Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir
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Location
Malda
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West Bengal

India
Coordinates24°59′44″N 88°08′51″E / 24.995592°N 88.147445°E / 24.995592; 88.147445
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Motto[atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha]
(For one’s own salvation and for the welfare of the world)
Religious affiliation(s)Hinduism
StatusActive

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir is a unit of Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, in Malda district, India, which is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. This boarding school is situated beside Ramakrishna Mission Road, South Baluchar at Malda, Malda district.[1] It is affiliated to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.[2] It is the first English-medium school in North Bengal run by Ramakrishna Mission.[3]

History

Ramkrishna Ashram was started in 1944 in Malda.[4] In 1942, Swami Parashibananadaji Maharaj who came to Malda Ashram and felt the need of setting up a school in the region. By the help of local people, the institute was established on 2 January 1944. Initially it was a night school set up inside the Ashrama campus with a few students. It was started as Vivekananda Vidyamandir. In 1980 the epithet Ramakrishna Mission was added to the name.[5] The school was awarded for good academic results in 2020.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir, Malda". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Seven Malda pupils top Madhyamik exams". The Statesman. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mission for new school in Malda". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Malda". belurmath.org. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "About Our School". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ↑ MP, Team (20 June 2021). "State reports 2,486 new Covid cases, 55 deaths". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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