Amitabh Bachchan owes his present status to Sherwood College
Amitabh Bachchan owes his present status to Sherwood College
Undoubtedly, Schools lays a foundation for life. They shape the minds, values, and futures of students.
One such institution, is the 1869 established Diocesan Boys Chakraborty’s. It has been shaping bright futures for over 156 years. As of today, it is acknowledged as Sherwood College, a prestigious
co-educational residential school for classes 3 to 12.
Over the decades, Sherwood College has nurtured talent in almost every field, including the Armed Forces, Public Service, Cinema, Fine Arts, Business, Sports, Education, Publishing, and Spirituality. Its campus in Nainital, Uttarakhand, has been home to countless young minds who would later go on to make a mark in India and abroad.
Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan owes his status in the industry to Sherwood College in Nainital.For the Legend the school influenced him most.
If he had to talk about Sherwood, he would write book on it! Those three years were by far the happiest times of his life. Or maybe one feels like now. The feelings weren’t there when he was there – but now that he looks back on it they were marvellous days. He owes his present status to Sherwood.
It taught him to be independent, fearless, loyal truthful values.
and these have stayed with through life. This is as per Sherwood College’s official website.
Notable Alumni of Sherwood College
Armed Forces have been:
Field Marshal S.H.F.J. (Sam) Manekshaw
Major Som Nath Sharma
Lieutenant General Sir Martin Garrod (Retd.) KCB, OBE (U.K)
General Vishwa Nath Sharma
Major General Hari Badhwar
Air Vice Marshal Michael McMahon (1959)
Lieutenant General G.S. Rawat (Retd.) PVSM, AVSM
Major General Stanley Burrett AVSM
Lieutenant General S.N. “Tindi” Sharma (Retd.)
Major General Mohan Singh PVSM, AVSM
Brigadier S.P.S. Shrikent (Retd.)
Captain Pratap Singh
Captain Thakor G. Patel
Air Marshal Yeshwant Rao Rane (1963)
Lieutenant General Avtar Singh (1961)
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, Indian Army
Air Vice Marshal Sumit Mukherjee
Lieutenant General I.J. Singh
Major General Dilip Bhardwaj
Public Service
A.N. Kidwai, Former Governor of Bihar
Justice Ravi Dhawan, Chief Justice of the Patna High Court
Padma Shri Virendra Dayal, UN Diplomat assisting the Secretary
Salman Haider IFS (Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary and High Commissioner to the UK
F.C. Badhwar, OBE, Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan and the firstl Indian Chairman of the Indian Railway Board
Inderjit Khanna, IAS, Chief Secretary of Rajasthan
Mukesh Joshi, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes
Cinema, Fine Arts, and Theatre
Amitabh Bachchan
Kabir Bedi
Late Marcus Murch
Dalip Tahil
Alexander Souri
Vivek Mushran
Ram Kapoor
Business, Industry, and Commerce
Sir Kul Rattan Chadha
George MacFarlaine
Sports
Raymond Whiteside, Olympic Athlete and Successful Businessman
Angad Singh Bajwa, Shooter
Education
Professor Andrew Garrod, Head of Department of Education, Dartmouth College, USA
Professor Gyanendra Pandey, Head of Department of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Publishing
Ravi Dayal, Renowned editor-publisher and former head of Oxford University Press
Spirituality
Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhoji Rao Sithole, Spiritual Guru
What Amitabh Bachchan Said About Sherwood College
As per Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan, the school that influenced him most was obviously, the Sherwood College in Nainital. If he had to talk about Sherwood, he would write book on it! Those three years were by far the happiest times of his life. Or maybe one feels like now. The feelings weren’t there when he was there – but now that he looks back on it they were marvellous days. He owes his present status to Sherwood.
It taught him to be independent, fearless, loyal truthful values.
and these have stayed with through life. This is as per Sherwood College’s official website.
Sherwood College has played a significant role in shaping the lives of many distinguished individuals across diverse fields. While the school’s legacy is celebrated through its notable alumni like Sam Manekshaw and Amitabh Bachchan, it continues to evolve and adapt to modern educational needs.
News Edit KV Raman
