NJV School
Pakistan /
Sind /
Karachi /
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road
World
/ Pakistan
/ Sind
/ Karachi
World / Pakistan / Sind / Karachi
school, architecture - Do not use this category, heritage
NJV School established by Sir Bartle Frere in 1852.
Narayan Jagannath Vidyala High School (NJV High School) that proudly stands on M.A. Jinnah Road next to Saeed Manzil today was established by Sir Bartle Frere in 1852 and has produced luminaries such as eminent Sindhi short story writer and newspaper columnists Amar Jaleel. A heritage monument and one of the finest buildings in Karachi, the school starkly contrasts with structures built after the creation of Pakistan in 1947 which are aesthetically imperfect and architecturally flawed. The yellow sandstone building that houses the NJV High School is not only a heritage building, but also has historic value, as the Sindh Assembly was temporarily held in its North Western portion. However, during the era of President Ayub Khan, the assembly was shifted again to its original building.
According to the Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh, B Volume I, 1919, Karachi District (p. 37):
The Narayan Jagannath Vidyala High School at Karachi was the first government school established in Sindh. It was opened in October 1855 with 68 boys. The original buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1876.
In March 1916, the school had 477 students, of whom 350 were Hindus, 32 Brahmins, 10 Jains, 12 Muslims, 66 Parsis and seven Indian Jews.
Notable alumni include Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, who was elected a councilor of Karachi in 1918, and the president of the Council in 1922. He became the first mayor of Karachi in 1933 when the Karachi Municipal Corporation was formed.
Narayan Jagannath Vidyala High School (NJV High School) that proudly stands on M.A. Jinnah Road next to Saeed Manzil today was established by Sir Bartle Frere in 1852 and has produced luminaries such as eminent Sindhi short story writer and newspaper columnists Amar Jaleel. A heritage monument and one of the finest buildings in Karachi, the school starkly contrasts with structures built after the creation of Pakistan in 1947 which are aesthetically imperfect and architecturally flawed. The yellow sandstone building that houses the NJV High School is not only a heritage building, but also has historic value, as the Sindh Assembly was temporarily held in its North Western portion. However, during the era of President Ayub Khan, the assembly was shifted again to its original building.
According to the Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh, B Volume I, 1919, Karachi District (p. 37):
The Narayan Jagannath Vidyala High School at Karachi was the first government school established in Sindh. It was opened in October 1855 with 68 boys. The original buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1876.
In March 1916, the school had 477 students, of whom 350 were Hindus, 32 Brahmins, 10 Jains, 12 Muslims, 66 Parsis and seven Indian Jews.
Notable alumni include Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, who was elected a councilor of Karachi in 1918, and the president of the Council in 1922. He became the first mayor of Karachi in 1933 when the Karachi Municipal Corporation was formed.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 24°51'43"N 67°1'7"E
- Saint Patrick's High School. 1.5 km
- Fatima Jinnah Girls High School 1.6 km
- Saint Paul's High School 1.6 km
- Army Public School, Saddar 1.8 km
- Aga Khan School (Garden East Karachi) 2 km
- Ida Rieu School for Visually Impaired 2.1 km
- Federal Government Public School 2.6 km
- Army Public School Faisal 3.6 km
- Happy Dale School 6.7 km
- Government Elementary College of Education For Women 6.9 km
- Ratan Talao 0.3 km
- Marwaari Lines 0.4 km
- Government offices 0.5 km
- Sindh High Court 0.7 km
- Ramswami 0.7 km
- Central Park 0.8 km
- Police Headquarters 0.8 km
- Pakistan Secretariat 0.9 km
- Route 1 km
- Kiamari Town 19 km
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