Rajkumar College, Raipur
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G.E. Road, Raipur, Chhattisgarh India |
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| Established | 1882 |
| Campus size | 125 acre |
| Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations |
| Website | www |
Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, is one of the oldest K-12 foundation of India. It was founded by Sir Andrew Fraser in the year 1882 at Jabalpur. The School functioned at Jabalpur till 1894 and thereafter, shifted to its present site at Raipur, making it a full- fledged school with boarding house facilities. Since then, the school has been a premier institution with state of the art facilities and its estate is spread over 125 acres. It is a co-education, residential cum day boarding public school affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi and prepares the students for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) (Class X) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) (Class XII) examinations.
The school was established in 1882 by the efforts of Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, KCSI and the British authorities as Rajkumar School at Jabalpur and was closed due poor facilities and location. A decision to shift it to Raipur in 1894 and rechristen as Rajkumar College and founded as a Chiefs' College. RKC was created for education of sons and relatives of rulers of Chhattisgarh Feudatory States and local zamindars, who donated funds.
In 1921, it was declared as Chiefs' College. However, in 1939, on joining as a founding member of the Public School Conference, admission was opened to all boys other than from Princely States.
In 1947 the Rajkumar College became the place where the short-lived Eastern States Union was established.
From 1939 to 1989, RKC was a public boys school with hostel, swimming, playground, hospital, pavilion, library, billiard room, and temple. The medium of education is English with equal emphasis on Hindi.
The institution provides curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The campus is 170 acres and has separate sports grounds such as a cricket ground with stadium and several soccer and hockey grounds and individual arena for different sports.
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