Hindu School
Hindu School is a government-administered school in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It is located on College Street, in the vicinity of Hare School, College Square, Kolkata, Presidency College, Sanskrit College, Calcutta Medical College and the University of Calcutta. Established in 1817, the school is the oldest modern western-type school in India and one of the oldest existing schools in Asia. The school is declared as a “National Heritage in institutional education, History and Social Reform” by the Government of India. This institution is nicknamed as the Eton of the East from the British era for its academic excellence during the Bengali renaissance era and afterwards.