It has been decided by Department to release a
Commemorative Postage Stamp and First Day Cover on Boy's High School and
College, Allahabad on 5th November, 2013. Shri B. L. Joshi, Hon'ble
Governor, Uttar Pradesh will be the Chief Guest of the function.
The Boys' High School and College, originally
established in 1861 is one of the oldest educational institutions of Allahabad.
It is located on a lush green campus of 13-acre in the heart of the city, in
Civil Lines, at 4 P.D. Tandon Road. The school was affiliated from 1898 to 1914
to the University of Allahabad, which was at that time also known as the Oxford
Of the East. Later on up to 1929 it was affiliated to the UP Intermediate
Board. The Cambridge Overseas School Certificate Examination was started in
1915. Science classes were started in 1917 by the school at the request of the
government which, besides giving liberal grants for the building and equipment,
agreed to pay the salary of the science teacher.
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