Lawrence School (Sanawar)
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| The Lawrence School, Sanawar | |
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Never Give In
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| Kasauli Hills, Himachal Pradesh India |
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| Type | Public school |
| Established | 15 April 1847 |
| School district | Solan |
| Staff | 70 |
| Grades | Lower Three - Upper Six |
| Number of students | 700 |
| Colour(s) | Red and White |
| Affiliation | All India CBSE |
| Founder | Henry Montgomery Lawrence |
| Houses | Himalaya, Nilagiri, Siwalik, Vindhya |
| Headmaster | Praveen Vashisht |
| Website | sanawar.edu.in |
The Lawrence School, Sanawar, is a co-educational boarding school in Kasauli Hills, Himachal Pradesh, India. The school, founded by Sir Henry Lawrence and his wife Honoria, is affiliated with India's Central Board of Secondary Education.[1]
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History
The school was established by Henry Lawrence on 15 April 1847, his initial impetus being to provide for the education of the orphans of soldiers. At the outset there were only fourteen children, including girls as well as boys, so the school was co-educational from its beginnings.[2] Under its first professional headmaster, the Rev. W. J. Parker, who was appointed in 1848, the school was known as "Lawrence's Asylum", reflecting its focus on orphans[3] but in 1858 it was renamed the "Lawrence Royal Military School".[2]
The school celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1997.[2]
Present day
The Lawrence School occupies a campus covering 139 acres of the Shivalik Hills, at an altitude of some 1750 metres above sea level.[2]
The school honours its original purpose by continuing to offer a reduction in fees for the children of military families. About a quarter of the boarders are the sons and daughters of former pupils.[4]
Headmasters
- 1848—1863: Rev. W. J. Parker[3]
- 1864—1886: Rev. J. Cole
- 1886—1912: Rev. A. H. Hildersley[5]
- 1912—1932: Rev. G. D. Barne, later Bishop of Lahore[6][7]
- 1947—1956: E. G. Carter MA (Cantab.)[8]
- 1956—1970: Major Ravi Somdutt[9]
- 1974—1988: Shomie Ranjan Das, economist[10]
Notable former pupils
See also Category: Lawrence School, Sanawar alumni
Alumni of the school are known as "Old Sanawarians".
- Omar Abdullah (born 1970), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir[11]
- Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 1962), president, Shiromani Akali Dal[12][13]
- Ajeet Bajaj (born 1965), first Indian to ski to the North Pole[14]
- Pooja Bedi (born 1970), actress and talk show host[15][13]
- Vishnu Bhagwat, a former Chief of the Naval Staff of India[11]
- Ranjit Bhatia OBE, athlete who ran in the marathon and 5000 meters events at the 1960 Summer Olympics[9]
- Maneka Gandhi (born 1956), politician and environmentalist, widow of Sanjay Gandhi [16]
- Feroze Gujral, model[17]
- Neena Gupta (born 1959), film and television actress and director-producer[18]
- Siddharth Kak, film maker[13]
- Shiva Keshavan (born 1981), represented India in Luge at Olympics[19]
- Iqbal Khan (born 1980), actor[20]
- Saif Ali Khan (born 1970), actor, heir of last reigning Nawab of Pataudi[21]
- Arun Khetarpal PVC (1950-1971), soldier, youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra[22]
- Apoorva Lakhia, film maker[23][11]
- Sonny Mehta, publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf[24]
- Rahul Roy (born 1968), actor[25]
- Parikshit Sahni, film and television actor[13]
- Amarinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala (born 1942), former Chief Minister of Punjab[26]
- Rao Inderjit Singh, politician, former Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Defence Production[25]
- Rana Talwar (born 1948), banker[4][27]
- Jehangir Wadia, managing director of GoAir and Bombay Dyeing[28]
- Ness Wadia (born 1970), managing director of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation[29]
References
- ^ main page of sanawar.edu.in (official school website), accessed 6 March 2012
- ^ a b c d Outlook (Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd, 1997), p. 98
- ^ a b 'Photocopies and transcripts of extracts from diaries and papers of Maj-Gen William Clive Justice (1835-1908): 11: Copy of letter from Sir Henry Lawrence to Rev W. J. Parker' at India Office select materials Mss Photo Eur 433, web site of the British Library, accessed 10 March 2012
- ^ a b Salaried class shying away in The Times of India dated July 4, 2004, at indiatimes.com, accessed 10 March 2012
- ^ Oakden Papers at University of Cambridge's Centre of South Asian Studies web site s-asian.cam.ac.uk, accessed 11 March 2012
- ^ A. J. Appasamy, Sundar Singh (2002), p. 225
- ^ Calcutta Review (University of Calcutta, 1936) p. 214: "G. D. Barne, Bishop of Lahore, to succeed the late Dr. A. C. Woolner as Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University. From 1912 until his selection as Bishop in 1932, he was Principal of the Lawrence Royal Military School, Sanawar."
- ^ India Today, vol. 17 (Thomson Living Media India Ltd, 1992) p. 27
- ^ a b Prabhsharan Singh Kang, Leadership through Initiative and Innovation A Case Study on Sanawar at sirtaj.net, accessed 7 March 2012
- ^ Rajendra Pal Singh, Educating the Indian elite (Sterling Publishers, 1989), p. 110 & Appendix VII
- ^ a b c Lawrence School founders day from indiatimes.com, accessed 7 March 2012
- ^ Vipin Pubby, Badal vs Badal at financialexpress.com, accessed 6 March 2012
- ^ a b c d Hemal Ashar, 'Ragging a reflection of our brutal world' at mid-day.com, accessed 7 March 2012
- ^ Ajeet Bajaj says the school motto kept him going at expressindia.com
- ^ Anubha Sawhney, Pooja Bedi: The siege within from The Times of India dated 1 June 2003 at indiatimes.com, accessed 6 March 2012
- ^ Om Gupta, Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Gyan Publishing, 2006), p. 1470
- ^ Geetika Sasan Bhandari, Where the hills come alive dated July 16 2010 at livemint.com, accessed 11 March 2012
- ^ Nisheeth Sharan’s “Grillopollis” hosts Sanawar’s reunion over its first preview dated 23 October 2010 at glamgold.com, accessed 11 March 2012
- ^ Shiva Keshavan at india-today.com
- ^ Iqbal Khan The King Khan of Indian Television Industry studied in Lawrence School Sanwar at miqbalkhan.com
- ^ Anshul Chaturvedi, My father was the last of his kind: Saif Ali Khan dated Nov 8, 2011 at indiatimes.com, accessed 6 March 2012
- ^ Arun Khetarpal on Indian army's site, indianarmy.nic.in
- ^ Sanawarians in the film industry at onlypunjab.com
- ^ M. Prabha, The waffle of the toffs: a sociocultural critique of Indian writing in English (Oxford & IBH Publishing, 2000), p. 130
- ^ a b Himachal Pradesh Residential schools: Smart learning at tribuneindia.com, accessed 11 March 2012
- ^ Ranjit Singh, Kripa Shankar, Sikh Achievers (Hemkunt Press, 2008), p. 8
- ^ 'TALWAR, Rana Gurvirendra Singh, born 22 March 1948' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011)
- ^ Wadia Family at scribd.com, accessed 11 March 2012
- ^ Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul, Mohit Burman from The Times of India dated April 2, 2008, at web.archive.org, accessed 6 March 2012
External links
- Official website
- Old Sanawarian Society (alumni web site)
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