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An Overview of Meerut District |
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The Pillar of Ashoka |
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The
delightful Sophia School Auditorium. Completed 2000. The senior school
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Sophiya Girls School |
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St.
Mary's Academy . Affiliated to the Patrician Brothers of Ireland. Spacious
grounds. Good Auditorium. Established 1952 Feb 4. By Brother O'Brien ,
Brother Dunne , Brother Mahoney , Brother Fitz Patrick . |
St. Mary's Academy |
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We really have to thank or blame an East India company employee Macaulay for so many English schools. If you have not read Macaulay's plea for teaching English in India . To come back use your browser back button . | ||
St. John's Sr. Sec. School . The oldest English Medium school . Well on the way to recovery. Established in 1882. |
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St. John's Sr. Sec. School |
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Wheler Club |
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Built 1863 .
The still impressive Wheler club . Largely Army crowd. It is a
restricted subset of the real thing with a few swear words, overworked to
convey a very wide spectrum of meanings. There is a great affinity for
much that is Western. |
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Meerut College |
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The very impressive Meerut College building. It was established around
same time as the Delhi University. That does not mean we did not have an
educational system before the British. It was just that it less structured
and well defined. |
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Jama Masjid |
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This is the Jama Masjid. It is
not even possible to take an unobstructed picture of this, as it is
surrounded by construction. The mosque was built by Hasan Mahmuddi, a
minister of Mahmood Ghaznavi, in 1019 AD (older than the Kutb Minar).
That makes it the 1st Masjid in North India ?. (Source Fodor's India
Guide or The Lonely Planet). The Gazette for this region says some
Buddhist statuettes were found nearby during digging sometime in 1901. |
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