St. George's College, Mussoorie
St. George's College (Mussoorie), is a premier boarding school in Mussoorie, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations board. The school, an all-boys residential and non-residential institution, spreading over 400 acres (1.6 km2) of land, was founded in 1853 by the Capuchin Fathers and entrusted to the Society of the Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland) in 1894. It was opened in a cottage known as Manor House; the name by which the campus is still known. The students are known as Manorites.
The school has an alumni network spread across the globe. In 2005, the Indian Air Force gifted the school a trainer jet aircraft, TS-11 Iskra, as a tribute to the distinguished service of the school's alumni in the armed forces.
St. George's College is spread over a 450-acre (1.8 km2) scenic estate in the Barlowganj village, a tiny hamlet situated 5 km from the hill town of Mussoorie, popularly referred to as the Queen of Hills. There are two schools, one is Nirmala Convent School for the poor people in mussoorie and one is St. George's College and both of them consisting of big free spaces and lush greenery around stand on 400 acre property. Standing majestically on a hill overlooking the Sivalik Hills, the school commands a view of Mussoorie and the Dehradun valley. And the school is very conveniently accessible by road from Dehradun Railway Station which is 28 km away and also from Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun which is 53 km away.
The school was founded in 1853 by the Capuchin Fathers who handed it over to the Society of the Reverend Brothers of St. Patrick (Ireland) in 1894 with Bro. Stapleton as its first principal.
While St. George's College was founded in 1853, another school, St. Fidelis High School, was started in the same location in 1863. Initially, the Capuchin Fathers ran both schools with Father James Doogan as principal of both schools from 1873 till they were handed over to the Patrician Brothers in 1894. In 1948, St. Fidelis High School was amalgamated with St. George's College. There still are old directional markings on the school campus pointing towards the old St. Fidelis. In the early 1900s, the then Principal, Bro. Haverty, levelled the top of the hill to create what is the Top Flat, the school's largest playing field.
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