Raja Basu Dev High School is an Indian school located in

Debagarh Debagarh, also known as Deogarh, is a city in Odisha state of eastern India. Located in the North-Western region of the state, it is the headquarters of Debagarh District that was created on 1 January 1994, after being bifurcated from Samb ...

(also known as Deogarh),

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History

It was established in 1882 by Raja Basudev Sudhal Dev, the ruler of the

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Bamra Bamra State or Bamanda State, covering an area of 5149 km2, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj, its capital was in Debagarh (Deogarh). Bamra State acceded to India in 1948. The state was located i ...

(also known as Bamada). Originally known as Raja Kumar High School and based in a royal palace, it later moved to its own premises and was renamed as Raja Basudev High School. The school was renamed after and is founder, Raja Basudev, who was an educationalist and one of the pioneers of the modern Odisha and the

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. There was only one primary school in Bamra when Raja Basudev took over the reign of the state. He increased the number of primary schools to 28, established one high school at Deogarh, the state capital of Bamra State, and it was affiliated with the

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. The ruler kept close contact with the veteran educationalists of

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and recruited good scholars for the posts of teachers in the high school. The school was a pioneer in spreading education in the district of Deogarh.

Alumni

There are many scholars who graduated from this high school and are spread across the globe in universities, multinational companies and government departments.

References

Behera, Dr. Antaryami (April–May 2009)
Sir Basudev Sudhal Dev – The Pioneer of Modern Orissa". Tanka Dhar Dash is the 1st matriculate of Bamra states and he passed his matriculation in the year 1910 at Calcutta
''Orissa Review''. Retrieved 11 May 2016. 1882 establishments in India Debagarh district Educational institutions established in 1882 High schools and secondary schools in Odisha Schools in the princely states of India {{Odisha-school-stub

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