Welham_Girls'_School

Welham Girls' School

Welham Girls' School

Girls' boarding school in Dehradun, India

Welham Girls' School is a private boarding school for girls located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.[1][2][3][4]

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History

The school was founded by Hersilia Susie Oliphant, who had previously set up Welham Boys' School.[5] She named the schools after her home village of Welham, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.[5]

She acquired a palatial estate called Nasreen adjacent to the boys' school to start a small boarding school for girls.[5] There were no funds, staff, or school buildings. There were originally ten pupils.[5] Oliphant recruited another English woman, Grace Mary Linnel, to run the boarding school for girls.[5] Linnel became the founder principal of Welham Girls School, which started in 1957.[6]

The school has been described in The Economic Times as one of a group of "old, rich and popular schools — the Eton equivalents in India ... These boarding schools are a state of mind in themselves, an attitude which can’t be duplicated".[7]

Extracurricular activities

The school hosts competitive events such as sports, craft, dramatics, music, dance and photography.[8] Sports include basketball, hockey, swimming, badminton, lawn tennis, athletics, table tennis, karate, shooting and aerobics.[9] The basketball team has won numerous tournaments and represented Uttrakhand at the national level. Several students have been chosen for the India camp as well.[10]

Notable alumnae

Art

Business

Film

Indian Administrative Service

Journalism

Law

Literature

Politics and activism

Sports

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