Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya

Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya (School for Hindu Women) was an all-female boarding school located at 22 Beniapukur Lane, Entally, Kolkata, India.^[1]^[2] Founded by British translator Annette Akroyd, the school was one of the first in India to provide girl students with a curriculum equivalent to that offered for boys.^[3] Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Indian historian Jogesh C. Bagal records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873,^[1] American historian David Kopf mentions it as 18 September 1873.^[4]

Dwarkanath Ganguly was the headmaster.^[4] Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das bore the expenses of the institution.^[5] Others involved in the school were and Monomohun Ghose.^[3] Mrs. J. B. Phear was an honorary teacher.^[1]^[6] She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at a table with cutlery.^[3]

After the marriage of Annette Akroyd, the school was closed in March 1876. It was revived on 1 June 1876 as Banga Mahila Vidyalaya (Bengali Women's College).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bagal, Jogesh Chandra, History of the Bethune School and College (1849-1949) in Bethune College and School Centenary Volume, edited by Dr. Kalidas Nag, 1949, p33
^ Karlekar, Malavika. "Frozen Frames". Spectrum. The Tribune, 8 May 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Karlekar, Malavika. "Lessons in a Sari - Did women's education in India change the way they dressed?". The Telegraph, 4 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, pp. 34-39, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-03125-8
^ Sastri, Sivanath, History of the Brahmo Samaj, 1911-12/1993, p. 164, Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
^ Amin, Sonia (2012). "Beveridge, Annette Susannah Akroyd". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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[Bagal-1] Bagal, Jogesh Chandra, History of the Bethune School and College (1849-1949) in Bethune College and School Centenary Volume, edited by Dr. Kalidas Nag, 1949, p33

[2] Karlekar, Malavika. "Frozen Frames". Spectrum. The Tribune, 8 May 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2007.

[Telegraph-3] Karlekar, Malavika. "Lessons in a Sari - Did women's education in India change the way they dressed?". The Telegraph, 4 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.

[Kopf-4] Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, pp. 34-39, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-03125-8

[5] Sastri, Sivanath, History of the Brahmo Samaj, 1911-12/1993, p. 164, Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.

[Banglapedia-6] Amin, Sonia (2012). "Beveridge, Annette Susannah Akroyd". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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