Mallinson Girls School

Mallinson Girls School is located in the heart of Srinagar, in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The school was founded by Ms Fitze Mallinson in 1912 at Fateh Kadal and later shifted to Sheikh Bagh in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar.

The Mallinson Girls School
The Mallinson School Motto
Location
Sheikh Bagh, Lal Chowk, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

India
Coordinates34.0699719°N 74.8122353°E / 34.0699719; 74.8122353
Information
TypeChristian Missionary
Motto"Faithful in the least"
Established1912 CE
FounderMs Fitze Mallinson
PrincipalMabel Youzon
Head of schoolParvez Samuel Kaul
GenderGirls only
ClassesNursery-12th
CampusUrban
Nickname"Mallinsonites"
AffiliationJK BOSE
Websitetbms.tbmes.org/MGS/home.aspx/

History

Mallinson Girls' School was founded in 1912 by Miss Violet B. Fitze as the Girls' Mission High School. Its name was later changed to Mallinson Girls' School in honour of Miss Mallinson, a missionary who served in the school from 1922–1961.[1] The Mallinson Girls Srinagar was established at Fateh Kadal in 1912. The first woman matriculate of Kashmir, Begum Zaffar Ali began her career as a teacher in the Girls' Mission High School in 1925. Mehmooda Ali Shah, educationist and Padma Shri awardee, was an alumnus of the institution.[2][3]

References
  1. "Mallinson Girls School". TBMS website. TBMS. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. "Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah – Obituary". Kashmir Life. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. "Mehmooda Ahmed Ali Shah: A Great educationist". Kashmir Times. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.


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