Elphinstone High School was a school established in 1822 in
Bombay,
India in honour of
Mountstuart Elphinstone,
Governor of Bombay
Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...
(1819–1827). In 1834 the Elphinstone Institute was founded, which started the
Elphinstone College. The English medium school in Bombay was renamed as the Elphinstone High School.
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was admitted in Elphinstone High School in 1904. He completed his matriculation in 1907. He was the first untouchable in India to achieve the matriculation feat.
References
Greater Bombay District Gazetteer 1986, British Period
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High schools and secondary schools in Mumbai