- South Suburban School (Main)
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established = 1874
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location =Kolkata
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state =West Bengal
country =India
founder = Dr Ganga Prasad Mukherjee
type = Government Sponsored
affiliation = This school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and to West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
classes = Jr. I (4+) to 12
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website = http://southsuburbanschool.org/History
South Suburban School (Main) was established on 13th February in 1874. It was initially located at Hazra Pukur (now Jatin Das Park) in
Kolkata . At that time it was known as South Suburban School, Kalighat. Pundit Sibnath Sastri was the first head-master of this school. After a few years the school's name was changed to South Suburban School, Bhowanipur. The school was relocated to Govinda Bose Lane i.e. its current location. The Secondary building of the school was built in 1888 by an Italian engineer and its primary building was built in 1908.Asutosh College was established by this school. This school also has a history of helping other schools , including L.M.S. Institution (now known as South Suburban School (Branch)), Sir Ramesh Mitra Balika Vidyalaya and Chakraberia High School.
Campus
The school is located at Govinda Bose Lane.There are two buildings and each building has its own playground.Bigger one is known as 'Boro Bari' and other as 'Choto Bari'.
Uniform
The uniform of the school is a white shirt with Ass colour shorts or trousers, white socks and black shoes. Physical education days require a white trouser and white cades instead and in winter Navy Blue sweaters are allowed. There is also a school emblem i.e. 'S' that should be on the pocket of the shirt.
Notable alumni
The alumnus of this school includes
* Banglar Bagh Sir Asutosh Mukhopadhay
* Shri Upendra Nath Gangopadhyay
* Shri Sourindra Mohan Mukhopadhyay
* Shri Debi Prasad Roy Chawdhuri
* Shri Achintya Kumar Sengupta
*Premendra Mitra ,renowned Bengali poet, novelist and short story writer
* Shri Bijoy Kumar Bandyapadhyay
* Shri Protul Gupta
* Shri Nitish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
* Dr. Sisir Kumar Basu
* Shri Sabitabrata Dutta.
*Uttam Kumar ,A great Bengali Film-star
* Tarun Kumar,Famous character artist of Bengali Cinema
*Rabi Ghosh , Famous character artist and Comedian of Bengali Cinema
* Shri Sisir Kumar Das
* Historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
* Footballer Sukumar Samajpati
* Dr. Subhash Chandra De, renowned surgeon & presently chairman of the alumni associationActivities
The school has an active NCC curriculum having Army, Air and Naval wings and students of this school also participated in Republic Day March in Delhi.
This school has a pretty good sports environment. This school encourages its students to partcipate in various sporting events. There is a cricket team which regularly participates in the various school level tournaments.
External links
* [http://southsuburbanschool.org South Suburban School (Main)/]
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