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The Scindia School
Location
Map
The Fort

Gwalior

India
Information
School typePrivate Boarding School
Motto"Knowledge Liberates"
Founded1897; 128 years ago (1897)
FounderMaharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior State
School boardCentral Board of Secondary Education
DirectorJyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
PrincipalAjay Singh[1]
GenderBoys
Enrolment600[4]
Student to teacher ratio1:12
Classes offeredClass VI to Class XII
LanguageEnglish
ClassroomsModern Smart Class Rooms
Campus size160 acres (0.65 km2)
Colour(s)   Blue/White
NicknameScindian
Annual tuition₹13,25,000 (home students)[2] and ₹17,25,000 (foreign students)[3] (As of April 2025)
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitewww.scindia.edu

The Scindia School is a premier residential school for boys, established in 1897, and situated in the iconic Gwalior Fort, in the city of Gwalior. It is one of the finest, most expensive and elite school in India. The school's legacy boasts of an illustrious alumni including actors, musicians, business tycoons, politicians, army officers, diplomats and top CEOs.The school structure has an element of classic British Barrack architecture, complete with arches, spandrels, louvers, long corridors and slanting stone roofs. Two East India Company cannons guard the main entrance. The towering sandstone building glistens in the summer sun. It was known as the Sardar's School and catered exclusively for the sons of royals and nobles of Indian princely states. It was only in 1933 that the school opened its gates to boys from all sections of society and was renamed The Scindia School.[5][6] In 2010, the school enrolled 606 students, with a teacher and student ratio of 1:12.[7] The Scindia School is the only institution which has BCCI approved coveted cricket ground for Ranji trophy matches named as Madhav Pavilion.

History

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Founder, Madho Rao Scindia I, Maharaja of Gwalior State, r. 1886-1925

Housed in the 300 ft. high hill fortress of Gwalior, the all boys Scindia School was established in 1897 as the Sardar's School by Maharajah Madho Rao Scindia I of Gwalior. The school moved to its present premises on Gwalior Fort in 1908 when the military school was amalgamated, and an endowment fund established. In 1933, the Regency Council felt that the institution would be far more useful to the sardars, the state, and the country if it were run on the lines of an up-to-date public school. It was, therefore, reorganized and renamed the Scindia School. At present the school has Board of Governors, presently headed by Jyotiraditya Scindia, scion of Scindia Dynasty.[5][8]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "School Management". The Scindia School. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Fee structure | Indian Students".
  3. ^ "Fee structure | Foreign Students".
  4. ^ School at a Glance
  5. ^ a b "Education to excel: Scindia School in Gwalior is rated as one of the finest public schools for boys". The Tribune. 23 May 2004.
  6. ^ Suparna Saraswati (13 May 2001). "Where little minds imbibe the value of silence". The Tribune.
  7. ^ "The Scindia School - ICT facility". The Scindia School. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Caleidoscope:Boys from the fort school". The Telegraph. 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013.
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