Delhi Public School Kolkata is a school located in Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. As an educational institution situated within the Kolkata metropolitan area, it operates in one of India's principal centres of education and culture.
| Name | Delhi Public School Kolkata |
|---|---|
| Type | School |
| City | Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) |
| State | West Bengal |
| Country | India |
The school is located in Kolkata, which lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, approximately 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India, with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million, while the wider Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India, with a metro population of over 15 million.
Kolkata has long been associated with educational and cultural prominence in South Asia. Under British rule, Calcutta served as the de facto capital of India until 1911 and was the centre of bureaucracy, politics, law, education, science and the arts in the country. The city is widely regarded as the cultural capital of India and was closely associated with figures and movements of the Bengali Renaissance.
The city is home to institutions of national importance such as the Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum and the National Library of India. The University of Calcutta, considered the first modern university in South Asia, and its affiliated colleges have produced many leading figures of the region. Four Nobel laureates and two Nobel Memorial Prize winners are associated with Kolkata.
The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading licence in 1690, the area was developed into Fort William. Following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the city grew under company and later crown rule to become the second largest city in the British Empire after London. The partition of Bengal in 1947 significantly affected the city, which subsequently experienced waves of migration from East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh).