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Daly College

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The Daly College, Indore.
The Daly College main building
Location
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Indore,Madhya Pradesh

India
Information
TypePrivateboarding school
Day school
Motto"Gyanamev Shakti"
( "Knowledge itself is Power" )
Established1882 (1870)[1]
PrincipalDr(Ms) Gunmeet Singh Bindra,[2]
GradesPre Primary – 12th
Boarding: 4th to 12th
Number of students2000 appx.
Campus size118.8 acres (0.481 km2)
School fees₹4 lakh per annum (day school)
₹7.5 lakh per annum (boarding)[3]
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitedalycollege.org

The Daly Collegeis a group of institutions consisting of aco-educationalprivateboarding,day school,a privatejunior school,[4]anundergraduatemanagement school[5]and apostgraduatebusiness school,[6]located inIndore,Madhya Pradesh,India. It was founded bySir Henry Dalyof theBritish Indian Armyduring India's colonialBritish Raj,following an Englishpublic schoolmodel. The school started in 1870 as the Residency School. It was then renamed as the East Rajkumar College in 1876, and in 1882, it came to be known as The Daly College. It was established by the Resident Governor of the erstwhile Presidency, to educate the children of the royalty, nobility and aristocracy of Central IndianPrincely Statesof the 'Marathas', 'Rajputs', 'Mohameddans' and 'Bundelas'. It is one of the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the world.[1][7][8][9]

As of 2015the school has more than 2,000 students.[10]It is ranked 1st in India by Educationworld India for the year 2015 in the category day-cum-boarding schools.[11]

Daly College is affiliated to theCentral Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) and CIE. In 2007, the firstInternational Round Square Conferencewas held at Daly College, and was attended by former KingConstantine II of Greece[2]as its president. In December that year, a commemorative stamp on the college was released byIndia Post.[12]The school is a member of theG20 SchoolsGroup. The Daly College also has an undergraduate management school — theDaly College of Business Management(DCBM) which is affiliated toDevi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya[13](informally abbreviatedDAVV,formerlyUniversity of Indore),and provides aBachelor of Business Administrationdegree in different disciplines.[14]Daly College also has a Business School under its umbrella – theDaly College Business School(DCBS), affiliated toAICTE,[15]DCBS offers aPost Graduate Diploma in Management(PGDM) in various disciplines.[16]

Old Campus of The Daly College, Indore

History[edit]

HH Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao ScindiaofGwalior State,General SirHenry Daly(Founder of The Daly College), with British officers andMarathanobility(Sardars,Jagirdars&Mankaris) in Indore, Holkar State,c. 1879.

The school has its origins in theResidencySchool, founded bySir Henry DalyGovernor General of India'sAgenttoCentral India Agencyin 1870, as a school for the children of nobility and aristocrats in theIndore Residency.It was later renamed as the East Rajkumar College in 1876, and in 1882 the school received its present name, The Daly College, after its founder. The school was visited byLord Northbrook(1st Earl of Northbrook)ViceroyandGovernor-General of Indiain 1875, thereafter it was renamed "Indore Residency College" in 1876. In 1882 the Chiefs named the school "The Daly College" to honour the contribution of Sir Henry Daly.

The foundation stone of the new building was laid on 14 November 1885 byLord Dufferin(1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava)ViceroyandGovernor-General of India,as a memorial in the honour of Sir Henry Daly.[17]In 1891 the twoMarathaMaharajas, SirShivaji RaoHolkarofIndore(Hokar State) and SirMadho RaoScindiaofGwaliordonated the two student houses, 'Gwalior House' and 'Indore House'. In 1898 the "Rajkumar School", which had opened atNowgaonnearChhatarpur(Bundelkhand) in 1872, was amalgamated with the Daly College.[18][19]Later Lt. Gen. Maharajadhiraja SirMadho Rao Scindia,MaharajaofGwaliorunveiled a bust in the honour of Sir Henry Daly in the main building of the school.

