Tamluk Hamilton High School

Tamluk Hamilton High School তমলুক হ্যামিল্টন উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Location
Parbatipur, Tamluk [1] Tamluk , West Bengal , 721636 India
Coordinates	22°17′25″N87°55′24″E / 22.2901856°N 87.9232188°E / 22.2901856; 87.9232188
Information
Motto	"আমরা করবো জয়" ("We Shall Overcome")
Religious affiliation	Secular
Established	May 7, 1852;173 years ago (1852-05-07)
Founder	Robert Charles Hamilton
School board	WBBSE, WBCHSE, WBSCTVESD
School district	East Medinipur
Principal	Madhusudan Jana
Staff	51
Faculty	45
Grades	1st
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	2500
Language	Bengali and English
Campus size	95.353 Acre
Campus type	Urban
Colour	White & Black
Yearbook	তমালিকা (Tamalika)
Website	https://hamilton.page.tl/

Tamluk Hamilton High School is the second oldest school in the undivided Medinipur, in India. ^[2] It originated in 1852, five years before the founding of the University of Calcutta.

History

The school was founded in 1852 by Robert Charles Hamilton, a salt merchant and philanthropist, whose contributions towards education stand as a parallel to the works of David Hare. ^[3] A number of archaeological finds from Tamluk (as well as a couple of finds from the nearby village of Moyna) were being kept at the school as of 1951. ^{[4] [5]} The Tamluk Hamilton School is an educational institution in the Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. The school is notable for having had Khudiram Bose, an Indian revolutionary, as a student from 1900 to 1903. Bose is widely regarded as one of the first martyrs of the Indian independence movement. Even most of the prominent leaders of the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, such as Sushil Kumar Dhara, Ajoy Mukherjee and Rajani Kanta Pramanik has also been the alumni of this institution. ^{: 230–1, 235–6, 238}

Notable alumni

• Khudiram Bose, Indian nationalist, revolutionary, convicted in the Muzaffarpur conspiracy case and hanged, one of the youngest martyrs of the freedom movement ^[6]
• Sushil Kumar Dhara, Indian revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding members of the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar during the Quit India Movement
• Jadugopal Mukherjee, Indian revolutionary and politician, one of the stalwart leaders of the Jugantar group
• Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, Indian independence activist and politician, another founding member of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, served as the 3rd Chief ministers of West Bengal
• Mukul Dey, Indian artist and considered the pioneer of Drypoint-etching, first Indian principal of the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata
• Paresh Maity, Indian artist and painter, was awarded the Padma Shri award
• Samit Bhanja, actor and director, was regarded as one of the most promising actors of Bengali cinema of the time
• Subhendu Samanta, Justice of Calcutta High Court. ^[7]

School uniform

White shirt with black shorts or trousers, white socks and black shoes.

See also

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

References

1. "Tamluk Hamilton High School".
2. "Tamluk Hamilton High School | Purba Medinipur | India" . Retrieved 17 August 2023.
3. ".:: Legacy of Midnapore - Tamluk Hamilton High School ::". www.midnapore.in. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
4. ".:: Legacy of Midnapore - Tamluk Hamilton High School ::". www.midnapore.in. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
5. Ramachandran, T. N. (1951). "Tāmraliptī (Taṁluk)" . Artibus Asiae. 14 (3): 226–239. doi:10.2307/3248590. ISSN   0004-3648. JSTOR   3248590.
6. "Khudiram Bose, The Revolutionary Who Smiled In The Face Of Death At 18 - The Commune". 12 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
7. Hon’ble Justice Subhendu Samanta. "Judge Information" . Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• Tamluk Hamilton High School : West Bengal