Mitra Institution (Main) is one of the heritage schools of

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, teaching grades one to twelve under the

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and the

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. The school premises are situated at 60-B Surya Sen Street, near Sealdah. There is a different co-educational primary and a girls school section up to class X.

History

The school was established by ''Babu'' Bisweswar Mitra on 5 January 1898. Initially it started with only five students. In 1901, Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee became the first President of the school. After the recognition of

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in 1904, the school became famous. Sir

Ashutosh Mukherjee Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awa ...

and Sir Alexander Pedlar, the then Vice Chancellor, helped the institution to grant affiliation of the university.

Bipin Chandra Pal Bipin Chandra Pal ( bn, বিপিন চন্দ্র পাল ; 7 November 1858 – 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer and Indian independence movement freedom fighter. He was one third of the “L ...

Gopal Krishna Gokhale Gopal Krishna Gokhale ( �ɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian 'moderate' political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the India ...

, Sir

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, Amritlal Bose visited Mitra Institution (Main) and became involved with its affairs.

Mitra Institution (Bhowanipur Branch)

MITRA INSTITUTION (BHOWANIPUR BRANCH) was established in 1905 by

Asutosh Mookerjee Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (anglicised, originally Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, also anglicised to Asutosh Mookerjee) (29 June 1864 – 25 May 1924) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awar ...

and Bisweswar Mitra and it is managed by the Department of Education,

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. It is located in Urban area. It is located in KOLKATA MUNICIPALITY block of KOLKATA, West Bengal. The school consists of Grades from 5 to 12. The school is Boys and it doesn't have an attached pre-primary section. Bengali is the medium of instructions in this school. The school has Rent Free Building building. It has got 22 classrooms for instructional purposes. It has 2 other rooms for non-teaching activities. The school has 7 boys toilet and it is functional. The school has a playground. The school has a library and has 400 books in its library. The school has 26 computers for teaching and learning purposes and all are functional.

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* {{coord missing, West Bengal Schools in Colonial India Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Kolkata Educational institutions established in 1898 1898 establishments in India