The Calcutta Anglo Gujarati School Explained

The Calcutta Anglo Gujarati School (or CAG School) is a private high school in Kolkata, India. It has two school buildings, one for the boys and one for the girls. It is on Pollock Street in the Burrabazar area, the commercial hub of the city.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

CAG School was founded in 1893 by the Gujarati-speaking business community of Kolkata, with an aim to provide education to their children in their mother tongue, Gujarati language, led by Seth Tribhovandas Hirachand Kothari, who remained its secretary for 50 from its inception.^{[2] [3] [6]} The school is patronized by the all Gujarati-speaking community, irrespective of their religion. Hindu, Jain, Kutchi and the Gujarati Muslims communities like Bohras, Memons and Khojas, contributed to its foundation and development.^{[7] [8]}

Gujarati remains the first language in the school where, until 1985-86, all subjects were taught in Gujarati. Now English is the medium of instruction. The school is affiliated to the WB Board and students have to appear for Madhyamik examinations for passing out.

The same trust which runs the school has now started 'The Calcutta Anglo Gujarati College, which is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology and offers courses in BBA and BCA.^[9]

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Notes and References

1. Calcutta, 1964:a social survey.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=BaQcAAAAMAAJ&q=the+calcutta+anglo+gujarati+school THE CALCUTTA ANGLO GUJARATI SCHOOL
3. https://archive.today/20130204120236/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1010906/the_east.htm GENX JUST WON’T MOUTH MOTHER TONGUE
4. Aspects of society and culture in Calcutta, M. K. A. Siddiqui, Anthropological Survey of India, 1982/
5. http://yellowpages.goldenkolkata.com/west-bengal/yellow-pages-history.php?city=1144%23Kolkata&category=12&sub_category=408&location=Kolkata%20G.P.O.&listing_id=15362 Calcutta Anglo Gujarati School,29, Pollock Street, BBD Baug, Kolkata G.P.O., Kolkata, West Bengal, India - 700001
6. Book: Sir Stanley Reed. Times of India, Bombay. The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who. 1955. Times of India Press. 1055.
7. http://www.memon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520:a&catid=46:personalities&Itemid=79 Abdul Aziz Al-Memony. He took an active interest in public welfare projects and extended considerable material support to Anglo-Gujrati School of Calcutta.
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=rT0cAQAAMAAJ&q=the+calcutta+anglo+gujarati+school Amritlal Ojha of Cutch was the Chairman of the Calcutta Anglo-Gujarati School
9. http://mycollege.in/The-Calcutta-Anglo-Gujarati-College/3569.php The Calcutta Anglo Gujarati College