List of Martinians

The following is a list of notable Old Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin.


Notable Martinians - Calcutta

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Colonel C P Singh Deo

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Notable Martinians - Lucknow

Introduction

The Masters and Boys of the School were collectively awarded battle colours by Queen Victoria in 1860 for the defence of the Martiniere post against a huge force at the old Bailey Gate during the 1857 siege of Lucknow. Sir Colin Campbell’s report to the East India court of Governors reads "During this six month period many individual acts of valor were performed and young lives sacrificed in the fierce and tenacious defence of the Bailey Gate. The Constantia boys fought off the repeated attacks of a determined and persistent enemy and took their place in the line of battle alongside the regular regiments of the East India army...... The East India Army is honoured that Her Imperial Majesty has most graciously commanded the award of The Royal standard for courage, given to our bravest regiments, to the boys and masters of La Martiniere School..."

The list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School is distinguished by Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with Al Gore.[8]

The School scores heavily with its contribution to defence, police and administrative services.

Sadly with the partition of the country many of the school’s former Muslim pupils, who came from the former predominantly Muslim area of Lucknow, had to leave for Pakistan in the mass exodus of the Muslim population. Amongst the millions who left many have been forgotten, but here in the La Martiniere list a tiny number of Muslim boys, who were alumni of the school will be remembered for their contribution to the administration of undivided India and to their valour in great wars that the British Indian Army fought.

The history of the school is a long one, A large number of Anglo Indians boys are missing in this list of fame. Many Anglo Indians identities have been submerged within the identities of the British, Australian and Canadian populations. This small community has had outstanding achievements at every level of society for hundreds of years, but that record of achievement has been hidden, passed over or co-opted as British, by British historians hiding the fact that they were actually (Anglo) Indians who were born and educated in India in schools like La Martiniere.[9]

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Defence

Education

Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Professor of History, City University of New York. Historian of Lucknow, author of The Making of Colonial Lucknow, 1856-77 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1984; republished in The Lucknow Omnibus, 2001). Editor, Shaam-e-Awadh: Writings on Lucknow (Penguin, 2007). Currently (2015–16) Fulbright Scholar for Professional and Research Excellence and working on a history of Gurgaon.

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Medicine

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Lucknow pupils who received the Indian Mutiny Medal

The following pupils at La Martiniere Boys' College were awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858 for their part in the Defence of Lucknow from 29 June - 22 November 1857.[38]

  • C. Aratoon
  • M. Aratoon
  • M. Barker
  • R. H. Baxter
  • A. Carlow
  • J. Cawood
  • W. Clarke
  • J. Collins
  • G. Coulturan
  • E. Creed
  • G. Creed
  • G. Curson
  • E. Des Crosses
  • J. Dillen
  • G. Drummond
  • R. Grucher
  • J. Holden
  • J. Holt
  • A. Hornby

  • J. Hornley
  • D. Isaacson
  • W. Isaacson
  • James Luffman
  • John Luffman
  • J. Lynch
  • Daniel MacDonald
  • David MacDonald
  • G. Mathews
  • J. Mathews
  • W. Mathews
  • C. McArthur
  • E. Medley
  • G. Medley
  • L. Nicholls
  • G. Paschand
  • J. Phillips
  • W. Pigott
  • W. Pritchard

  • C. Probell
  • J. Purcell
  • W. Reid
  • G. Roberts
  • J. Sangster
  • J. Smart
  • W. Smart
  • J. Smith
  • W. Smith
  • F. Sutton
  • J. Sutton
  • J. Virtue
  • G. Wade
  • W. Wade
  • H. Walsh
  • J. Walsh
  • R. Watkins
  • S. Wrangle

Medals

Rajiv Deengar (ex La Martiniere Lucknow 1966-1972 Cornwallis House) was awarded a Silver Medal by The Royal Society for the Promotion of Arts in London, England, in 1984. Syed Khalid Rizvi ( La Martiniere Lucknow, 1953-1964 Hodson) was awarded the Indian Police Medal in 1989 and the President's Police Medal in 1995. After superannuation from the Indian Police Service, he is now a Professor of Criminal Justice in the USA.

The following staff at La Martiniere Boys' College were awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858 for their part in the Defence of Lucknow from 29 June - 22 November 1857.[38]

Notable Martinians - Lyon

See also

References

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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Old Martians' Association
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  8. 1 2 M.S Swaminathan, R.K. Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards accessed June 2007
  9. Reginald Maher’s ‘These Are The Anglo-Indians’ in the Anglo-Indian Heritage series. The other’s are: Britain’s Betrayal in India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community by Frank Anthony Hostages to India: The Life story of The Anglo-Indian Race by Herbert Alick Stark Cimmerii? Or Eurasians and Their History. All Published by the Simon Wallenberg press
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  16. Leonard Raza is the Officer mentioned in the Golden Galley: The story of the Second Punjab Regiment By Sir Geoffrey Betham to illustrate British racism. "It was decided to honor the Indians, and a young Indian, Major Raza, was selected to take the Surrender of the Japanese Military Police in Rangoon, as the officer had been decorated for gallantry, as well as being mentioned in dispatches three times. But the following day he was refused entry into the white only Rangoon Club), The golden galley : the story of the 2nd Punjab Regiment 1761-1947. London: Oxford University Press, 1956.
  17. Denzil Simeons: Down Memory Lane, by Robert Clayton, OMA Newsletter No 43, 1994 accessed June 2007
  18. Underwater Operation - details of Lt Singh's bravery accessed July 2007
  19. Bryan Cooke biography accessed July 2007
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  31. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 ISBN 0-19-212271-1 p316
  32. Mehru Jaffer - Old Martian
  33. Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress
  34. An Intimate Chat with Dr. Shelly Batra accessed June 2007
  35. Nehru, Arun. 'Of Servitude and Freedom'. Vigil Public Opinion Forum. accessed June 2007
  36. 1 2 Western Australia's information package including history 1912-2006 accessed June 2007
  37. Obituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940
  38. 1 2 La Martiniere Staff and Students Awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 accessed June 2007

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