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The Queen Mary School, is a private school for girls in Grant road, Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1875, It operates under the management of Christian Medical Educational Fellowship (C.M.E.F) Trust and is affiliated to Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E) Board. Notable alumni include Maniben Patel (the daughter of Sardar Patel).




History


The Queen Mary School in Mumbai, India, was started in 1875 by the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, an Anglican Mission, to provide education for girls.
Initially, most of the teachers were of British origin who came to India under the auspices of the Mission to teach. These were gradually replaced by local Indian teachers, primarily Parsis, followed by other Indian ethnicities.




Present


Queen Mary School is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for the class 10 Board exams and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.




Headmistresses






= British Principals

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Miss Harley
Miss Kimmins
Miss Kelsall
Miss Wilson
Miss Nixon
Miss Heather
Miss Bevis
Miss A. K. Groom
Miss A. E. Lambert
Miss B. R. Shelton




Notable alumni


Padmashri Shabana Azmi, actress, National award winner and Rajya Sabha MP
Shobhaa De, columnist, author, and publisher
Chandi Bathwala, Indian Representative at the U.N.
Nargis Dutt, the woman-in-white of the Indian cinema and former Chairperson of the Spastics Society of India
Dr. Armaity Desai, former Director of the Tata Institute of Social Services and former Chairperson of the University Grant Commission
Preeti Sagar, playback singer.
Rajni Iyer, Senior Counsel, Bombay High Court
Sharda Dwivendi, historian
Shaina NC, fashion designer
Soli P Godrej, Former Sheriff of Bombay
Sooni Taraporevala, international award winner for script writing Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala.
Aarti Chhabria, Actress
Ayra Cama, famous poet and writer
Devita Saraf, Founder of Vu Technologies and Co Founder of Vu TelePresence
Gautami Kapoor, Actress and model
Saryu Doshi, Padma Shri awardee
Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, Former chairman of Godrej Group and Padma Bhushan awardee




References






External links


"Queen Mary School, Mumbai". queenmaryschoolmumbai.in. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060314201524/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/CMS-2-05/description.aspx
"Bettysheltonqueenmarian.com". Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

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