Harcourt Butler Sr. Sec. School

Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary School
Location
Mandir Marg

New Delhi
,
NCT of Delhi
,
110 001

India
Coordinates28°38′00″N 77°11′58″E / 28.633414401479662°N 77.19937263446612°E / 28.633414401479662; 77.19937263446612
Information
TypeGovt aided
Established1917 (1917)
FounderSir Spencer Harcourt Butler
School boardCentral Board of Secondary Education
PrincipalMr. Sameer Kumar Gangarh[1]
GenderBoys
Campus typeUrban
AlumniButlerians
Websiteharcourtbutlerschool.com

Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary School (HBSSS) is an old boys school at Mandir Marg (erstwhile Reading Road) in Delhi, India.[2] The school is aided by the Government of Delhi, and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.[3] It is one of the oldest schools in Delhi, and has been awarded a heritage prize by the Govt of Delhi.[4][5]

It provides education from Class 1 to Class 12 offering three streams of Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology), Commerce, and Arts in English and Hindi languages. This is the only Govt aided school providing the Engineering drawing subject (as optional) for class 11th and 12th.

History

The school was founded in 1889 by a Bengali society, and was originally known as Bengali Boys School. The matriculation exams were conducted by the University of the Punjab.[6]

In 1917, the British government took over its control, and started funding its operations for the wards of British India Government employees. The existing structure of Harcourt Butler School was set up by Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler in 1917. Sir Harcourt was the first Member for Education in the Viceroy’s Executive Council in British India.[7] Pre World War II, the school used to operate from Delhi for the six months in winter, and from Shimla for the six months in summer, as the capital of British India would move annually.[6][8]

In 2010s, its premises were decorated with art by the Delhi Street Art of Yogesh Saini.[9]

Head of Institution

S.No. Name From To
1. Mr. S.P. Mukherji 01-04-1925 30-11-1945
2. Mr. C.G. Mathur 01-12-1945 31-03-1947
3. Mr. S. Lal 01-04-1947 30-04-1965
4. Mr. Hira Lal 01-05-1965 30-04-1969
5. Mr. S.L. Puri (Officiating) 01-05-1969 31-08-1970
6. Mr. Uma Shanker (Officiating) 01-09-1970 30-04-1972
7. Mr. S.M. Sharma (Officiating) 01-05-1972 31-08-1972
8. Mr. J.C. Goel 01-09-1972 31-05-1995
9. Mr. H.B.S. Rana (Officiating) 01-06-1995 30-09-1995
10. Mr. D.N. Mehta 01-10-1995 31-03-2002
11. Mr. B.K. Sethi 01-04-2002 30-04-2004
12. Mrs. Alka Chaudhry 01-05-2004 31-05-2017
13. Ms. Neera Rao 01-06-2017 30-06-2022
14. Mr. B. Kapila (Officiating) 01-07-2022 07-08-2022
15. Mr. Chetram (V-Principal) 08-08-2022 30-06-2025
16. Mr. Sameer Kumar Gangarh 02-07-2025 Incumbent

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ https://saras.cbse.gov.in/SARAS/AffiliatedList/AfflicationDetails/2778029
  2. ^ Department of Education, Delhi Government Aided Schools. "List".
  3. ^ Details of School, Central Board of Secondary Education. "Affiliation".
  4. ^ Avishek G Dastidar (2 August 2006). "75 years of New Delhi". Hindustan Times.
  5. ^ "21 Of The Oldest & Most Prestigious Schools In Existence For Upto 300+ Years". so.city. SO. 5 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b Parvez Sultan (15 December 2017). "A century in life of a school: How Delhi's Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary migrated to Shimla in summers". Hindustan Times.
  7. ^ Riddick, John F. (2006). The History of British India: A Chronology. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-08623-6.
  8. ^ "Standing tall at 100 yrs: Harcourt Butler school". The Hindu. 16 December 2017.
  9. ^ Anindya Chattopadhyay (18 September 2019). "In this school they don't just read of Tagor and Da Vinci but see them". The Times of India.
  10. ^ a b c d https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/a-century-in-life-of-a-school-how-harcourt-butler-senior-secondary-migrated-to-shimla-in-summers/story-r8ERFDlDGR0djymGnFpFeN.html
  11. ^ https://www.delhihighcourt.nic.in/web/Judges/justice-chander-shekhar
  • Official website of Harcourt Butler School [1]
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