Macky's Mart
All about the history of La Martiniere on readers' demand.
By
Carlyle Andre McFarland
1979 (Cornwallis); Day-Scholar
Personal No. 5887
Erstwhile Principal, La Martiniere College, Lucknow (2011 – 2024)
Category: Uncategorized
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THE DECADE OF INDEPENDENCE It is fortunate that the College has scrupulously maintained administrative records, the primary source of which are the Minutes of the meetings of the Local Committee of Governors and greatly, the Annual Reports of Principals. From these records, it is possible to map and trace the demographic changes in the overall…
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INDEPENDENCE TO THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY (1947-2000) This Part deals with the second half of the 20th century and roughly corresponds to the time scale of the Independence of India (1947) to the end of the century (1999) INDEPENDENCE AND ITS AFTERMATH In the years leading up to Independence, La Martiniere’s Anglo-Indian community…
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THE RUN UP TO INDEPENDENCE Months before Independence, on 16 October, 1946, the final bastion was breached when the Governors made an exception for the first Indian boarder to be in residence in the College, although as an unprecedented exception: Resolution 91/46 As an exception the Governors’ Resolution 32/40 dated April 20th, 1940, it was…
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CONDITION OF THE ANGLO-INDIAN PUPILS PRE-INDEPENDENCE The side-lining of the Anglo-Indian student, too young to realise the enormity of unfolding events, was preceded by genuine advice by those in authority. The community was advised to integrate and compete in the changing reality of the new world order. Men of stature referred to this issue repeatedly…
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THE PREDICAMENT OF THE FOUNDATION PUPIL The first half of the twentieth century was turbulent in every part of the world. The first World War had changed the dynamics of politics, the great depression had affected the economic stability of the world, the Independence movement was gaining momentum, the world was at war once again…
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CALCUTTA COMES CALLING The demographics of the College were temporarily disturbed with the evacuation and resettlement of the Calcutta Martiniere for the period that the East of India was under threat of Japanese aggression in World War II. Effectively, it meant that two institutions were running parallel in the same campus. By 1942, neighbouring Burma…
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The ‘First Indian’ Students The first Indian boys were admitted to the College to the ‘Remove’ class: the name given to the class in an English Public School, equivalent to year 11 in modern school education. The nominal Roll for 31 December, 1920 includes the three Indian boys: The three Indian boys, first admitted to…
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION A studious rejection of all applications for admissions of ‘Indian’ pupils was made till the beginning of the 20th century. With greater incomes, accesses to international trends, global travel and awareness of the advantages of formal education, more Indians kept clamouring for admission to this very European school. As early as 1904, not…
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Military Comportment Alongside academics and accreditation, the European nature of the demographics of La Martiniere was maintained by a strong and much-admired Volunteer Corps, a Civil Defence movement with the underlying purpose of being able to call up reserves of young men in case of an emergency, such as had evinced itself in 1857. This…
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1900 UP TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA This section deals with the second fifty years of the life of the College (1895-1945) and roughly corresponds to the time scale of the turn of the century (1900) to the Independence of India (1947). At the turn of the century, the demographics of the College was influenced…
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