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- St. Columba's was founded in 1941 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and contracted by Sir Sobha Singh.
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St. Columba's School in Delhi, India, established in 1941, is one of the 12,000 English medium schools of its kind established by the Indian Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, which was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice. The school's campus is located in the heart of Delhi and extends over a couple of acres.
The Congregation of Christian Brothers was formally founded in 1820 with Edmund Rice as the first Superior General. In 1825, the first school outside Ireland was started in Preston, England. In 1838, Edmund Rice resigned as Superior General.
St. Columba’s School officially opened on 29th April, 1941 with Brother R. E. Butler as its first Principal. The new school grew in stature under a succession of dedicated Principals and soon became the most sought-after school for boys in Delhi.
In 1800, Edmund sold his elegant house and moved into a stable to open his first school in Waterford. His first two companions were Thomas Grosvenor and Patrick Finn who joined him in 1802. The first monastery that Edmund built was called Mount Sion and this is where he died and is now buried.
St. Columba's was founded in 1941 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and contracted by Sir Sobha Singh. St. Columba's School, New Delhi is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India. St. Columba's School began with 32 boys in New Delhi next to the Sacred Heart Cathedral, admitting through class 6. It was one of the first schools ...
St. Columba’s was founded in 1941, by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Catholic society from Ireland that has undertaken missionary and educational work worldwide. Also informally known as...
The new school grew in stature under a succession of dedicated principals and soon became the most sought after school for boys in Delhi. In July 1941, St. Columba’s was granted affiliation to Cambridge University for the Senior Cambridge examination.
