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[edit] Date of foundation Though many websites mention the date of foundation as 1882. Lord Curzon's 1905 speech mentions that to be 1881. whereas Dr. Rajendra Prasad letter, Correspondence and Select Documents: January 1960 to February 1963, by Rajendra Prasad, Valmiki Choudhary. Published by Allied, 1995. Page 203, mentions 1960 to be the 76th anniversary, which effectively makes 1884 the year of foundation!

The Imperial Gazetteer of India on the other hand, makes it to be 1886! Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 386. "In 1876 a special class was opened in the Indore Residency school for the sons of Native chiefs on the western side of Central India. Ten years later the Daly College was opened, at which several of the present ruling chiefs have been educated. In 1903 the status of the college was reduced, the idea being that important chiefs and Sardars should go to the Mayo College at Ajmer, while only the petty chiefs and Thakurs would be educated at Indore. Steps are now being taken to re-estab-lish the Daly College on the same footing as the Mayo College. " --Ekabhishek (talk) 13:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Other references in the gazetteer http://www.dalycollege.org/Presentation/Home/Home.aspx

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1. History of the School 2. Campus 3. Recent Events 4. Noteable Alumni 5. External Links 6. Articles? Is there enough content here 7. Sports? - Big role in squash 8. Principals?

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1. Found an interesting section in the book on Lord Curzon then Viceroy of India about Daly College ( Pg 233) http://books.google.com/books?id=7tANAAAAIAAJ

2. Interesting article on some the Principal Sumer Singh in India Today http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1741&issueid=1741

3. Indian Post Office Issued a stamp in 2007. " 08th December 2007: A commemorative postage stamp on 'THE DALY COLLEGE' Denomination 0500 P " http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2007.html

4. A lot of citation on the 5 major 'Chief Colleges'. Some good and bad stuff, maybe some interesting trends can be extracted. http://books.google.com/books?id=QCDZ9uOapdUC - Rajkumar College (1870), Rajkot for Kathiawar and later all the Bombay Presidency - Mayo College (1872), Ajmer for Rajputana - Rajkumar College (1872) at Nowgong for Bundelkhand - Daly College (1876), Indore for Central India - Aitchison College (1886) at Lahore for Punjab

Apparently Rajkumar nowgong was merged with Daly college in 1898 and another one was established- the Sikh College of Khalsa.

5. Archiect of the new Daly College building was Sir Swinton Jacob of the Bombay Artillery (he also built the Palace Hotel in Mt Abu) Years of construction : 1900-1912 World Architecture 1900-2000: A Critical Mosaic By Kenneth Frampton Published by Springer, 2000 Item notes: v.8 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 27, 2007 ISBN 3211832912, 9783211832912

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 * Surrendering a Colonial Domain: Educating North India, 1854-1890; Failed Indianisation of Macaulay's Doctorine Sequlae


 * Macaulayism
 * Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay
 * Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

Intro Enjoying positions of power and grandeur, Indian monarchs were larger than life figures with an unmistakable aura of majesty surrounding them. Excerpts from the book, The Unforgettable Maharajas
 * History of Education in British India
 * Why we need to ‘Indianise’ our education system
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Text If other princes were born with silver spoons in their mouths, Indian princes were born with golden ones. It is difficult in these proletarian times to imagine the sheer grandeur and scale of opulence in which the princes were reared. They actually inhabited a world that others, much more common, can only imagine: a fairy-tale world, rich, luxurious, spoilt where everything could be had for the mere asking. However, this world lasted only till near the middle of the 20th century. The princes and their right to rule became an anachronism in modern politics. Discover India Goa Kerala Rajasthan Agra Delhi Mumbai Bangalore Chennai Uttaranchal Hyderabad Kolkata Online Booking                 Culture of India... Yet, there was a time when people did believe that their king or queen was God himself on earth. When monarchs held sway atop the stooped backs of their subjects, commanded fealty over knights, raised all manner of taxes, and ruled unquestioned and untrammeled, when life itself was 'nasty, brutish, and short', then the territory of the unknown, the unexplainable, the untamed was vast and a force in itself. It was propitiated, and protection from it sought from those more capable.

Historically, the priestly and warrior classes were the able ones. Both had a symbiotic relationship: the priest often providing credibility to the raja or warrior prince, upholding his authority and, thereby, securing his own niche as well.

The institution of the raja has an astonishingly long history in India: it a testament to the effectiveness of the warrior-priestly ties. The earliest rajas ruled in northern India in the second half of the second millennium B.C. The raja was selected from the warrior nobility and gained credence from the support of his council. Soon, however, kingship became hereditary and a paternal relationship existed between the raja and his subjects, the raja's main role being that of provider and protector.

