''La Martiniere ''(informally known as LMC) is an elite, independent private day school located in

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(Calcutta),

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. It comprises two single-gender boys and girls schools. It was established in 1836 in accordance with the will of the French soldier of fortune and philanthropist, Major General Claude Martin. They are Christian schools, controlled by the Anglican

Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united and uniting churches, united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the Protestant churches working in northern India. It is a prov ...

and independent from the government, with English as the primary language of instruction.La Martiniere history at Tripod
accessed 10 August 2007 La Martiniere Calcutta is often ranked among the best day schools in the country, and has produced a distinguished list of alumni in all walks of Indian and British society. It has an annual meet with La Martiniere Lucknow hosted in September, as well as occasional meets with its sister school La Martiniere Lyon in France.

Notable alumni

Jaidip Mukerjea Jaidip Mukerjea (born 21 April 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from India. Personal life Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das. He completed his schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta. Tennis ca ...

Tennis ('59 batch) * Mausam Noor

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Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen (9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014) was an Indian mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, and teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two eight-thousanders, Mount Everest and Mount ...

, first Bengali woman to climb

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Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players ever. He holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes won eight men' ...

('92 batch), tennis: till Class VII only; he transferred thereafter to the Brittania Academy, Madras) *

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray Sunanda K. Datta-Ray is an Indian journalist. He has been editor of '' The Statesman'' (Calcutta and New Delhi) and has also written for the ''International Herald Tribune'' and ''Time''. He was editor-in-Residence at the East-West Center in Hon ...

('54 batch), author, journalist and former editor of '' The Statesman'' * C. K. Birla ('69 batch), Hindustan Motors *

Rajiv Mehrotra Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, television producer-director, documentary film maker, a personal student of the Dalai Lama for whom he manages as Trustee/Secretary The Foundation for Universal Responsibility (www.furhhdl.org) established with ...

('69 batch), award-winning documentary film maker. iconic 'voice' and television anchor. Managing Trustee, Public Service Broadcasting Trust. *

Jug Suraiya Jug Suraiya is a prominent Indian journalist, author and columnist. He is best known as a satirist and columnist. Suraiya is a former editorial opinion editor and associate editor of the ''Times of India''. He is Delhi-based and schooled at La M ...

('62 batch), humourist and journalist *

Pritish Nandy Pritish Nandy (born 15 January 1951) is an Indian poet, painter, journalist, parliamentarian, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was a parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha from Mahara ...

('63 batch), poet, journalist and film producer. *

Swapan Dasgupta Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. ...

('71 batch), journalist, political commentator and Member of Parliament. *

Chandan Mitra Chandan Mitra ( bn, চন্দন মিত্র; 12 December 1954 – 1 September 2021) was an Indian journalist and politician who was the editor and managing director of '' The Pioneer'' newspaper in Delhi. He was also a two-term member o ...

(Gold Medalist, '71 batch), Ex-Member of Parliament, owner of ''The Pioneer'' newspaper; author of ''Constant Glory'', an authorized history of La Martinière. *

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (born 5 October 1955) is an Indian journalist, writer, publisher, documentary film maker and teacher. He has been a guest faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad for 18 consecutive years, and also taught at the IIMs at Calcutta a ...

('71 batch), journalist, Editor of EPW. *

Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and is considered to be one of its co-founders, along with his wife R ...

, television broadcaster. (till Class V; he transferred thereafter to Doon School, Dehra Dun) *

Suhel Seth Suhel Seth (born May 1963) is an Indian businessman and columnist who is the founder and managing partner of the consultancy firm Counselage India. Seth is also a columnist, actor, keynote speaker, and a TV Pundit. He currently serves as the ...

('82 batch), advertising professional and TV personality. *

Catchick Paul Chater Sir Catchick Paul Chater ( hy, Փոլ Չաթեր; ; 8 September 1846 – 27 May 1926) was a prominent British businessman of Armenian descent in colonial Hong Kong, whose family roots were in Calcutta, India. Biography Early life Chater was ...

(1864 batch), Father of modern Hong Kong, benefactor to the College (Rupees 1.1 million in the 1910s). Chater was a Foundation Scholar. *

Vijay Mallya Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian businessman, former politician and fugitive. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India. ...

('72 batch, Hastings House Captain), Chairman of the United Breweries (UB) Group and ex

member * Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman and CEO, Bengal Ambuja *

Pramod Bhasin Pramod Bhasin stepped down as President and CEO of Genpact, India's largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, becoming non-executive Vice Chairman in 2011. Career Pramod is a British Chartered Accountant from McLintock & Co, London, a ...

('75 batch), founder and first CEO of Genpact. * Hemant Kanoria ('80 batch), founder and chairman of SREI Infrastructure Finance * John Mason (Good Conduct Medal, '62 batch), educationist. Mason was a Foundation Scholar and later teacher. * Nirmalya Kumar ('77 batch), business writer, Professor and Director for Aditya V. Birla India Centre at London Business School. * Ashok Malik ('88 batch), former press secretary to the President of India * Rajit Gadh, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,

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, actress/ model, Miss India in 1975, also a National Swimming champion * Bickram Ghosh ('84 batch), tabla pandit *

Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarle ...

('29 batch), Hollywood actress * Kiran Rao ('85 batch, plus 2 only), film producer ("Dhobi Ghat") *

Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM (born 6 August 1941), the scion of Dhenkanal is a former Member of Parliament and a retired Indian Territorial Army officer. He was a member of the 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha. He w ...

('61 batch), Union Cabinet minister (Information and Broadcasting) in the 1980s * Anuvab Pal ('95 batch, School Vice Captain), comedian, author and scriptwriter * Ramit Tandon ('11 batch), Asian Games'18 squash bronze medalist * Tapan Singhel, MD & CEO,

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* Khokhan Sen ('43 batch), India cricketer with 14 Test caps * Asma Khan ('87 batch), chef/ restauranteur *

Nikhita Gandhi Nikhita Gandhi (born 1 October 1991) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian films in four different languages. She has worked on Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada film projects. She sang as the face of Deepika Padukone ...

(2010 batch), Indian playback singer * Sanjoy Narayan (1978 batch), journalist and editor * Rahil Gangjee ('97 batch), professional golfer * Aki Narula (‘87 batch), designer

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