La Martiniere Calcutta
| La Martinière Calcutta | |
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La Martiniere Calcutta in 1800 by Francis Frith
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11, Loudon Street (Boys) 14, Rawdon Street (Girls) Kolkata, West Bengal 700 017 India |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Labore et Constantia (By Labour and Constancy) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian (Protestant) |
| Denomination | Church of North India |
| Established | 1 March 1836 |
| Founder | Major General Claude Martin |
| Sister school |
La Martiniere Lucknow La Martiniere Lyon |
| School board |
ICSE (year 10) ISC (year 12) |
| Session | April to March |
| Chairman | The Rt. Rev. Ashoke Biswas (Bishop of Calcutta) |
| Principal | John F. Rafi (Boys) Rupkatha Sarkar (Girls) |
| Chaplain | Rev. Nigel Pope |
| Age | 2+ to 18+ |
| Language | English |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Houses | Hastings (Red), Charnock (Green), Martin (Blue), Macaulay (Yellow) |
| School colour(s) | Black and Amber (Boys) Dark and Light Blue (Girls) |
| Song | "Hail! Hail! The name we own" by Frederick James Rowe |
| Nickname | Martinians |
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| National ranking | 4 (Boys) 1 (Girls) |
| Yearbook | The Chronicle (Boys) |
| Affiliation | Church of North India |
| Benefactor | Paul Chater |
| Website |
lmbcal lamartiniereforgirls |
La Martinière Calcutta (informally known as LMC) comprises two single-sex private (Boys) and public (Girls) schools in Calcutta, India. The schools were established in 1836 in accordance with the will of the French soldier of fortune and philanthropist, Major General Claude Martin. They are both Christian schools, controlled by the Protestant Church of North India and independent from the Government, with English as the primary language of instruction. While classified as day schools, both have a small number of boarders as well. Historically, the schools were exclusively for the Europeans and prominent Bengali Christians of the city. However, following a Calcutta High Court order, they started to admit students from all backgrounds in 1936. The schools offer an English-medium education from nursery up to the higher secondary level. They are affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination which conducts the ICSE and ISC examinations at the close of Classes X and XII respectively.
As per Forbes, La Martiniere for Boys is one of India's 5 toughest schools to get into.
La Martiniere Calcutta is consistently ranked as one of the best schools in India, with La Martiniere for Girls being ranked 1st, and La Martiniere for Boys being ranked 4th in the country by India Today's Education World magazine as of 2015.
Claude Martin was born on 4 January 1735 in Lyon, France. He came to India when he was 17 to serve in the French East India Company. After French influence declined in India and, following a spell in British custody after a military defeat, he accepted a commission in the British East India Company's army and rose to the rank of Major-General. After taking up residence in Lucknow, India, he again switched allegiance and occupied an important position in the court of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula and later his son, Asaf-ud-Daula.
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