About St. James' School in 165, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Rd, Kolkata

St. James' School, Kolkata, India, is a CNI school, one of the oldest and most prestigious private schools in India.It completed 150 years in 2014. It is associated with the ICSE Board of Education. It was established on 25 July 1864 by Bishop Cotton.The school is associated with St. James' Church, Kolkata, which is a historic building.The principal is Dr. T.H. Ireland ; past principals have included John Mason and D.L. Bloud. The school has a double steepled church.In 1900, St. James' School won the Beighton Cup and has till date been the only school to ever win the oldest hockey tournament in the world.Notable alumniArjun Atwal, GolferPritam, Bollywood music directorSanjeev Sanyal, economist and environmentalistSomnath Bharadwaj, theoretical physicistSujoy Ghosh, filmmakerRajesh Gopakumar, theoretical physicist

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