Hooghly Collegiate School
Hooghly Collegiate School was founded in 1812 as the Hooghly College and is one of the oldest schools in India and the 2nd oldest in West Bengal, the oldest one being St Thomas School, Kolkata.
History
HCS's early provenance is sketchily documented in Karuņāsāgar Vidyāsāgar, quoting from 'Education Committee' reports, periodicals and other print media of that period. The name of the school changed once or twice, till it came to be known as 'Hooghly College' and thence 'Hooghly Collegiate School' when the college wing was created. The location underwent changes, too. The so-called 'new building' and the box-like, stand-alone crafts-cum-smithy building were completed in 1956–57. The oldest building of the school and part of the adjoining Mohsin College were Hazi Mohammad Mohsin's personal property.Notable alumni
Source:- Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
- Dwarka Nath Mitra
- Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
- Brahmabandhab Upadhyay
- Pratul Mukhopadhyay
- Shamsuddin Ahmed