Hooghly Collegiate School was founded in 1812 as the Hooghly College and is one of the oldest schools in

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and the oldest in

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History

HCS's early provenance is sketchily documented in ''Karuņāsāgar Vidyāsāgar'', quoting from 'Education Committee' reports, periodicals and other print media of that period. The name of the school changed once or twice, till it came to be known as 'Hooghly College' and thence 'Hooghly Collegiate School' when the college wing was created. The location underwent changes, too. The so-called 'new building' (to the 'Ṣāṇḍeśvar Talā' end of the prayer ground, to house the laboratories and the classes IX to XI of the new Higher Secondary scheme) and the box-like, stand-alone crafts-cum-smithy building were completed in 1956-57. The oldest building of the school and part of the adjoining Mohsin College were

Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Haji Muhammad Mohsin ( – 29 November 1812) was a prominent Bengali Muslim philanthropist. His most notable contribution was to establish the Hooghly Mohsin College and the Hooghly Imambara. He also played a significant role during the Great Be ...

's personal property.

Notable alumni

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...

(1838–1894) *

Dwarka Nath Mitra Dwarka Nath Mitra (1833 - 25 February 1874) was a famous lawyer and judge of the Calcutta High Court. Dwarka Nath Mitra was born in 1833 in Hooghly district and educated at Hooghly College where he excelled in mathematics and English literatu ...

(1833–1874) *

Ramesh Chandra Majumdar Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980) was a historian and professor of Indian history. Majumdar is a noted historian of modern India. He was a former Sheriff of Kolkata. Early life and educatio ...

(1888-1980) * Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (1861–1907)

In popular culture

In author Suman Sen's 2017 horror-comedy book ''Koto Bhoot! Ki Adbhut!'', the main protagonist Batuk babu was an alumnus of this school. {{coord, 22.8821, 88.3992, type:edu_region:IN, display=title High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Hooghly district Educational institutions established in 1812 1812 establishments in India