List of Hindu School people

Last updated August 23, 2025

Alumni members as well as professors and teachers of Hindu School, Kolkata are nicknamed Hindu School People. In 1947 Hindu School Alumni Association was established to keep the students connected ever after. The school's alumni includes many educationalists, poets, writers, social reformers, political activists, doctors and engineers of Bengal Renaissance era. Such as:

Detailed and categorised list

Social reform

Rajendralal Mitra - first Indian administrator of Asiatic Society.
Surendranath Banerjee - educationalist, social reformer and political activist during Indian freedom movement.
Young Bengals - Derozians, key people of Young Bengal Movement.
Keshob Chandra Sen - key person of The Bramha Samaj Movement.
Anandamohan Bose - prominent leader of Bramha Samaj Movement.

Professors

Taraknath Palit -An eminent professor and founder member or Calcutta University Science College.
Satyendranath Bose -an eminent professor, known world-wide for the famous Bose–Einstein statistics theory.
Meghnad Saha -Professor and famous scientist.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis -Famous educationist, scientist, founder of Indian Statistical Institute.

Education

Manindra Chandra Nandy -An eminent educationalist, founder of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College.
Dr.Pratap Chandra Chunder -An eminent educationist.
Surendranath Banerjee -An eminent educationalist, social reformer and political activist during Indian freedom movement.
Taraknath Palit -An eminent professor and founder member or Calcutta University Science College.
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis -Famous educationist, scientist, founder of Indian Statistical Institute.
Anandamohan Bose -Founder of City College, Kolkata.
Kaliprasanna Singha - founder of Vidyotsahini Sabha.

Political Activism

Charu Majumdar - key person of extreme leftist movement of Kolkata of 1970's
Somendra Nath Mitra - prominent leader of Indian National Congress
Atulya Ghosh - Former Chief-minister of West Bengal
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee - one of the founders of Indian National Congress
Bipin Chandra Pal - leader of August Movement & Indian National Congress
Anandamohan Bose - founder of Indian National Association.
Santosh Kumar Mitra - martyr and Indian freedom fighter
Radharaman Mitra - Bengali revolutionary in Meerut Conspiracy Case and social historian
Sankar Das Banerji - Indian barrister and politician

Poetry & writing

Peary Chand Mitra - key person of Standard Bengali Language literature
Premendra Mitra - creator of Ghona Da (a fictional character)
Hemendra Kumar Roy - writer of juvenile literature
Michael Modhusudan Dutt - creator of Bengali sonnet, writer of Meghnadbadh Kavya
Pulak Bandyopadhyay - lyricist of modern Bengali songs
Kaliprasanna Singha - author of Hutom Pyanchar Naksha, earliest book of Modern Standard Bengali language
Tridib Kumar Chattopadhyay - author and editor of Kishore Bharati

Science

Satyendranath Bose -an eminent professor, known world-wide for the famous Bose–Einstein statistics theory
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - educationist, scientist, founder of Indian Statistical Institute
Taraknath Palit - professor and founder member of Calcutta University Science College
Meghnad Saha - professor and scientist
Radhanath Sikdar - Calculate the height of Mt. Everest for the first time.

Doctors

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

Performing arts

Chhabi Biswas - actor, awarded with Padwashre
Birendranath Sircar - eminent Engineer, Film Producer, founder of New Theaters Calcutta, awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Nitin Bose - director, cinematographer & screenplay writer, awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Pulak Bandyopadhyay - lyricist of modern Bengali songs.
Shiboprosad Mukherjee - film director

Sports

Prasanta Banerjee - football player
Chuni Goswami - player of Indian football team & Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.

Government administration

Sir Edward Hyde East - Chief-justice of Supreme Court India
Atulya Ghosh - Former Chief-minister of West Bengal
Ranjit Gupta - Former commissioner of Calcutta Police

Kulada Charan Das Gupta- Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.

Industrialists and entrepreneurs

Purnendu Chatterjee - Key people of Chatterjee Internationals
Hemendra Mohan Bose - A scientist, entrepreneur of Bengal Renaissance period.
B.K. Chandra - Key person of PC Chandra Group

References

↑ 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).
↑ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan, pp. 184–185

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[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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