Anand Bhawan is a minority catholic educational institution in

Barabanki Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Founded in 1949 by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow ( la, Lucknoven(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Lucknow in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. The Cathedral School of Lucknow is located in the same compound as St. Joseph's Cathedr ...

, it is run by the

Institute of the Maids of the Poor The Institute of the Maids of the Poor or Society of the Maids of the Poor (MOP), is a Roman Catholic institute of consecrated life for women. It was founded by Albert Conrad De Vito, O.F.M. Cap., on 6 July 1951 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India ...

, a religious charitable society. The institution has been an important educational centre of the city for more than 60 years.

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Anand Bhawan Girls Inter College (UPB), Barabanki

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Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is a privately held national-level board of school education in India that conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination for Class X and the Indi ...

, New Delhi, India.

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Anand Bhavan School @ uttarpradeshschools.co.in

Mention of Anand Bhawan in US Senate Report 1978

News related to headscarf controversy

Anand Bhawan
Catholic secondary schools in India Primary schools in Uttar Pradesh High schools and secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh Schools in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh Educational institutions established in 1949 1949 establishments in India

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