Jagadbandhu Institution
Jagadbandhu Institution ) is a school for boys in South Kolkata, West Bengal, India, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination.History
Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of South Kolkata. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee. The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.Notable people
Notable alumni
- Chinmoy Guha, scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
- Samik Bandyopadhyay, scholar and critic
- Subrata Guha, former test cricketer
- Subrata Roy, professor, inventor, author
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, national professor, got Padmabhushan Award
Notable teachers
- Jyoti Bhusan Chaki, linguist, author, translator
- Shyamal Dutta Ray, water-colour painter
Alumni association
The school alumni association was established in 1992.
