Vidyasagar Vidyapith Boys' School, popularly known as Bangla School, is one of the oldest school located in

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore (Pron: med̪iːniːpur) is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as '' ...

town and it is also one of the best school in midnapore

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

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. This school was established with the blessings of

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( bn, ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. ...

, the illustrious educationist and social reformer of Bengal, on 22 August 1845. In 2011 this institution was declared a " Heritage School" by the heritage commission, government of West Bengal. The school follows the course curricula of

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination (or secondary school level examination) of West Bengal, India. It has come into force ...

(WBBSE) and

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) came into existence in 1975. It is an autonomous examining authority, which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools aff ...

(WBCHSE) for Standard 10th and 12th Board examinations respectively.http://wbchse.nic.in/admin/school_details.php?hp=5158 The school celebrated the 150 th year of its existence on 22 August 1994 in a befitting manner. The ceremony was graced by Raghunath Reddy, then Governor of West Bengal.

Notable alumni

Bimal Dasgupta Bimal Dasgupta (29 April 1910 – 3 April 2000), nicknamed "Makhan", was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence. ...

-freedom fighter

References

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High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Paschim Medinipur district Educational institutions established in 1845 1845 establishments in British India