Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya

Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya (Bengali: শৈলেন্দ্র সরকার বিদ্যালয়) affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) and is one of the oldest Bengali medium schools in Kolkata, India, located at 62A, Shyampukur Street in north Kolkata. It is a Government sponsored Higher Secondary School. The school was founded in 1920 & the original name of the school was Saraswati Institution. The school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya in paying homage to the founder Head Master of the school Sailendranath Sircar in 1948. The current main building of school was built in 1934. The school also has another building on the back side of the main building which houses the primary section.

Main School Building

Notable alumni

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister of West Bengal
Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist working in string theory.
Shyamal Kumar Sen, Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court

References

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