Midnapore Collegiate School.

About Midnapore Collegiate School

Midnapore Collegiate School, formerly Governmental Zilla School, established on 14 November 1834, is one of the oldest schools in Bengal as well as India. The students and teachers of this school made contributions to Indian Freedom Movement during the British Rule. Khudiram Bose, a martyr in the freedom struggle was one of the students of the school. Some other alumni of the institution are Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay, Manik Bandopadhyay, and Soumya Sankar Bose. Brahmo Samaj leader Rishi Rajnarayan Basu as headmasters had also contributed in building up the institution. It was formerly the Zilla School of Midnapore in West Bengal.