Jenkins School
government school in West Bengal, India
Jenkins School is a boys school in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was established in 1861 in the town of Cooch Behar.
History
After the independence of India in 1947 the princely state of Cooch Behar became the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal in 1950, and Jenkins School became one of the state government schools. The school was under the patronage of the then Maharaja (king) of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan and the government of West Bengal.
“Jenkins School” enters the record as government school in West Bengal, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jenkins, School and government can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6177611. Authority coordinates are 26.320, 89.448. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1861, 1947 and 1950.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jenkins School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.