History

Tracing the journey of Sahid Rameswar Vidyamandir.

It was 1945. India was breathing the fire of freedom. The eastern horizon of Indian sky turned golden in preparation for the rise of the sun of freedom. The venom of deprivation and inequality had vitiated the contemporary Indian society to the core. The revolutionary force that was gaining momentum all over India had by the time hit a bloody blow to the hitherto invincible edifice of the British imperialism, which started crumbling. Indian society has always been famous for giving birth to the brave. Kshudiram, Prafulla Chaki, Binay, Badal, Dinesh, the famous martyrs of Bengal had succeeded in spreading their ideals in every young student resulting in the snowballing of ire against the oppression of the imperialist British rulers that found most articulate expression in the most formidable student agitations that rocked the British boat of imperialism. The more oppressive was the rulers, the stronger was the students’ agitation.

In such tumultuous time a procession of the students condemning the British imperialism was marching ahead towards Dalhousie from Bhawanipur.  Having reached the protected place this procession started law-violation movement that triggered the unleashing of the repressive measures by the contemporary British police, who opened fire and Rameswar Bandyopadhyay, a youth of 19 years succumbed to the bullet injury.

It is well-known that our much cherished independence has come through the sacrifices of huge number of martyrs at the altar of freedom. But the curse of freedom was the partition that had left an indelible scar on the soul of our country. Anarchy let loose, as desired by our former British rulers. Influx of people from the erstwhile East Pakistan and now Bangladesh started in waves. Lots of refugee colonies sprang up in the vicinity of Calcutta, now Kolkata and all over the state of West Bengal, which was mostly affected by the partition. Amarpolly in Dum Dum in the northern fringe of Calcutta is such a refugee-colony.

Living does not imply breathing only. Life is worth living only when education is accessible to all. Feeling that urge for imparting proper education to the children of the uprooted inhabitants of not only Amarpolly but also those of adjoining areas Late Jiban Kumar Majumdar, a social worker and educationist devoted himself to the establishment of a school and in 1953 his indomitable urge and relentless struggle for spreading education to those who need it most found expression in the establishment of Sahid Rameswar Vidyamandir(GSFP) i.e. government sponsored free primary school named after the teenage martyr Rameswar Bandyopadhyay.

But the establishment of a government sponsored free primary school was not the end, it was the beginning. An ardent educationist and philanthropist late Jiban Kumar Majumdar went ahead in promoting his school to the next level and in his mission he found his true companion in the form of late Rabindranath Dey, who took charge of the Headmaster of this school and took the school to the next level. On 7th February 1954, the secondary section of Sahid Rameswar Vidyamandir started his journey with only 92 students. In 1957, this school got recognition for teaching the students upto class VIII. In 1959, the affiliation for co-educational school up to class X came on the way. The journey had never been rosy but with the indomitable zeal of the founder late Jiban Kumar Majumdar and the contemporary Headmaster late Rabindranath Dey, this school had successfully overcome all the huddles that came on its way. In 1962, due to the increase of female students the girls’ section of this school got separated in response to the contemporary socio-economic demands. But the journey of Sahid Rameswar Vidyamandir never stopped. It was promoted to the next level i.e. Higher Secondary, affiliation of which was granted in 1963.

Late Rabindranath Dey guided this school from 1954 to 2000 in the capacity of the most revered Headmaster of the locality and the zeal and never-say-die attitude that late Jiban Kumar Majumdar and he had inculcated into the psyche of this school has still remained the driving force that is driving this school towards its unmissable goal of catering to the academic needs of those who need education most amid all the onslaughts that has been coming on the way. Today this school has been imparting higher education to both male and female students in the three streams --- Science, Arts and Commerce at the fixed government regulated cost. Up to class X only male students are admitted. Besides imparting formal education in class rooms and state of the art laboratories with the help of audio visual aids and computer, our school has been encouraging the students to take part in various co-curricular activities. In various co-curricular activities the students of our school have made their marks in various prestigious tournaments and events. Keeping in mind the need for the students of Higher Secondary section career counselling is done by the trained counsellors so that our students can take up right career after their schooling.  Moreover, the observance of various anniversaries like birth and death anniversaries of the great personalities, organization of the various cultural programmes, drawing and quiz competition, inter-class football tournament, annual sports, annual excursion et al our school has been trying its level best to achieve the total development of the personalities of the students.

This school has been producing lots of famous personalities who have made their marks not only in our country but also abroad in the forms of doctors, teachers, actors, and players. Sahid Rameswar Vidyamandir is committed to its mission of providing the quality education to those who need it most as its founders had envisaged long back and it is quite firm in its mission.