Public school in Tamil Nadu, India
The Lawrence School, Lovedale, is a fee-chargingco-educational public boarding school located atLovedale , ahill station on theNilgiri Mountains in thesouthern Indian state ofTamil Nadu .[ 1]
Formerly known as Lawrence MemorialRoyal Military School , the namesake of its founder,Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB [ 2] British Raj military-style boarding schools at thehill stations of India to educate the children of the deceased and serving members of theBritish Indian Army .[ 3] The Residency, Lucknow , during theIndian Rebellion of 1857 , his dream materialized and four such schools, known then as theLawrence Military Asylums , were established: atSanawar in 1847 andMount Abu in 1856, both during his lifetime, and later atLovedale in 1858 and atGhora Gali in 1860.
The Lawrence Asylum, Ootakamund, Madras Presidency, in 1873 The Lawrence School, Lovedale has its campus on 700 acres leased from theMinistry of Defence [ 4] Lovedale , which is 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) fromOotacamund . Located at a height of 7,200 feet above mean sea level, it is slightly lower than theDodabetta peak (altitude: 8650 feet), which is the highest peak of theNilgiri mountain range.
Main Building, The Lawrence School, Lovedale Many notable personalities, including Prime MinistersJawaharlal Nehru andIndira Gandhi , PresidentsZail Singh ,Pranab Mukherjee andA. P. J. Abdul Kalam , and others such asField Marshal Sam Manekshaw andVice President Venkaiah Naidu ,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Several movies, TV shows, and commercial advertisements have been filmed in the school campus. Some of the popular ones include:
On 31 May 1988, a commemorative postage stamp was issued byIndia Post to mark 130 years of the school's existence with an image displaying the towering campanile section of Italian Gothic styled architecture of the main building, which houses theSenior School and administrative offices.[ 8] [ 9]
Postage featuring the Senior School main building. The student body is from all over India and overseas, and is led byprefects headed by ahead girl and head boy .[ 10] Indian Defence personnel.
The school is notable for requiring for all its students to learnhorseback riding .[ 11] [ 12]
Amish Tripathi , a novelist, banker and diplomat.Anand Mahindra , a businessperson, and chairman and managing director of theMahindra Group .[ 13] Vice Admiral Anil Chopra PVSM AVSM , a naval officer and formerFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief ofEastern Naval Command .[ 14] Anjolie Ela Menon , a painter andPadma Shri awardee.Arun M. Kumar , a venture capitalist, and former Chairman & CEO ofKPMG India.Aryama Sundaram , a lawyer, judge and former Supreme Court Justice of India and Singapore.Arundhati Roy , a writer and social activist.[ 15] C Vijayakumar , a business executive, and President & CEO ofHCL Technologies .Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth AVSM , an army officer andGeneral Officer Commanding-in-Chief of theSouth Western Command (India) .Fahadh Faasil , film actor and producer.Gul Panag , a politician, actor, model and 1999Femina Miss India Universe .K. V. L. Narayan Rao , a media executive and former CEO ofNDTV .Kanika Tekriwal , an entrepreneur and airline executive.M. M. Murugappan , a businessperson, and former Executive Chairman of theMurugappa Group .Major Mohommed Ali Shah , an army officer and film actor.Nalini Ambady , a social psychologist.[ 16] Nikhil Dey , a social activist.Nomita Chandy , a social worker andPadma Shri awardee.[ 17] Nosthush Kenjige , a sportsperson and member of theUnited States national cricket team .Nungshi Malik , a mountaineer andNari Shakti Puraskar awardee.Palanivel Thiagarajan , a banker, politician and member of theTamil Nadu Council of Ministers .Paul Sabapathy CVO CBE , an accountant, business manager and formerLord Lieutenant of the West Midlands .Rear Admiral Philipose George Pynumootil AVSM NM , naval officer and formerFlag Officer Naval Aviation .[ 18] Pratap Pothen , a film actor and producer.Ram Charan , a film actor, producer and entrepreneur inTelugu cinema. Rear Admiral K. Raja Menon, a naval officer, military author and former AssistantChief of Naval Staff (India) .[ 19] [ 20] Saaz Aggarwal , writer, oral historian and artist.Sashi Reddi , an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.Sanaya Irani , a film actor.Tashi Malik , a mountaineer andNari Shakti Puraskar awardee.Vijay Menon , an actor, editor, director anddubbing artist inMalayalam cinema .^ Ramadas, Rati (5 May 2008)."Lawrence School Lovedale celebrates 150 years" .NDTV . Retrieved20 July 2009 . ^ "Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB, 1856 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London" .collection.nam.ac.uk . Retrieved9 June 2022 .^ "The Magic Mountains" .publishing.cdlib.org . Retrieved26 December 2020 .^ "Army lays claim to land held by Lawrence" .www.sunday-guardian.com . Retrieved25 December 2020 .^ Staff Reporter (16 May 2022)."Vice-President expected to commence the Nilgiris visit on Tuesday" .The Hindu .ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved25 August 2022 . ^ Ravichandran, B (23 May 2017)."Ooty Lawrence school rolls out red carpet to President" .Deccan Chronicle . ^ ravichandran, b (30 July 2015)."Kalam had fascination for birds, say greens" .Deccan Chronicle . Retrieved26 December 2020 . ^ "A commemorative postage stamp on the 130th anniversary of the Lawrence School" .iStampGallery . 21 June 2017. Retrieved28 April 2019 .^ "The Lawrence School, Lovedale - Schools" .Lawrence School . Retrieved23 August 2024 .^ "Country needs honest people: AVM Rai" .The Hindu . 5 April 2012.ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved11 January 2021 .^ Correspondent, D. C. (25 May 2019)."Ooty: Students’ equestrian skills stun onlookers" .www.deccanchronicle.com . Retrieved23 August 2024 . {{cite web }}:|last= has generic name (help )^ Correspondent, D. C. (26 May 2018)."Galloping Joy: Lawrence school students enthrall spectators" .www.deccanchronicle.com . Retrieved23 August 2024 . {{cite web }}:|last= has generic name (help )^ "Kabaddi deserves a league of its own: Anand Mahindra" .The Economic Times . 10 April 2014.^ News Network, NetIndian (29 October 2011)."Vice Admiral Anil Chopra appointed as FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command" .NetIndian . Retrieved25 December 2020 . ^ Siddhartha Deb, "Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade Archived 21 April 2016 at theWayback Machine ",The New York Times , 5 March 2014. |access-date=9 April 2023 ^ Warnick, J.E.; Landis, D. (2015).Neuroscience in Intercultural Contexts ISBN 978-1-4939-2260-4 . Retrieved9 April 2023 . ^ Narayanan, Chitra (16 April 2011)."Bonding for a lifetime" .The Hindu Businessline . Retrieved9 April 2023 . ^ "Rear Admiral Philipose George Pynumootil, NM Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA)" .www.indiannavy.nic.in . Retrieved25 December 2020 .^ "Soldier2ndLife" .soldier2ndlife.com . Retrieved25 December 2020 .^ "K Raja Menon" .National Maritime Foundation . Retrieved20 April 2021 .
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