Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya
Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya (School for Hindu Women) was a boarding school located at 22 Beniapukur Lane, Entally, Kolkata, India, founded by Annette Akroyd[1] The school made a break with the idea of a less taxing curricula for girls, and provided the same kind of learning for its students as was available for boys.[2] Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Jogesh C. Bagal, records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873[1] David Kopf mentions it as 18 September 1873.[3]
Dwarkanath Ganguly was the headmaster.[3] Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das bore the expenses of the institution.[4] Others involved in the school were Sivanath Sastri and Monomohun Ghose.[2] Mrs. J. B. Phear was an honorary teacher.[1][5] She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at table with cutlery.[2]
After the marriage of Annette Akroyd, the school was closed in March 1876 for a short time and was revived on 1 June 1876 as Banga Mahila Vidyalaya (Bengali Women’s College).[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bagal, Jogesh Chandra, History of the Bethune School and College (1849-1949) in Bethune College and School Centenary Volume, edited by Dr. Kalidas Nag, 1949, p33
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, pp. 34-39, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-03125-8
- ↑ Sastri, Sivanath, History of the Brahmo Samaj, 1911-12/1993, p. 164, Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
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