When India was fighting against British occupation, the princely states were a gaudy throwback to the time of the monarch, a painful reminder of the very method of governance-more imperious than enlightened, more by fiat than by power to the people- that the freedom fighters were fighting so hard to change. The British had taken their power away and showered them with its trappings: titles, honours, gun salutes.

But even in those days, the birth of an heir to a princely state was an occasion celebrated for days all over the state. This was hardly surprising considering the importance of such an event: put together the children of princely India exercised autocratic rule over almost half the subcontinent. Befittingly thus for that time, grand war drums or nakkaras, some 10 ft in diameter, announced the event. Gun salutes boomed, amnesty was granted to prisoners, and myriad religious ceremonies performed. The pomp and ceremony of the Indian royals were still intact. But precariously so. Telegrams had to be sent to the Viceroy and to the King Emperor announcing the birth of an heir. Their acknowledgement was eagerly awaited. A congratulatory return telegram to the ruler was considered a subtle recognition of a legitimate son. It put the seal of British approval to the succession. For the ruler, the continuation of his dynasty was assured-for whatever little time was left before an Indian republic swallowed up the states.

The heir-apparent or Yuvraj (or Walihad in a Muslim state) was born into a large family. There were many other chhut bhaiyas, or younger kin, brothers and cousins who, as part of the royal family, had to be brought up and educated in a manner befitting their high birth. They all-boys and girls- lived in the zenana, the area in the palace reserved for the royal women. They saw their parents for brief periods in the evenings when they were expected to be on their best behaviour. Their relationship with their father and mother was rarely as close as in other families and far more formal.

For the most part, life in the zenana, the exclusive preserve of the royal ladies, was not the ideal disciplined life, for a young kid. The princes and princesses were looked after, pampered by a doting army of nurses, ayahs and servants. The adulation of servants and companions and the close proximity of harems (nearly every ruler had one) made it impossible for the young princes to grow up to be worthy of their responsibilities. The caretakers of the young princes and princesses, for the most part, indulged their whims and fancies and unwittingly supported the formation of those habits which were to prove ruinous for most states.

English guardians provided the solution to keeping the princes straight in some states. Another step that was taken was the founding of the four Chief's Colleges. They were set up in the 19th century for scions of royal families and made a far more valuable contribution. They tried to transform the wayward and spoilt little boys into 'admirable young men' who would be effective props of British rule. The Mayo College at Ajmer fulfilled this objective for the princes of Rajasthan, the Daly College at Indore for central India, the Rajkumar College at Rajkot for Saurashtra, and the Atchison College, Lahore, for the states of Punjab and the hill states of the north.

When the schools opened, admission was restricted to scions of princely families. A royal admission always made room for a lavish spectacle. It was not unusual for retinues of private servants, tutors, motorcars, horses, and dogs to follow a prince to school. The school uniform remained closed collar coats, breeches and turbans -very elegant, but rather uncomfortable in the hot Indian weather. After school, the hostel servants dutifully pulled off the breeches of their young masters. Every evening the student princes had to dress for dinner in black Jodhpur jackets and white trousers. Yet, formal etiquette, however, impressive, also had its absurdities: even the humble chapati had to be eaten with fork and knife. Woe betide any boy who used his fingers.

In the course of time, these institutions were reorganised on the model of English public schools and opened their doors to students from respectable Indian families as well. Thus, instead of remaining outmoded nurseries for the pampered young princes, who finished school with an easy 'Prince's Diploma', the Chief's Colleges were transformed into some of the best public schools in India. While academic standards were raised considerably, the firm belief that a relentless playing of games best hardens muscle and character remained. Many a schoolboy attained high enough standards in cricket to represent the provinces in the Ranji Trophy. 

Cricket and Mahatma Gandhi

Posted on 01/30/2010 in Offbeat

On Gandhi's death anniversary, Arghya Ganguly explores the little-known link between cricket and the Mahatma in the Times of India Crest.

The Rajkumar College at Rajkot in 1880 was a training pitch for Indian princelings. Hailing from a humble background, KS Ranjit Singhji was sent to the college as an eight-year-old boy, by his wealthy adopted family. But much to their dismay, he turned out to be a backbencher, scoring more on the field than in the classroom. Ranji showed aptitude for both tennis and cricket but went on to take the latter more seriously. One of his fellow students was Gandhi. When Gandhi first went to England as a student, "one of the three letters of introduction that he carried was to Ranji". Cricket commentator Scyld Berry has remarked that the "eventual prince originated from a humbler background than the Mahatma, subsequent champion of the people" and that "both the prince and the self-made pauper were schooled in the sporting ethos of Rajkot and both probably went out to the world with ideas of British sportsmanship which they had internalized in College".
 * [http://blogs.cricinfo.com/surfer/archives/offbeat/ Cricket and Mahatma Gandhi}

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