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It is gratifying to note that General Jayanta Chowdhury, former Chief of Army Staff, Air Marshall Subroto Mukherjee, S.N. Roy ICS, R. Gupta ICS - two former Chief Secretaries of West Bengal, Subimal Roy, Justice, Supreme Court, Dr. Sisir Basu, famous pediatrician and brother of Netaji, Sankar Moitra ICS, S.M. Bose, IAS, Gautam Ghosh, noted film director and many other well-known personalities have studied here.
Among girls who have distinguished themselves in various fields, we have Smt. Leela Majumder, Maitreyee Devi, Ketaki Kushari Dyson, the famous literati, Nalini Das, Ex-principal of Bethune College, Lady Abala Basu, wife of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, who later started Brahmo Samaj Girls', Dr. Renuka Rai - the first lady Doctor of Calcutta and Dr. Mitasree Dasgupta, an eminent Gynaecologist of the city now. We can boast of Smt. Beena Das - freedom fighter who shot at Governor Stanley Jackson on April 7, 1931, for which the recognition of the Diocesan College was revoked, Sebati Mitra - Ex-principal of Rani Birla College Chhaya Biswas - Ex-principal o f St. Thomas' Girls School, Kidderpore, Sheila Broughton - Principal of Julien Day School, Maya Dutta - Ex-principal of Lady Brabourne College, Purnima Dasgupta - Principal of Alipore Govt. School, Kalyani Karlekar - Ex-principal, Hastings College of Education, Dr. Bharati Roy - Pro Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University, Malini Bhattacharya - Reader in the Department of English and Ex-M.P., Chhanda Chowdhury - Reader in the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Tara Chakraborty - Reader in Calcutta University, Charulata Das, Molina Mukherjee and Jaya Shome, three Ex-principals of Diocesan, Ela Dutta - retired D.I., Rama Roy - daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose, Chitra Ghosh - Ex-Professor, Lady Brabourne College, Mahua Kini, renowned social worker in London, Tanika Sarkar, Professor in the Department of History, St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak, Professor in English, Columbia University, Mala Al-Farooq, Professor, Modern Indology, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Manjusree Chaki Sarkar, Debjani Chaliha, noted danseuse, Alokananda Roy, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha, Saswati Guha Thakurta from film and T.V., Subhalaxmi Khan, wife of maestro Amjad Ali Khan and a famous dancer, Sakuntala Sen and Usha Iyenger, both renowned table tennis players, Zulekha Ruksana, Principal, College of Catering and Hotel Management, Bani Tagore and Sreeradha Banerjee and Uttara Chowdhury, noted singers and many more.
The school has a glorious tradition and it follows the ideals set by its predecessors and instills in its students the values which have been passed down through the ages.
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