It is the first private school established in Delhi under the British Raj. It has a 27-acre (110,000 m2) campus on Barakhamba Road, near Connaught Place. The Junior School, also known as Raghubir Singh Junior Modern School, is located on Humayun Road. There is a sister campus in Vasant Vihar.
It is recognised as one of the premier educational institutions in India, and has a long list of distinguished former pupils, including former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[2]
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[edit] Overview
The school is headed by a Board of Trustees, who appoint the Principal (Barakhamba Road and Vasant Vihar) and the Head Master (Humayun Road). It has 15 houses in the Barakhamba branch and eight houses in the Vasant Vihar branch, each headed by a housemaster.In 1932 there were about 125 students.[3]
[edit] History
The words of Rabindranath Tagore are embodied in the philosophy of the founding fathers of Modern School. They dreamed of an institution that could combine the concept of secularism, the motivation to excel, and an environment of diverse activities. That dream became a reality in 1920, when Modern School was started in Daryaganj.The motto of Modern School "Naimatma Balheenien Labhya" from Sanskrit means — "Perfection cannot be achieved by the weak".
[edit] The beginning
Lala Raghubir Singh was the spirit and the soul of the school. The primary founder, he worked for the improvement of the school and in this endeavour he teamed up with Sardar Sobha Singh. Sardar Sobha Singh was the co-founder of the school. A builder during the height of the Raj, he was involved in the construction of buildings in Delhi like Connaught Place, National Museum, Modern School, South Block and India Gate. His own two sons, Bhagwant Singh and Khushwant Singh (the noted writer) were amongst the first students of Modern School.
[edit] The crest
The crest signifies the circle of eternity crossed by the three elements in human development of body, mind and spirit, the sun shining between the triangle and the circle. Inside the triangle, there is a banyan tree to represent stability and firmness of character, the swan and the lotus represent refinement, culture and the arts which are fundamental elements of progress in life. The Sanskrit quotation, Naimatma Balheenien Labhya, the English translation of which may be, "Perfection cannot be achieved by the Weak."[4] Besides the school motto, there are four words, Truthfulness, Unselfishness, Frankness and Self-Control which guide each child in his daily life.[edit] List of Principals
Barakhamba Road- Kamala Bose (1920–1947)
- M.N. Kapoor (1947–1977)
- S.P. Bakshi
- R.K. Bhatia
- Lata Vaidyanathan (2000–present)
- Ved Vyas (1975–1985)
- K.J. Vari (1985–2000)
- Goldy Malhotra (2000–present)
[edit] Houses
The Barakhamba branch has fifteen houses named after Indian personalities - Akbar, Ashoka, Azad, Gandhi, Lajpat, Laxmibai, Nehru, Patel, Pratap, Ranjit, Shastri, Shivaji, Subhash, Tagore, Tilak.The Vasant Vihar branch has eight houses, also named after Indian personalities - Arjun, Bharat, C.V Raman, Amrita Shergill, Dhruv, Razia Sultan, Mother Teresa and Vivekanand.
[edit] Sports
It has an Olympic size swimming pool, six tennis courts, two basketball courts, four badminton courts, two cricket fields, one football field, two squash courts, two hockey fields and six table tennis tables. The football team is sponsored by Shiv-Naresh and the swimming and table tennis team by Reebok. The school has a golf team.Now, it also has a golf court for talented golf players.
[edit] School magazine
The Sandesh (Barakhamba)and Vasant Parag (Vasant Vihar) cover events organized by the schools and also features students articles, poems, jokes etc., published in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and French.[edit] Clubs
- Illuminati: The Physics Club
- Bits 'N' Bytes
- Debating Society
- Interact
- Peer Training
- Robotics Club
- SPIC MACAY
- Astronomy Club
[edit] Uniform
The summer uniform is a blue handloom shirt, a blue skirt( blue shorts for boys till 10th standard; blue pants for 11th and 12th standards), a blue and black tie which is worn only on formal occasions, light blue nylon socks and black shoes.The winter uniform is similar with a blue blazer with the school emblem, a half sleeves sweater, a full sleeves sweater and longer cotton socks with the blue and black tie made compulsory.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Gautam Gambhir
- Shekhar Kapur
- Khushwant Singh
- Amitava Kumar
- Gaurav Ghei
- Kirti Azad
- Priyanka Gandhi
- Shiv Khera
- Arun Shourie
- Rajat Gupta
- Gopal Krishna Gandhi
- Barkha Dutt
[edit] In popular culture
- Rajendra theater was used for Albert Brooks' stand-up performance sequence in the film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
- Perhaps due to a slight resemblance to All India Radio headquarters in New Delhi, the radio station exteriors in the film Rang De Basanti were shot at Modern School, Barakhamba Road.
[edit] Old Modernites
There is an alumni club called Modern School Old Students Association or MSOSA which works to bring together old Modernites.[edit] Notes
- ^ Singh, p. 5
- ^ Gandhi, Indira: Anand Bhavan Memories, (Publisher/date info to be added)
- ^ http://www.modernschool.net/history-daryaganj.asp
- ^ The History: The School Crest
[edit] References
- Singh, Khushwant; Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, (1995). A dream turns seventy five: the Modern School, 1920-1995. Allied Publishers. ISBN 8170234999. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=2y2gvqv2xsEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Modern+School,+New+Delhi&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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