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Suniti Academy

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Established
  
1881

Affiliation
  
WBBSE & WBCHSE

School district
  
Cooch Behar district

Founder
  
Nripendra Narayan

Headmistress
  
Bhupali Roy

Website
  
coochbehar.nic.in

Color
  
Green

Founded
  
1881

Suniti Academy

Address
  
Chaltatala, Cooch Behar, West Bengal 736170

Motto
  
তমসো মা জ্যোতির্গময় (Sanskrit)

Similar
  
Sadar Governm High Sch, Maharaja Nripendra Narayan, Jenkins School, Cooch Behar Town Hig, Purba Guriahati Girls High

Sunity Academy is a higher secondary girls' school in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

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History

The school was founded in 1881 as Sunity College by His Highness, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. It was named after Her Highness Maharani Suniti Devi, who was the brain behind its establishment.

The school was rechristened as Sunity Academy in 1916. In 1928, the Sunity Academy was affiliated to the University of Calcutta. However, the school is now attached to University of North Bengal since its inception in 1962.

In 1937, when the representative of the Governor General of the Eastern States came to visit Sunity Academy, he was highly impressed with its management.

In 2003, the erstwhile president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam visited the school. In 2004, Her Highness Gayatri Devi, the Rajmata of Jaipur and the Princess of Cooch Behar, paid a visit. In 2006, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary.

Maharani Suniti Devi's second son Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur's three daughters Princesses Ila, Gayatri and Menaka (Princesses of Cooch Behar) appeared for their matriculation examination from Sunity Academy.

Notable alumni

  • Anjana Bhowmick, actress
  • Aparajita Goppi, politician and activist
  • References

    Suniti Academy Wikipedia