Suniti Academy Explained

Sunity Academy, Coochbehar
Motto:Sanskrit: তমসো মা জ্যোতির্গময়
Motto Translation:From darkness to light
Streetaddress:Victor Prince Nripendra Narayan Road,
City:Kochbihar
District:Kochbihar
State:West Bengal
Country:India
Postalcode:736101
Established:1881
Founder:His Highness Maharaja Nripendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
Affiliation:WBBSE & WBCHSE
Headmistress:Bhupali Roy
Colors: White
Green

Sunity Academy is a higher secondary girls' school in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

History

The school was founded in 1881 as Sunity College by His Highness, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. It was named after Her Highness Maharani Suniti Devi, who was the brain behind its establishment.[1] [2] She was the daughter of Keshub Chandra Sen.

The school was rechristened as Sunity Academy in 1916. In 1928, the Sunity Academy was affiliated to the University of Calcutta.[3] [4] However, the school is now attached to University of North Bengal since its inception in 1962.[1]

In 1937, when the representative of the Governor General of the Eastern States came to visit Sunity Academy, he was highly impressed with its management.

In 2003, the erstwhile president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam visited the school.[1] In 2004, Her Highness Gayatri Devi, the Rajmata of Jaipur and the Princess of Cooch Behar, paid a visit.[1] In 2006, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary.[2]

Maharani Suniti Devi's second son Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur's three daughters Princesses Ila, Gayatri and Menaka (Princesses of Cooch Behar) appeared for their matriculation examination from Sunity Academy.

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/sunity/sunity_home.html SUNITY ACADEMY
  2. Web site: Women's crusader for 125 years - Cooch behar school salutes Suniti devi on foundation day . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317151626/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060208/asp/siliguri/story_5818461.asp. dead. 17 March 2014. 8 February 2006. The Telegraph. 27 June 2012.
  3. Hundred years of the University of Calcutta: a history of the university issued in commemoration of the centenary celebrations, Volume 1, 1957. pp 138.
  4. West Bengal District Gazetteers: Cooch-Behar, 1977. pp 163, 180.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=g28MAQAAMAAJ&q=aparajita+goppi+cooch+behar