St Xavier's School, Jaipur
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| St Xavier's School, Jaipur | |
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 The facade of main school building | |
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Bhagwan Das Road , India | |
| Coordinates | 26°54′45″N 75°48′34″E / 26.912446°N 75.809467°E |
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| Type | Private primary and secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Deus Fortitudo Mea (God is my strength) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholicism |
| Denomination | Jesuit |
| Established | 1941 |
| Principal | Fr. Dominic(since 2018) |
| Teaching staff | 100+ |
| Grades | 1 -12 |
| Gender | Co-educational (since 1989) |
| Enrollment | 3,500+[citation needed] |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Newspaper | X Rays |
| Website | xaviersjaipur |
St Xavier's Senior Secondary School is a private Catholic secondary school located in Jaipur, in Rajasthan in north-western India. The school was established by the Jesuits in 1943 in this name. The Jesuits took over St. Mary's Boys School in 1943, which had recently been founded in 1941. In the year 2016, St Xavier's School, Jaipur had celebrated its 75th anniversary.[1]
History
[edit]The school was established in 1943.[2]: 95 Following a visit to St Xavier's School, Patna, Mirza Ismail, the prime minister of Jaipur State, wished to have a similar institution in his home city, Jaipur. As a result, the Jesuits took over management of St. Mary's Boys School,[2]: 95 which had been founded two years earlier, in 1941.[2]: 94 The school became co-educational in 1989.[3]
Notable alumni
[edit] | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (May 2021) |
- Lt. Amit Bhardwaj, a soldier martyred in the Kargil War[4]
- Rajiv Mehrishi, Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Rohit Bohra, Politician and Businessman
- Pratap Bhanu Mehta, vice-chancellor of Ashok University
- Raghubir Singh, photographer[5]
- Asrani, Indian Actor.[citation needed]
- Gaurav Munjal, Co-Founder and CEO, Unacademy
- Amit Lodha, IPS officer and author
- Shashindra Pal Tyagi, 20th Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force[6][7]
- Vikrant Bhargava, Co-founder, Party Gaming[8]
- Admiral Madhvendra Singh, former Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy[9]
- Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & Creative Director, South Asia Ogilvy & Mather India
- (Late) Mr. Rakesh Hooja, IAS, Director-General, Indian Institute of Public Administration[10]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Rosamma Thomas (16 February 2016). "Raje to launch 75th anniversary celebrations of St Xavier's School, Jaipur | Jaipur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Verma, G. C. (1984). Modern Education, its Growth and Development in Rajasthan, 1818–1983. Jaipur: Publication Scheme. ISBN 9788185263199.
- ^ "A Historical View of the School". St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "गोलियां लगने पर भी आखिरी दम तक लड़ता रहा 'जयपुर' का ये 'लाल', पाकिस्तानियों के मंसूबे किये नाकाम". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "TRIBUTE: The colours of India". Frontline. Vol. 16, no. 10. May 1999. Archived from the original on 6 November 2003.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Shashindra Pal Tyagi – Bharat Rakshak". Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "SP Tyagi". The Times of India. 7 February 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Linkedin page".
- ^ "Latest Releases". archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ Hooja, Rakesh; Hooja, Bhupendra (July 1982). "Land-Water Management and Productivity". Indian Journal of Public Administration. 28 (3): 633–650. doi:10.1177/0019556119820319. ISSN 0019-5561.
