Raja Basudev High School

Raja Basu Dev High School is located at the centre of the city of Debagarh(Deogarh) in the state of Odisha, India. It was established in 1880 by Raja Basudev Sudhal Dev, the ruler of the princely state of Bamanda. Originally known as Raja Kumar High School and based in a royal palace, it later moved to its own premises and was renamed as Raja Basu Dev High School. This Highschool was named after and established by Raja Basudev Sudhal Dev, who was an eminent educationalist and one of the pioneers of the modern orissa and oriya language. There was only one primary school in Bamra when Raja Basudev took over the reign of the state. He increased the number of primary schools to 28, established one high school at Deogarh, the State capital of Bamra State and it was affiliated with the Calcutta University. The king kept close contact with the veteran educationists of Bengal and recruited good scholars for the posts of teachers in the high school. He was also taking the advice of his friends Iswar Chandra Bidyasagar and Ashutosh Mukherjee, the veteran educationists of Bengal, for progress of education in the state.

This 130-year-old institution is one of pioneer in spreading education in the district of Deogarh. There are many eminent scholars who graduated from this high school and at present are spread across the globe in reputed universities, MNCs and Government departments.

A 130-year-old institution which contributed in establishing identity of orissa and the oriya language should be given a heritage status and State government should provide sufficient funds to revive the past glory of the institute.

References

{{http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2009/April-May/engpdf/13-14.pdf}}