NJV Government Higher Secondary School

NJV School entrance

The Narayan Jagannath Vaidya Government Higher Secondary School at Karachi is the first government school established in Sindh.^[1] It was opened in October 1855 with 68 boys. The original buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1876. It was named after the visionary Narayan Jagannath Vaidya after his death.^[2]

In March 1916, the school had 477 students, of whom 350 were Hindus, 32 Brahmins, 10 Jains, 12 Muslims, 66 Parsis and 7 Indian Jews.

Notable alumni include Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, the first mayor of Karachi in 1933^[3] and more recently Yawar Malik, an under-18 national gymnastics champion.

References

^ https://tribune.com.pk/story/1703344/1-historic-building-sindhs-oldest-public-school-regaining-past-glory/
^ J.D.Ranadive (1978). Shri Narayan Jagannatha Vaidya in Amrut. pp. 123–125.
^ arZan. "Prominent Parsis of Karachi". Parsi Khabar. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

Gazetteer of the Province of Sind, B Volume I, 1919, Karachi District (p.37)

External links

Dawn article

[1] ttps://tribune.com.pk/story/1703344/1-historic-building-sindhs-oldest-public-school-regaining-past-glory/

[2] J.D.Ranadive (1978). Shri Narayan Jagannatha Vaidya in Amrut. pp. 123–125.

[3] rZan. "Prominent Parsis of Karachi". Parsi Khabar. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

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