Rajkumar College (or RKC) in

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, Chhattisgarh, is one of the oldest K-12 foundations of

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. It was founded by Sir Andrew Fraser in the year 1882 at Jabalpur. The School functioned at Jabalpur till 1892 and thereafter, shifted to its present site at Raipur in 1894, with boarding house facilities. Its estate is spread over 125 acres. It is a co-education, residential cum day boarding public school affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi and prepares the students for

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(ICSE) (Class X) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) (Class XII) examinations.

History

The school was established in 1882 by the efforts of Sir

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, KCSI and the British authorities as Rajkumar School at

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and was closed due poor facilities and location. A decision to shift it to

in 1894 and renamed as Rajkumar College and founded as a Chiefs' College. RKC was created for education of sons and relatives of rulers of Chhattisgarh Feudatory States and local

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s, who donated funds.
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Present day

From 1939 to 1989, RKC was a public boys school with hostel, swimming, playground, hospital, pavilion, library, billiard room, and temple. The medium of education is English with equal emphasis on

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/ref> The institution provides curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The campus is 170 acres and has separate sports grounds such as a cricket ground with stadium and several soccer and hockey grounds and individual arena for different sports. The college has a day school and several boarding house and buildings. The Rajendra Das Boarding House and the Balram Das Boarding House are named after the donors of the State of Nandgaon and they constitute the main building. The Tagore House, named after

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, was opened by

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, the first prime minister of India in 1963. The college has a big dining hall, which was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India. The campus houses the Koriya Museum after the main donor of the museum building, the princely state of Koriya.Rakjumar College
The school is affiliated to Indian School Certificate Examination Board, New Delhi (ICSE) and prepares the students for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) Examinations.

Co-educational school

The RKC has become a Co-Educational school from 1996 Onwards.

Management

The school is managed by a board of trustees belonging to original founders, the descendants of feudatory states and

s, who have hired professionals for management and day-to-day affairs.

Campus & Infrastructure

The College puts up with a 125 acres campus in the midst of the city. The Auditorium – Jashpur Hall is fully air conditioned and can accommodate more than 1700 persons. Incidentally the first Vidhan Sabha of the newly formed Chhattisgarh State was held in this hall.

Mess & Catering

The College has a big Dining Hall namely Sarangarh Dining Hall which was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad the then President of India where over 600 students can be served meals at a time.

Guest House

Utkal Bhawan the College Guest House has adequate rooms.

Notable alumni

* Raja Digvijai Das *

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Kamakhya Narain Singh Maharaja Kamakhya Narain Singh Bahadur (10 August 1916 – 7 May 1970) of Ramgarh, Jharkhand was the Maharaja Bahadur of Ramgarh Raj and later a politician. He belonged to the Rathore clan of Rajput. Early life and family He was educated ...

* Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo *

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Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo, King of Bastar (''Pravir Chandra Bhanj Dev'' 25 June 1929 – 25 March 1966) was the 20th Maharaja of Bastar State Nareshchandra Singh Raja Nareshchandra Singh (21 November 1908 – 11 September 1987), was ruler of Sarangarh state in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh. He also served as Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh. Early life Raja Nareshchandra Singh was the l ...

* Ananga Kumar Patnaik *

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Hemendra Chandra Singh Hemendra Chandra Singh (29 September 1967 – 5 September 2014) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kandhamal constituency in Odisha. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He had ...

Vishwaraj Pratap Singh Vishwaraj Pratap Singh (18 October 1932 – 14 May 2007) was prince and later held the officially, the titular Raja of Kawardha State from 1959-1971. He was eldest son of Raja Dharamraj Singh. He was a member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya ...

Yogeshwar Raj Singh Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967) is a scion of Kawardha Raj family and son of late Vishwaraj Pratap Singh. He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur. He married 19 February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi belonging to erstwhile Tripura State. Th ...

* Vishal Singh *

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References

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