Rajkumar College, Rajkot

Rajkumar College
Location
Gymkhana Road Rajkot 360001 India
Coordinates	22°17′36″N70°47′51″E / 22.2932°N 70.7974°E / 22.2932; 70.7974
Information
Type	Public (1938)
Motto	"Knowledge is Power"
Established	1868 (1868)
Founder	Richard Harte Keatinge
School district	Rajkot
President	HH Thakore Saheb Shri Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot
Principal	Mr. Yash Saxena
Grades	K-12
Number of students	1900
Houses	Jhalawar, Halar, Sorath, Gohilwar
Athletics	Track and field, and athletics meet annually
Athletics conference	Boys and Girls Assemble
Sports	Cricket, football, hockey, swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis, horse riding, volleyball, rifle shooting
Nickname	RKC
Affiliation	CBSE
Alumni website	http://www.rkcalumni.com/
Website	www.rkcrajkot.com/

The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 28.656-acre (1,15,965 m²) campus in Rajkot. The foundation stone of The Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by Colonel Keatinge and was formally opened by the Governor of Bombay, H. B. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, in 1870 and just celebrated Sesquicentenary in 2020 . The college was founded for the education of the princely order by the princes and chiefs of Kathiawad for their sons and relations. ^[1]

Girls College

Rajkumar College for Girls was introduced on 24 March 2011 by Governor of Gujarat Kamala Beniwal. ^[2]

Rajkoomar Indian College, Kattywar

Notable alumni

• Takhtsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar ^[3] The first student
• Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, Social Equality Reformer
• Maharaja Bhavsinhji II of Bhavnagar State ^[3]
• Ranjitsinhji, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Cricketer ^[3]
• Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Awarded Poland’s highest honor, the President’s medal.
• Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji, The first Governor of Madras Presidency at Independence
• Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati
• Ajay Jadeja, former Indian Cricketer

See also

• Rajkumar College, Raipur
• List of the oldest schools in the world
• History of the Indian cricket team

References

1. A. S. Bhalla (30 March 2015). Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj. I.B.Tauris. p. 151. ISBN   978-1-78453-087-7.
2. Bhalla, A. S. (2015). Monuments, power and poverty in India: from Ashoka to the Raj. International library of colonial history. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN   978-1-78453-087-7.
3. Forty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College by Chester Macnaghten. First principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar.

External links

• Official website