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The Calcutta Boys' School | |
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Address | |
72, S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata - 700014 | |
Coordinates | 22°33′46.04″N 88°22′01.56″E / 22.5627889°N 88.3671000°E |
Information | |
Type | Private |
Motto | Dei Mundus Deo (The World of God for God) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Methodist Church in India |
Established | 1877 |
Founder | Bishop James M Thoburn |
Principal | Mr. Raja McGee |
Number of students | 3100 |
Classes | Nursery (4+) to 12 (ISC) |
Campus type | Urban |
Houses | Thoburn , Laidlaw , Henderson , Warne |
Song | "Hail! Alma Mater" |
Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
The Calcutta Boys' School is an independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. was founded by the Rev. James Mills Thoburn (Methodist Missionary to India, and later Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church), and was opened in 1877. It was endowed by Robert Laidlaw and others interested in the education of the sons of the Anglo-Indian and domiciled European community.[1]