Welham Boys' School is a boarding school located in
Dehradun, India. The school is a residential school for boys and is affiliated with
CBSE. It is ranked amongst the top five boys' boarding schools in the country as per the Education World rankings 2021.
History
Welham was founded in 1937 as a preparatory school for boarding schools in England and India, by Miss Oliphant, an English lady, with a capital of £1000. There were no funds or staff, and no school buildings. Miss Oliphant recruited another retired English lady, Miss Grace Mary Linnell, to run the boarding school for girls, and Miss Linnell became the Founder-Principal of
Welham Girls School. Under Miss Linnell's guidance Welham Girls High School, as it was known then, established itself as a boarding school. Today the ratio of teachers to students on campus stands at 9:1.
In 1956 Miss Oliphant donated all her assets to the Welham Boys' School, which presently is administered by a board of trustees. Mr. S. K. (Charlie) Kandhari took over as principal in January 1983.
Today the Welham Boys' School (WBS) is an active member of the
Round Square group of cooperation. The school hosts
model united nations conferences as well as military awareness seminars
Campus
Some major sites are the Learning Resource Center (LRC), the Activity Center, the White House (the oldest structure on campus), Bethany (Dining Hall), the hospital, the main field, lower grounds and various other fields, courts and ranges for sports.
The residencies are primarily the Oliphant House for Junior School, Shikhar Hostel for Jamuna and Ganga houses, Triveni for Cauvery house and Woodseats for Krishna house.
Notable alumni
* Lt. General
Prabodh Chandra Bhardwaj
Lieutenant general, Lieutenant General Prabodh Chandra Bhardwaj, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, PVSM, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, AVSM, Vir Chakra, VrC, Shaurya Chakra, SC, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM is a former General Officer of the Indian Army. He ...
- Ex-vice army chief and a War hero from the
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender,
Pakistani ...
and member of the Board of Governors at the Welham Boys' School.
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...
- Chief Minister of Odisha, India
*
Mani Shankar Aiyar - Politician, ex-Cabinet Minister of India
*
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Economist.
*
Shaad Ali - Film director
*
Rajiv Gandhi - ex- Prime Minister of India
*
Sanjay Gandhi - Politician
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Zayed Khan - Actor
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Vikas Kumar
Vikas Kumar (born 18 May 1977) is an Indian actor, producer and dialogue coach. He is known mainly for his performances as senior inspector Rajat in ''CID'', Abhay in ''Hamid'', Major Prem in '' Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran'', YRF TV's ''Khote ...
- Actor
*
Jubin Nautiyal - Bollywood singer
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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi - Ex- Cricket captain of India, Nawab of Pataudi
* Gautam Punj - Industrialist
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Vikram Seth - Writer
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Kunwar Sushant Singh
Kunwar Sushant Singh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Barhapur from Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a politician from Western Uttar Pradesh who belongs to Thakur (Rajput) caste. His father Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh is former BJP MP ...
- MLA Barhapur
*
Wajahat Habibullah
Wajahat Habibullah (born 30 September 1945) was the chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities. Prior to this, he held the position of the first Chief Information Commissioner of India. He was an officer of the Indian Administrativ ...
- First Chief Information Commissioner of India
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Miangul Aurangzeb
Miangul Aurangzeb (Urdu/Pashto: میاں گل اورنگزیب 28 May 1928 – 3 August 2014) was the last Wali Ahad (Crown Prince) of the former Swat State, the son of the last Wali of Swat, Miangul Jahan Zeb and the son -in-law of the ...
- last Wali Ahad (Crown Prince) of the former Swat State
References
External links
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Welham Boys School, Dehradun , Ammissione, recensioni, tariffe - Edustoke
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Round Square schools
Boys' schools in India
Boarding schools in Uttarakhand
Schools in Dehradun
Educational institutions established in 1937
1937 establishments in India