Scindia School
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The Scindia School is a residential school for boys, situated in the Gwalior Fort, in Gwalior, India.
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[edit] History
The Scindia School was founded by the late Maharaja Madhavrao Jayaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior in 1897. Originally called the Sardar School, it was meant exclusively for sons of Indian princes and nobles. It was originally located within the city of Gwalior, but was shifted to the Gwalior Fort around the turn of the century. The School eventually became a public residential school for boys under the headmastership of Mr. F G Pearce. The school celebrated its centenary in October 1997.
[edit] The School
The School is divided into twelve Houses, four for juniors and eight for seniors, each named after important places and individuals from Maratha History.
Junior Houses: Jankoji, Dattaji (Sarvapalli), Nimaji, Kanerkhed (Siddharth).
Senior Houses: Jayaji, Ranoji, Mahadji, Jeevaji, Madhav, Shivaji, Jyotiba (Ravindra)*, Daulat (Vivekanand), Jayappa (Chaitanya).
* Jyotiba house was discontinued from 2003.
The four Houses for the Junior Boys are looked after by Housemasters/Housemistresses, matrons and other domestic staff. The senior houses have a Housemaster and a resident tutor along with the necessary domestic staff. The total strength of students is approximately 630.
[edit] Religious Affiliation
Though the school's traditions and practices are markedly Indian, the school is secular.
[edit] Eminent Alumni
Some of the School's alumni (know as Old Boys) have gone on to eminence:
- Madhav Rao Scindia
- Salman Khan
- Nitin Mukesh
- K. Natwar Singh
- Ananda Shankar
- Rajendra S. Pawar
- Sooraj R. Barjatya
- Ameen Sayani
- Abhay N. Firodia
- Parle's Ramesh Chauhan
- Lord Amir Ali Bhatia
- Shiv Shankar Menon Foreign secretary of India
- Anurag Kashyap Film writer and director
- Bharat Vittalbhai Patel
