Nabadwip Bakultala High School

Nabadwip Bakultala High School নবদ্বীপ বকুলতলা উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Nabadwip Bakultala High School
Address
Netaji Subhash Road Nabadwip , West Bengal , 741302 India
Coordinates	23°24′28.5″N88°21′53.1″E / 23.407917°N 88.364750°E / 23.407917; 88.364750
Information
School type	Government Sponsored, Higher Secondary
Established	1875;149 years ago (1875) (As Nabadwip Banga Vidyalaya)
School board	WBBSE, WBCHSE
President	Bimankrishna Saha (Managing Committee)
Headmaster	Dipankar Saha
Gender	Boys'
Age range	10+ to 18+
Classes	V to XII
Language	Bengali, English
Color(s)	Green, White
Song	"Amader Bakultala" ("আমাদের বকুলতলা" in Bengali language)
Sports	Football, Cricket, Chess
Nickname	NBHS
Yearbook	Bakulkatha
Website	https://www.nabadwipbakultalahighschool.org/

Nabadwip Bakultala High School is a government-aided higher secondary boys' school situated in Nabadwip, West Bengal, India. This school was established in 1875 during the British Colonial period of India. ^[1] The school now provides classes from V to XII, with Arts, Science, and Commerce streams.

History

This school was founded primarily with the name 'Nabadwip Banga Vidyalaya' in the year 1875 at another place, where now situated a girls' school namely Nabadwip Bakultala Balika Vidyalaya. ^[2] In those days, the surrounding remained in cheery echoing of children. As lessons were started under a Spanish Cheery tree ('বকুল' in Bengali language), it came to be known as 'Bakultala school' by the people. ^[3] Every year 3 January is observed as the establishment day of school. Though it was a primary school at the time of foundation, now the primary section is not running. It became a high school in 1924. ^[4] The first secretary of the school was Jana Ranjan Roy (1925 - 1928) and the first president was the S.D.O. (Ex-officio) of Sadar Subdivision, Nadia (01/01/1925 - 23/12/1966). ^[5] Headmasters Shri Shashibhushan Tarafdar (1924 - 1942) and Shri Nityaniranjan Kabiraj (1942 - 1960) are being remembered greatly in the history of the school.^{[ citation needed ]}

About School

Front view of Nabadwip Bakultala High School in 2021

This school is situated beside Nabadwip Municipality. There are about 40 classrooms distributed among two three-storied and one one-storied building. There are laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography etc subjects. Students can take part in N C C . Now there are 34 teachers and 9 teaching-staffs in this school. Nabadwip Bakultala High School is one of the best and oldest Higher secondary schools of Nabadwip as well as Nadia district. Near about 1450 students read in this school. The yearly magazine 'Bakulkatha' was published in 2018. Every year the handwritten wall-magazine 'Bakulkunri' (বকুলকুঁড়ি) is being published as well.

Medium

Mainly the learning medium is Bengali. Alongside in 2018, English medium started.

Notable alumni

• Samar Ghosh, Ex-Chief secretary of Government of West Bengal
• Gour Kishore Ghosh, Writer
• Swami Suhitananda
• Ujjwal Maulik, Scientist and Professor of Jadavpur University ^[6]

References

1. "NABADWIP BAKULTALA HIGH SCHOOL - Ward No. 14 District Nadia (West Bengal)". schools.org.in. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
2. "Education First". school.banglarshiksha.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
3. "Mother Institute". Archived from the original on 2020-07-19.
4. Majumdar, Durgadas (1978). "GAZETTER OF INDIA WEST BENGAL : NADIA by Durgadas Majumdar, I.A.S. (retd.), former State Editor". State Editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers.
5. Bakulkatha (বকুলকথা). p. At 62.
6. "Bengali couples earned world fame in the field of Science". Anandabazar Patrika . 17 November 2020. p. 03. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links

• Media related to Nabadwip Bakultala High School at Wikimedia Commons
• Nabadwip Bakultala Praktan Chhatra Sammilani
• Nabadwip Bakultala High School in Banglarshiksha