Siliguri Boys High School

Siliguri Boys' High School is one of the first schools of Siliguri, and the most prestigious school of this sub-Himalayan part of West Bengal.

History of Establishment

was established in the year 1898/99 as a Middle English School and upgraded to a High English School on 2nd January 1918 with six (6) students in std VIII. Officially 1918 is considered as the year of establishment of Siliguri Boys’ High School though it started its function 20 years earlier. After independence the school was converted to a Multipurpose High School in 1957, i.e. all the three streams, Science, Commerce and Humanities could be studied here. This was the first multipurpose school of the region. Later the medium of instruction was shifted to Bengali from English.

ecretary's Office

The first secretary of the school was Rai Saheb Surendranath Bhattacharya. He was the secretary of the M.E School from 1904 to 1917 and due to his endeavor the school was upgraded to a High School in 1918 and was there as the secretary till August 1936 and then as the Vice-President till 1940. Surendranath Bhattacharya came to Siliguri from Burdwan in 1903 and soon realized the need of a good school in the region and took all initiative to upgrade the school. He was the son-in-law of Kaliprasanna Bhattacharya.

The office of the secretary were followed by Kali Kinkar Singha, Birendranath Sarkar , Swadesh Ranjan Sarkar etc.The present secretary is Nikhil Ranjan Guha.

Head Master's Office

(1918 - 2008)

#Khitish Chandra Bhattacharya
#Anadinath Mukherjee, M.A.
#Karuna Krishna Sarkar, B.A.
#Sudhindranath Raha, B.A.
#Sachindra Mohan Sarkar (1927-63)
#Khestra Nath Choudhury, M.A. (Triple), B.T
#Ramanath Chakraborty, M.A.
#Monoranjan Choudhury, M.A., B.T.
#Narayan Chandra Saha, M.Sc.,B.T.
#Anil Ghosh
#Chandan Das, M.Sc [phsc.] , B.ed.

Affiliation

The school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education - popularly known as West Bengal State Education Boards.

Building

The M.E school was housed in a big hut made of thatched paddy roof, wooden floor, plinth on logs and bamboo doors. It stood where the present Tathya Kendra stands. On 23rd December, 1922 this school was burnt to ashes.

A 2.29 acres of land was demarcated in the Railway Survey Map of 1877 near the Terminal Rail Station (now Siliguri Town Station) where the school stands today. In the initial years the classes were held in two buildings. One with 18 ft x 80 ft with a 6 ft veranda and the other was 56 ft x 17 ft with a 5 ft verandah. The floors and plinth were made of concrete, with wooden walls and corrugated roofs. Later a 18 ft x 15 ft concrete office and library were made followed by a bigger headmaster’s sitting room and lumber.

Behind this building there were two more rooms used as hostel separately used for the Hindu and Muslim students. Before this hostel was made the Hindu hostel was approximately 1 km far off on the Hill Cart Road, where the present Layak Bhawan stands.

Now the school have a big double storied building with an auditorium, staff rooms, all well equipped Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography laboratories.

Alumni

* Charu Majumdar, the founding leader of the Naxalbari Movement.

* Ananda Mohan Bhattacharya, former chief justice of Kolkata & Mumbai High Court.

* Anup Deb, former chief justice of Sikkim High Court.

* Prof. Asru Kumar Sikder, Eminent professor of Bengali language and literature.

* Dr. Biplab Bhawal, Renowned Scientist (Physics), USA