The Scindia Pavilion,Circa 1910s

In 1905, Sir Henry's son, SirHugh Daly,was appointed agent to theGovernor-GeneralforCentral IndiaatIndore,to the position previously occupied by his father. He took great interest in the Daly College and made it flourish it as a Chief's College. Maharajadhiraja SirTukojirao Holkar III,Maharaja ofIndore(Hokar State) then donated 118 acres (0.48 km2) of land east of the old campus and rulers contributed to build on the newly acquired land. Construction started in 1906 on two student houses, a temple, a mosque and the Principal's residence. The main building was constructed withmarblefrom theUdaipurquarries and was designed in theIndo-Saracenic architectureby Col.Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob.The clock tower was donated by Maharaja SirSayaji Rao IIIGaekwadofBaroda.[20]

The main building was officially inaugurated on 8 November 1912 byLord Hardinge(1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst)ViceroyandGovernor-General of India,after which the old campus was given up. For the next 28 years the college was open exclusively to the sons of the Princes and Chiefs ofCentral Indiaas well as the rest in theIndian Empire.In 1940 the Board of Governors decided to prepare students for a modern and free India. The Daly College came together with a few other institutions and started the Indian Public Schools Conference. Its doors were thrown open to admissions on merit, regardless of caste or creed. Recently, the school added an 1100+ seat auditorium to its infrastructure.

The school became coeducational residential in 1997, and in 2005 it became a member of theRound Square.It was proclaimed the second best school in India in 2013. The school won the prestigious "Kasliwal Trophy" for a record 20 times (1992–2012).

The College Coat of Arms[edit]

Coat of armsof the Daly College

Motto– The Sanskrit motto "Gyanamev Shakti" or "Knowledge is power".[21]

Coat of arms– The arms represent the main section of the Central Indian CommunityMaratha,Rajput,BundelaandMohammedan.The arms have been devised in great measure from those given to chiefs on the Delhi, banners of 1877.

1st Quarter– 'Tenne' is the nearest Heraldic colour to 'Bhagwa', the colour ofMarathastandard and of Saivite devotee: the wings and flame represent thePawars(Puars ofDewas Junior,Dewas Senior&Dhar), who derived descent from theParmars,the worldwide Sovereignty of clan being proverbial (Wings), while they were also Aganikulas (Flame), the play of 6 argent and gules gives the well knownHolkarbanner, while the horse ofKhandobais their emblem, the chief azure is forScindia,and the cobra is the mark of the house.

2nd Quarter– A Barry of fives is the Pachranga of theRajputs:the sun representing the Suryavanshis and the moon the Chandravanshis, the flame the Agnivanshis.

3rd Quarter– Green is theMohammedancolour and the crescent their badge: the tower represents Bhopal and its fort of Fatehgarh, the spear and 'talwar' the Pindari element, and the fish, the Mani Martib- the sacred emblem.

4th Quarter– Purpure or murrey is given to allBundelaArms, the Chevron 'gutty de sang' refers to the traditional origin from 'bund' a drop, the fort on a hill to the famous Ath-kot ofBundelkhand,and to the Vindhyas whence also (Vyandhyelkhand) they derive their name: Devi Vindhyvasini of Mirzapur is the Tutelary goddess of the clan.

The Daly armsare commemorative of General Sir Henry Daly, from whom the College derives its name. All these symbols of different states are brought together by a common motto 'Gyanameva Shakti'.

The Supporters– On the right aMarathaprince and on the leftRajputPrince. Below the barley refers to Bundelkhand and the poppy toMalwa,thus designating the east and the west of the Region. And theBritish Lionis seated on top.

