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Rajkumar College, Rajkot

Coordinates: 22°17′36″N 70°47′51″E / 22.2932°N 70.7974°E / 22.2932; 70.7974
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Rajkumar College
Location
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Gymkhana Road
Rajkot 360001

India
Coordinates22°17′36″N 70°47′51″E / 22.2932°N 70.7974°E / 22.2932; 70.7974
Information
TypePublic (1938)
Motto"Knowledge is Power"
Established1868 (1868)
FounderRichard Harte Keatinge
School districtRajkot
PresidentHH Thakore Saheb Shri Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot
PrincipalMr. Yash Saxena
GradesK-12
Number of students1900
HousesJhalawar, Halar, Sorath, Gohilwar
AthleticsTrack and field, and athletics meet annually
Athletics conferenceBoys and Girls Assemble
SportsCricket, football, hockey, swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis, horse riding, volleyball, rifle shooting
NicknameRKC
AffiliationCBSE
Alumni website http://www.rkcalumni.com/
Websitewww.rkcrajkot.com/

The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 28.656-acre (1,15,965 m²) campus in Rajkot. The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by Colonel Keatinge and was formally opened by the Governor of Bombay, H. B. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, in 1870. The college was founded for the education of the princely order by the princes and chiefs of Kathiawad for their sons and relations.[1]

Girls College

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Rajkumar College for Girls was introduced on 24 March 2011 by Governor of Gujarat Kamala Beniwal.[2]

Rajkoomar Indian College, Kattywar

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A. S. Bhalla (30 March 2015). Monuments, Power and Poverty in India: From Ashoka to the Raj. I.B.Tauris. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-78453-087-7.
  2. ^ Bhalla, A. S. (2015). Monuments, power and poverty in India: from Ashoka to the Raj. International library of colonial history. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78453-087-7.
  3. ^ a b c Forty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College by Chester Macnaghten. First principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar.
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