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Colonel Brown Cambridge School is an English medium residential school located in Dehradun, India. It was founded in 1926 with five students. It was the 1st all boys residential school in Dehradun.

The campus is in the town of Dehradun on the foothills of Mussoorie - Queen of Hills in India, with 500 students and nine hostel buildings.

The school is secular and admits boys from all parts of the world representing all religions, castes and creeds. It provides no religious instruction, but secular prayers and congregational singing of secular and patriotic hymns are a part of the daily morning assembly.

History

The Founding

Colonel Brown Cambridge School was founded on 17 March 1926, by Col. and Mrs. William Brown. It was the 1st all boys residential school in Dehradun.

The motto of the school is Magna Est Veritas. Translated from Latin it means "Truth Is Great". The crest of the school has the initials of the school on the right hand corner with a lion for courage, a shamrock (the national symbol for Ireland), and a torch representing the torch of learning.

Academics

The Academic session is in two sessions - 15 July to 15 November (first term) and 15 January to 15 May (second term).

Admission

The school holds a very rigid policy as far as admission tests to the entrance classes are concerned. A child is admitted to the school purely on the basis of merit and recommendations of any kind debars him from admission to the school.

Management

The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and is recognized for the purpose of sending up students for the I.C.S.E..

Founder's Day

Founder's Day is celebrated each year on March 17. There is a P.T. competition held on this day. The school celebrates Annual Day in the month of November. Arts & Crafts exhibition, march-past,P.T, yoga, Drama etc. are shown on this day.

Notable alumni

The students studying at CBS are also called Brownians and the ex students are called ex-Brownians or simply Old Boys. Colonel Brown Cambridge School has produced many prominent and notable persons which include the following:

• Vishwanath Pratap Singh – Prime Minister Of India
• Muhammad Ayub Khan – President Of Pakistan
• Yahya Khan – President Of Pakistan
• Virbhadra Singh – Chief Minister Of Himachal Pradesh
• B. D. Sharma – Chief Minister Of Haryana, Governor of OdhisaTemplate:Source needs translation

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan - Minister Of Foreign Affair,Governor Of East Pakistan, Ambassador to France, U.S.A.
Nur Khan - Governor of West Pakistan, Air Chief Marshall

• Meiyang Chang – Actor, Singer, T.V. hostCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
• Akram Khan (politician) – Home Minister of Haryana
• Hanut Singh Rathore - Lt. General of the Indian Army
• Madan Mohan – Music Director
• Md Shamsul Hasan Khan – Member Of Parliament
• Raj Kapoor - Actor, film producer and director
• Vijai Singh Shekhawat - Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

External links

• Official website

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