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St. Augustine's School is an Anglo-Indian School in the hill station town of
Kalimpong Kalimpong is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of . The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong district. The region comes under Gorkhaland Territo ...
in West Bengal, India, established in 1945.


About

St. Augustine's is a minority Christian School established and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling. The school is under the religious jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Darjeeling, who is also the President of the Governing Body. The school conducts classes from Lower Kindergarten to Class XII and is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Education in New Delhi. The school is recognized by the Department of Education of the
Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution ...
.


Notable Alumni

* Adrian Pradhan, lead vocalist of Nepalese rock band 1974 AD *
Bipul Chettri Bipul Chettri is a singer-songwriter of Nepalese descent who sings in the Nepali language and plays Himalayan folk rock music with a contemporary touch. His debut album, '' Sketches of Darjeeling'', was released in July 2014 and his follow-up a ...
, Indian singer-songwriter * Sonam Sherpa, lead guitarist of Indian rock band
Parikrama Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indian religions, Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. In Buddhism, it refers only ...
. * Members of Indian folk rock band Gauley Bhai, viz. Veecheet Dhakal, Anudwatt Dhakal and Siddhant Mani Chettri


See also

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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 ...
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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


St. Augustine's School Kalimpong official site
Boys' schools in India Schools in Colonial India Catholic boarding schools in India Christian schools in West Bengal Private schools in West Bengal Boarding schools in West Bengal Schools in Darjeeling district Kalimpong Educational institutions established in 1945 1945 establishments in India {{india-school-stub