KrishnagarDebnath High School, one of the pioneers of spreading the light of education and knowledge for almost a century and a half was established sometime during June or July in the year 1873 by distinguished educationist DebnathMallick. Though the details of this Great Soul have been shrouded into obscurity, there is no controversy regarding his root which lay deep down the earth somewhere at Rukunpur village, near Muragacha, a railway station on the Krishnagar-Lalgola section of the Eastern Railway, and not far from Krishnagar.
Mr. DebnathMallick was said to be a teacher of C.M.S school, one of the big brothers of his own school with Krishnagar A.V. High school being the oldest. Getting involved in an undesirable scuffle with the then foreign management and inspired by a few brilliant scholars like RamgopalSanyal, JotishChatterjee and JogendraBiswas, he decided to open a new school. The Herculean task saw the first light of the day in a two-storeyed building in the vicinity of Goari Bazaar. It was then popular as Goari Hindu School.There were only 3 teachers to teach some 30 odd students.
The present location of the school was actually the property of zamindarBrindabanSarkar who leased it to SirajuddinShaikh for cultivation. Hearing that a new school would be established, the zamindargave more or less 720 sq.ft. of land @rupees 12 only. The area was predominated by Muslims. Cows used to graze on the field most of the time. RameswarKundu, a famous businessman of the time stretched out his helping hand to build up the boundary wall and a room. Later on it was the unified effort of a few commoners and businessmen that the school began developing.
Many were the bright scholars who passed out in those early phase of this school. Late PromathaChowdhury better known as Birbal, Late HemendraProsadGhosh, formerly editor of the Basumati, Late Profulla Kumar Ghosh, Senior Professor of English, Presidency College – to name only a few – were the alumni of the school and its glory.
The school was held in a rickety building, no longer in existence. There were leaks in the roofs and during the monsoon rain was all over the place. Students enjoyed a prolonged vacation as it were.
