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Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in
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(Calcutta),
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. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (
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to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the
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), and was opened in 1877. It was endowed by Robert Laidlaw and others interested in the education of the sons of the Anglo-Indian and domiciled European community.''Clifford Hicks'' by Alfred Martin, ''Pulse'', Calcutta, February 1980.


History

The origins of CBS are closely linked with the establishment of the
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in India. In January 1873, the Reverend William Taylor founded the work of the Thoburn
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in
Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
(
Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
). He was succeeded by the Reverend James Mills Thoburn. The latter's ardent preaching soon rendered the Entally Baptist Chapel unable to cope with the increasing number of converts."visions & victories in Hindustan" by Bishop B.T. Badley In February 1874, a new chapel was opened at 145 Dharmatala Street, built at a cost of 16,000
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s largely due to the generosity of George Bowen of Bombay who donated 10,000 rupees. Soon even this chapel proved unable to accommodate the growing congregation, until a larger church was constructed on Dharamtolla Street, where it stands today. The New Thoburn Church was dedicated on 31 December 1875. In 1888 Rev. James Mills Thoburn was elected Missionary Bishop of India and Malaysia – the first ever Missionary Bishop in India. Gilbert Samuel, who became Principal in 1997, furthered the cause of co-curricular activities, allowing the students of CBS to secure top positions at premier National and International contests regularly, including a second-place finish at the 2003 Biology Olympiad and the International Informatics Olympiad in 2004. In 2005 CBS won the under-16 national cricket tournament, and in 2004 the national rounds of the Inter School Frank Antony Memorial Debate. The school offers courses in Science, Commerce and Humanities (started in 2019) for the students enrolling in ISC.


Distinguished Alumni

* Altamas Kabir, distinguished
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and 39th Chief justice of India * Amit Mitra, Indian
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and
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* Benjamin Walker, Indian born
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* Binayak Sen, Indian paediatrician and
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specialist * Joy Bhattacharjya, Indian quizmaster,
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,
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and sports producer * Joymalya Bagchi, Indian
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* M. J. Akbar, Indian
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and
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* Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Indian
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* Utpal Banerjee, Indian born distinguished
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of developmental biology at UCLA * Utpal Chatterjee, Indian cricketer


Gallery

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See also

* List of schools in Kolkata


References


External links

*{{official website, http://www.calcuttaboysschool.edu.in/ Boys' schools in India Christian schools in West Bengal Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata Educational institutions established in 1877 1877 establishments in India