History

Sonamukhi Bindubasini Jubilee High school known as Sonamukhi B.J High school is one of the oldest schools in the Bankura District.The visonary zeal of the then zamindars had contributed to the birth of this Institution. Local Zamindars Sri Sashi Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Sri Amrit Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Sri Suchi Sekhar  Mukhopadhyay and Satya Sekhar Mukhopadhyay donated land for the school.The name of the school also bears an evolutionary history. Incidentally the year 1887 in which this school was founded was the year of the golden Jubilee celebration of Her Excellency Queen Victoria`s coronation. So the school was named Sonamukhi Jubilee High school on its very birth. Later, in 1930,the zamindar Dhirendranath Mukhopadhyay donated  Rs. 5000/- to the school in memory of her mother late Bindubasini Devi, consequently the word ' Bindubasini' was affixed to the alredy existing name and thus Sonamukhi Bindubasini Jubilee High school came into nomenclature.The school started in a mud walled hut. With the passage of time the buildings have been rebuilt and reconstructed. The mud house was replaced with a corragated tin roofed. The south block was rebuilt in 1913 with contribution of a member of donors of all walks of who contributed generosly to the noble cause of Education. The Maharaja of Burdwan also donated for the noble cause.

The school was recognized by the Calcutta University in 1887. The Institution received Govt.Grant-in- Aid Rs.120/- per month in 1938 onwards. The school was upgraded XI standard in 1957 with Arts & commerce. The science section started in 1959. The H.S (10+2) General stream course was introduced in 1976 (Vide memo no. Recog/2667 dt. 17.05.1976)/The vocation course introduced by the West Bengal state council of vocational education &Training in 2006.Since inception the school produced a galaxy of bright stars. Sonamukhi B.J High school not a name, but fame recognized even aboard for its axiomatic alumni –like Padmabhusan Swadesh Chatterjee, who internationalized their names by their activities and creativity.

In 2005 Arindam santra an alumni of the school stood first in the Madhyamik exam.in the same exam another student Afzal Middya secured fifteenth position.In 2007 Sinchan Samanta stood 5Th in the M.P Exam.Dipendu Gorai and Debdoot Mukhopadhyay ranked 7th and 13th respectively in M.P 2017. In the same year Sayanti Kundu and Sriradha Guin ranked 9th and 16th in the H.S Exam.  In 2020 Sabana Hati and Pravat Dutta stood 9th and 10th position in the M.P Exam. Manohar Dey captured 9th position in the H.S Exam-2020.

The school did Excel in co curricular activities too. The school emarged as the champion in District level YPC in 2009 and participated in the state leve competetion.In 2017 our team stood 3rd in District level YPC.

The Sonamukhi B.J High school with its enchantinig philosophy of building bright and dedicated future citizens has continuing to the soar high towards the centre of excellence.