The Raja Artatran High School of Khariar in Nuapada district is going to complete 75 years in October this year and it is all set to celebrate the platinum jubilee on the occasion.
The school was established on October 19, 1943 by Raja Artatran Deo of Khariar. Satish Chandra Sengupta, a great personality of this area, was the first headmaster of the school. Sengupta along with some other teachers like Brajamohan Barik and Purna Chandra Thakur are remembered by the people of older generation for their great teaching ability and discipline.
A meeting, convened by Nakul Sabar, present headmaster of the school, was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Balabhadra Mahauty, one of the old students as well as former teachers of the school to discuss about celebration.
It was decided that the jubilee would be held from October 19 to 22.
Bureaucrat Shrikant Chatterjee, a former student, was made the chairman of the steering committee. The next meeting to discuss about different modalities will be held on June 24.