Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya
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Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya was a boarding school located at 22 Beniapukur Lane, Entally, Kolkata
, India
, founded by Annette Akroyd 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. Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Jogesh C. Bagal, records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873 David Kopf
mentions it as 18 September 1873.
Dwarkanath Ganguly
was the headmaster. Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das
bore the expenses of the institution. Others involved in the school were Sivanath Sastri
and Monomohun Ghose
. Mrs. J.B.Phear was an honorary teacher. Under Annette's strict supervision the school was run along western lines. She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at table with cutlery.
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).
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, founded by Annette Akroyd 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. Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Jogesh C. Bagal, records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873 David Kopf
David Kopf
David Kopf is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. A well-known research scholar on South Asian history, he has produced several books on the region. He has won the Guggenheim Fellowship at the University. A Ph.D...
mentions it as 18 September 1873.
Dwarkanath Ganguly
Dwarkanath Ganguly
Dwarkanath Ganguly was a Brahmo reformer in Bengal of British India. He contributed substantially towards the enlightenment of society and the emancipation of women.-Early life:...
was the headmaster. Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das
Durga Mohan Das
Durgamohan Das was a Brahmo Samaj leader and a social reformer with notable contribution in the field of widow remarriage and women’s emancipation.- Early life :...
bore the expenses of the institution. Others involved in the school were Sivanath Sastri
Sivanath Sastri
Sivanath Sastri was a scholar, religious reformer, educator, writer and historian...
and Monomohun Ghose
Monomohun Ghose
Monomohun Ghose was the first practicing barrister of Indian origin. He is notable for his contributions towards the fields of women’s education, for arousing the patriotic feeling of his countrymen and for being one of the earliest persons in the country in organised national politics...
. Mrs. J.B.Phear was an honorary teacher. Under Annette's strict supervision the school was run along western lines. She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at table with cutlery.
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
Banga Mahila Vidyalaya
Banga Mahila Vidyalaya was the first women’s liberal arts college in India. Established at Kolkata on 1 June 1876, by the liberal section of the Brahmo Samaj, it was successor of Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya set up on 18 September 1873 by Annette Akroyd...
(Bengali Women’s College).
External links
- There is a picture of Annette Akroyd with the students of Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya, 1875, from Henry Beveridge’s India Called Them (1947). -