Alfred High School, Rajkot

Mohandas Gandhi High School
Aerial view of Mohandas Gandhi High School
Location
Jawahar Road, Rajkot India
Coordinates	22°17′55″N 70°48′06″E / 22.298492°N 70.801724°E / 22.298492; 70.801724
Information
Type	Public
Established	1885
Founded	October 17, 1853
Founder	H.H. Nawab of Junagadh
School district	Rajkot
Grades	10+2
Number of students	720 approximately
Color(s)	White, Navyblue
Athletics	Cricket, Football, hockey,
Affiliation	GSEB
Alumni	Mahatma Gandhi
Current Name	Mohandas Gandhi High School
Architect	Sir Robert Bell Booth

The Alfred High School (also known as Mohandas Gandhi High School) in Rajkot is one of the oldest institutions in India today.

History

This school was constructed during British rule in India by political agent Kernel Singh. This was the first English school in the saurashtra (region), which was originally called Rajkot English School was founded on October 17, 1853. It later became a full fledged high school By 1868 AD. It came to be known as the Rajkot High School in 1886. It was named Alfred High School in the late 1907. The present buildings of the Alfred High School were built for Kathiawar by HH Nawab of Junagadh in memory of Prince Alferd, the Duke of Edinburgh. This School was opened in January, 1875 by H.E. Sir Philip Wodehouse, KCB & GCSI, Governor of Bombay. ^[1]
Mahatma Gandhi did his schooling from Alfred High School. The name Alfred High School was changed to "Mohandas Gandhi High School" after,a independence, as Gandhiji took his primary education in this school.^[2]

See also

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• The Rajkumar College
• Rajkot

References

1. ^ "Source", Retrieved on December 26, 2007
2. ^ "Colonial Tour of RMC", Retrieved on December 26, 2007