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St xavier's school,patna. ST. Xaviers school,Patna. Anyone who drives past the Gandhi Maidan of Patna is struck by the grey concrete building of St. Xavier's High School. Yet the building's granduer only speaks half the story. More than half a century ago, a group of Jesuits pledged themselves "for God and Country" and created one of the most prestgious schools of the country.

On 17th January 1940, St. Xavier's High School, formally offered its services to the citizens of Patna. Fr. Marshall D. Mora became the founding Principal of the School. Frenetic construction activity under the dynamic Fr. Loesch soon gave a concrete embodiment to Fr. Moran's dream. In the ensuring years, St. Xavier's spun dreams for thousands of boys and later those dreams turn into reality.

The story of the school is one of sacrifice, struggle, determination, and dilligence. Fr. Moran's moving to Nepal brought in Fr.Edward Niesen and later Fr. Gordan E. Murphy as Principals of St. Xavier's. Fr. Murphy especially endeared himself to the community during his long tenur and consolidated the eminent status the school had achieved by that time. He was the last of the American Jesuits to be Principal. His successors have all been Indian Jesuits: Fr. Joe Paschal, Fr. Scaria Mamootil, Fr. George Thana, Fr. George Manimala, Fr. Lawrence Paschal, Fr. Peter Arocikasamy, and Osta. An institution that does not respond to the changing times stagnates and deteriorates. As the mood of the country changed, so did St. Xavier's High School. The year 1968 saw the school shift from Senior Cambridge to Bihar Board of Secondary Education with Hindi progressively becoming a medium of instruction.In late 90's co-education and were also introduced.

the school has given the most number of IAS and IPS.some of da great personalties are from st.xaviers lik shekhar suman and the former indian crickter Saba karim.Many more are also there.