Calcutta Girls' High School (abbreviated as CGHS) is a private school for girls in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
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West Bengal
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India
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History
It was founded in 1856 as a
boarding school under the patronage of
Lord Canning. The
Methodist Church in India
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The Methodist Church in India's roots originate in American Methodist missionary activity in India, as opposed to the British and Australian conferences of the Methodi ...
now manages the school. The school teaches in the English language, and teaches for the Indian School Certificate Examination (
ICSE /
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Hindustanlink – List of schools of Calcutta ( Kolkata )
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See also
* Education in India
*List of schools in India
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*Education in West Bengal
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References
External links
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Methodist schools in India
Christian schools in West Bengal
High schools and secondary schools in Kolkata
Girls' schools in Kolkata
Educational institutions established in 1856
1856 establishments in India
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