata)
  • Dr.Radha Gobinda Kar - founder of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

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References

  1. ↑ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, 1976/1998, pp. 554–5, Sahitya Sansad, ISBN   81-85626-65-0 (in Bengali).
  2. ↑ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan, pp. 184-185
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