Patrons of the Institution[edit]

Daly College on a 2007 stamp of India

Honorary

Hereditary

(Post-independence)

Alive

Hereditary -

Life -

[22]

Presidents of the Board of Governors[edit]

British Raj

Union of India

Republic of India

Notable alumni[edit]

[24]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abGeorge Nathaniel Curzon (1906).Lord Curzon in India: Being a Selection from His Speeches as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1898–1905.Macmillan and co. p.233.4th November, 1905....The old Daly College was founded here as long ago as 1881, in the time of that excellent and beloved Political Officer, Sir Henry Daly
  2. ^abTapping global educationArchived2 September 2009 at theWayback Machine.India Today.2 November 2007.
  3. ^Fees structuredalycollege.orgArchived7 April 2023 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^"The Daly College Junior School - Google Search".www.google.com.Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  5. ^Designers, Creative Web."Daly College of Business Management – Excellence Through Management Education".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  6. ^"DCBS – DALY COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL, INDORE".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  7. ^M. O'Dwyer (1988).India as I Knew it: 1885–1925.Mittal Publications. p. 161.Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2023.Retrieved19 September2017.
  8. ^India. Education Dept; India. Ministry of Education (1904).Progress of Education in India: Quinquennial Review.H.M. Stationery Office.Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2023.Retrieved19 September2017.
  9. ^A.K. Neogy (1979).The Paramount Power and the Princely States of India, 1858–1881.K. P. Bagchi.
  10. ^"AboutUs".olddalians.org.Archivedfrom the original on 5 September 2015.Retrieved27 August2015.
  11. ^School Rankings of 2015.educationworld.in
  12. ^08th December 2007: A commemorative postage stamp on 'THE DALY COLLEGE' -Denomination 0500 PArchived12 April 2011 at theWayback MachineIndia PostOfficial website.
  13. ^Designers, Creative Web."Affiliation – Daly College of Business Management".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  14. ^Designers, Creative Web."Curriculum – Daly College of Business Management".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  15. ^"AICTE – DCBS".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  16. ^"Program Outline – DCBS".Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2023.Retrieved17 August2023.
  17. ^Frederic Boase (1912).Modern English biography: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850, with an index of the most interesting matter.Netherton and Worth. p. 16.the Daly college, Indore erected as a memorial of him was opened 14 Nov, 1885.
  18. ^Speeches By George Nathaniel Curzon.Office of the Superintendent of Govt. Print., India. 1902. p. 408.
  19. ^Ramesh Chandra Majumdar,Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Bharatiya Itihas Samiti (1969).The History and culture of the Indian people.G. Allen and Unwin. p. 72.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^Kenneth Frampton, Rahul Mehrotra, Preeti Goel Sanghi, Shilpa Ranade (2000).World architecture 1900–2000: a critical mosaic.Springer. p. 24.ISBN978-3-211-83291-2.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^"The College Coat of Arms".dalycollege.org.Archivedfrom the original on 4 September 2015.Retrieved27 August2015.
  22. ^"Patrons".Daly College. Archived fromthe originalon 13 November 2023.Retrieved13 November2023.
  23. ^"Presidents Daly College".dalycollege.org.Archivedfrom the original on 3 September 2015.Retrieved27 August2015.
  24. ^College, Daly."Daly College Alumni".www.dalycollege.org.Daly College.Archivedfrom the original on 26 September 2019.Retrieved8 February2023.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Foundations of Daly College, Indore [India],by David Michael Litster. Published byInstitution of Civil Engineers,1889.
  • Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly, G.C.B.C.I.E., Sometime Commander of Central India,by Hugh Daly. Published 1905.
  • Report of the working of the Daly college,by Indore Daly college. Published 1916.
  • A short history of the Daly College,by Daly College (Indore, India). Published by (s.n.), 1932.
  • Colonial childhoods: the juvenile periphery of India, 1850–1945,by Satadru Sen. Anthem Press, 2005.ISBN1-84331-177-1.
  • The Daly Chronicle,Dermot Daly,The Irish Genealogist,volume II, part i, 2002, p. 3 of pp. 3–12.

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