St Thomas' School is a

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Kidderpore Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighbourhood of Kolkata, South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Etymology Most plausibly, the name is a corruption of ''Khidrpur'' or ''Khizarpur' ...

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 ...

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, India. It was established on 21 December 1789, making it one of the oldest schools in India and has the largest campus in Kolkata. The school is affiliated to the

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(ISC), which conducts the ICSE (Grade 10) and ISC (Grade 12) examinations over the country.

Infrastructure

It has three football size fields, two basketball courts and children's playgrounds. The campus also houses the St. Thomas' College of Engineering and Technology and has a church known as St. Stephen's Church. There are two schools and an engineering college and a non-formal technical training centre. St. Thomas' boys' and girls' schools are the two schools here.

Alumni

Ravish Malhotra Ravish Malhotra (born 25 December 1943 in Lahore, British India) is a retired air commodore of the Indian Air Force. He was an Air Force test pilot stationed at the test centre in Bangalore. He was also the Air Officer Commanding of Hindon Air ...

, the

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pilot, who was a backup

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* High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata Primary schools in West Bengal Boarding schools in West Bengal Christian schools in West Bengal Schools in Colonial India Educational institutions established in 1789 1789 establishments in British India {{WestBengal-school-stub