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C.M.S. St. John's High School is the oldest school in
Nadia district Nadia () is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influe ...
and sixth oldest educational institution in the Indian state of
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. It is situated in
Krishnanagar, Nadia Krishnanagar (; ) is a city and a municipality. in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Nadia district. History Krishnanagar municipality was established in 1864 and is one of the oldest municipalities in Bengal. It is ...
.


History

In the 18th century, in order to spread English education and missionaries' works, the
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established some societies which were mostly controlled by the church. Such missionary work was started in Nadia in 1832 by the C.M.S. committee and C.M.S St. John's High School was established in 1834 by
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. Rev. W.Deerr and Rev. Blumhardt founded the school at Krishnagar town, before the Krishnagar municipality and Krishnagar Government College.


Notable alumni

* Chanchal Kumar Majumdar * Sourindra Mohan Sircar


See also

*
Education in India Education in India is primarily managed by the state-run public education system, which falls under the command of the government at three levels: Government of India, central, States and Territories of India, state and Local government in In ...
*
List of schools in India This is a list of schools in India grouped by state/UT. Where a state or city has its own list, it is linked without duplicating the names here.There are more than 1.5 million schools in India, so this list only includes those with Wikipedia ar ...
*
Education in West Bengal Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. Health Sciences, University of North Bengal and University of Calcutta. History Kolkata has played a pioneering role in the development of the mode ...


References


External links

* Schools in Colonial India High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Nadia district Educational institutions established in 1834 1834 establishments in British India Krishnanagar {{WestBengal-school-stub