Rajkumar College, Rajkot
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{{Infobox school
| name = Rajkumar College
| caption =
| nickname = RKC
| image = RKC Emblem.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| motto = "Knowledge is Power"
| established = {{Start date|1868|df=yes}}
| type = Public (1938)
| affiliation = CBSE
| district = Rajkot
| grades = K-12
| founder = Richard Harte Keatinge
| president = HH Thakore Saheb Shri Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot
| principal = Mr. Yash Saxena
| head of school =
| dean =
| faculty =
| staff =
| students = 1900
| enrollment =
| sports = Cricket, football, hockey, swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis, horse riding, volleyball, rifle shooting
| athletics = Track and field, and athletics meet annually
| conference = Boys and Girls Assemble
| houses = Jhalawar, Halar, Sorath, Gohilwar
| mascot =
| alumni =
| free_label = Alumni website
| free_text = [http://www.rkcalumni.com/ http://www.rkcalumni.com/]
| free_label2 =
| free_text2 =
| location = Gymkhana Road
Rajkot 360001
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.2932|70.7974|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| country = India
| homepage = [http://www.rkcrajkot.com/ www.rkcrajkot.com/]
}}
The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 28.656-acre (1,15,965 m²) campus in Rajkot. The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by Colonel Keatinge and was formally opened by the Governor of Bombay, H. B. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, in 1870 and just celebrated Sesquicentenary in 2020 [https://rkcrajkot.com/sesquicentenary/] . The college was founded for the education of the princely order by the princes and chiefs of Kathiawad for their sons and relations.{{cite book|author=A. S. Bhalla|title=Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emATBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|date=30 March 2015|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78453-087-7|page=151}}
Girls College
Rajkumar College for Girls was introduced on 24 March 2011 by Governor of Gujarat Kamala Beniwal.{{Cite book |last=Bhalla |first=A. S. |title=Monuments, power and poverty in India: from Ashoka to the Raj |date=2015 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=978-1-78453-087-7 |series=International library of colonial history |location=London}}File:Rajkoomar Indian College, Kattywar.jpg
Notable alumni
- Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati
- Maharaja Bhavsinhji II of Bhavnagar StateForty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College by Chester Macnaghten. First principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar.
- Ranjitsinhji, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar (1872–1933)
- Takhtsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar
- Ajay Jadeja, former Indian Cricketer
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Private schools in Gujarat
Category:Boarding schools in Gujarat
Category:Schools in Colonial India
Category:Boys' schools in India
Category:Girls' schools in Gujarat
Category:Educational institutions established in 1868
Category:1868 establishments in British India