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The following is a list of notable Old Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin.
- La Martiniere Calcutta in Kolkata, India
- La Martiniere Lucknow, Lucknow, India
- La Martiniere Lyons in Lyon, France.
[edit] Notable Martinians - Calcutta
[edit] Corporate sector
- C K Birla, industrialist.
- Sir Catchick Paul Chater, philanthropist, Father of modern Hong Kong, Second Founder of La Martiniere Calcutta.
- Atul Singh, president and chief executive of Coca-Cola India[1]
[edit] Celebrity
- Nafisa Ali, swimming champion, actress, former Miss India and politician.
- Dr. Vijay Mallya, billionaire businessman, Chairman of United Breweries and Kingfisher Airlines and a Rajya Sabha MP.
[edit] Education
- John Mason, schoolmaster and educationist.
[edit] Entertainment
- Merle Oberon, actress.
- Pritish Nandy, poet, journalist, politician, television personality and film producer
[edit] Government
- Dr Saiyid Nurul Hasan, historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India.
[edit] Journalism
- Swapan Dasgupta, journalist, columnist and former managing editor of India Today
- Chandan Mitra, Member of Parliament and eminent journalist.
- Jug Suraiya, Associate Editor of the Times of India, author and columnist.
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, journalist.[2]
[edit] Sports
- Ann Lumsden, first woman to win the Arjuna Award for hockey.[3]
- Rishi Narayan, golfer and gold medallist at the 1982 Asian Games[4][5]
- Vece Paes, Olympian and father of Leander Paes.
- Leander Paes, tennis player, India's only medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Captain of the Indian Davis Cup team.
- Enrico Piperno, member of the Indian Tennis team at the 1982 Asian Games and Davis Cup team member[4]
- Oscar Ward, Light-heavyweight boxer who represented India at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.[6]
[edit] Others
- Barry O'Brien, quizmaster.[7]
[edit] Notable Martinians - Lucknow
[edit] Introduction
The Masters and Boys of the School were collectively awarded battle colours by Queen Victoria in 1860 for the defence of the Martiniere post against a huge force at the old Bailey Gate during the 1857 siege of Lucknow. Sir Colin Campbell’s report to the East India court of Governors reads “During this six month period many individual acts of valor were performed and young lives sacrificed in the fierce and tenacious defence of the Bailey Gate. The Constantia boys fought off the repeated attacks of a determined and persistent enemy and took their place in the line of battle alongside the regular regiments of the East India army…... The East India Army is honoured that Her Imperial Majesty has most graciously commanded the award of The Royal standard for courage, given to our bravest regiments, to the boys and masters of La Martiniere School...”
The list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School is distinguished by one recent Nobel Prize winner laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[8].
IPCC led by Dr. Pachauri shares the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with Al Gore.
The School scores heavily with its contribution to defence, police and administrative services.
Sadly with the partition of the country many of the school’s former Muslim pupils, who came from the former predominately Muslim area of Lucknow, had to leave for Pakistan in the mass exodus of the muslim population. Amonst the millions who left many have been forgotten, but here in the La Martiniere list a tiny number of muslim boys, who were alumni of the school will be remembered for their contribution to the administration of undivided India and to their valour in great wars that the British Indian Army fought.
The history of the school is a long one, A large number of Anglo Indians boys are missing in this list of fame. Many Anglo Indians identities have been submerged within the identities of the British, Australian and Canadian populations. This small community has had outstanding achievements at every level of society for hundreds of years, but that record of achievement has been hidden, passed over or co-opted as British, by British historians hiding the fact that they were actually (anglo) Indians who were born and educated in India in schools like La Martiniere.[9].
[edit] Corporate sector
- Nusrat Durrani, Vice-President MTV, New York City.[10]
- Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur.[11]
[edit] Defence
- Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan, Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Army.
- Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke Vr.C, Medal for gallantry, 1965.[12]
- Denzil Keelor and Trevor Keelor made history in the Indo-Pakistani wars by shooting down Pakistan’s Sabre jets.[13]
- Major General Vijay Krishna, Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Indian Army[14]
- Brigadier Rtd Noor Ul Ahmed, Hilal-i-Jur’at (Crescent of Valour) C/o 18th/19th Lancers (Destroyed Nine Indian Tanks in 1965, while commanding a squadron) Pakistan Army.
- Lieutenant General Akhtar Abdur Rahman, Director of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, Masterminded the Jihad against the Soviet Army Pakistan Army.
- Brigadier Leonard Raza, PVSM, soldier, Burma Campaign see note.[15]
- Corporal Mervyn O'Brien of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service in the Malayan conflict.[6]
- Denzil Simeons served with the Australian Army in Vietnam.[16]
- Arvind Singh was awarded the M.V.C. during the Indian Peace Keeping Force operations in Sri Lanka.[17]
In the First and Second World Wars the names of thirty-six and eight Martinians respectively are enshrined on the Rolls of Honour at the College.[6]
[edit] Education
- Bryan Cooke, Emeritis Professor, University of Northern Colorado[18]
- Roy Robinson, Principal, Bishop Cotton School.
- Frederick James Rowe, poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Vive La Martiniere.
[edit] Entertainment
- Roshan Abbas, TV and radio host.[19]
- Muzaffar Ali, painter, clothing designer and film director /producer.[6]
- Priyanka Chopra, actress and former Miss World in 2000.[20]
- Cliff Richard studied for a time at La Martinière while his father was posted in Lucknow.[21]
[edit] Fashion celebrity
- Maureen Wadia, fashion entrepreneur and editor of Gladrags. Her husband is the noted industrialist Nusli Wadia.[22]
[edit] Government
- Isha Basant Joshi, I.C.S. the first female officer in the Indian Civil Service and the first Indian girl to be admitted to the Girls' College.[23]
- K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of India[24] and Indian Ambassador to Russia.[25]
- Islam Khan, Indian Civil Service, City Magistrate Dacca 1924 - 1929
[edit] Journalism
- Vinod Mehta, magazine editor[26]
- Saeed Naqvi, a leading journalist in Delhi brother of Shanney Naqvi.[27]
[edit] Musicians
- Munni Begum Famous Pakistani Gazal Singer, Now lives in the USA
[edit] Judiciary
- Justice Vishnu Sahai, Judge in Lucknow.[28]
[edit] Literature
- Rukun Advani, publisher and author.[29]
- Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer, poet and philosopher.[30]
- Attia Hosain, journalist and writer.[31]
- Mehru Jaffer, author of the book Muhammad published by Penguin-India, 2004.[32]
- Allan Sealy, author of The Trotter-Nama,[33] short-listed for the Booker Prize.
- Harish Mehta, historian and specialist author on Southeast Asian history. Books include: Hun Sen: Strongman of Cambodia published in Singapore by Graham Brash, (co-author Julie Mehta), Warrior Prince: Norodom Ranariddh, Son of King Sihanouk of Cambodia, and Cambodia Silenced: The Press Under Six Regimes.[34] See www.grahambrash.com.sg and www.whitelotuspress.com
[edit] Medicine
- Dr Shelly Batra, author of Intimate Self: A Guide to Women's Sexual Health.[35]
[edit] Politics
- Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan, KCIE, the firstNawab of Murshidabad
- Arun Nehru, political analyst, ex-minister and columnist.[36]
[edit] Science and technology
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[37]. IPCC led by Dr. Pachauri shares the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with Al Gore.
[edit] Sports
- Merv Adams, Australia's National hockey coach in 1974. At the Montreal Olympics the Australian men won a silver medal.[6][38]
- Fred Browne, Australia's first (1956) Olympic hockey coach.[6][38]
[edit] Others
- Edward Hilton, author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow.
- Charles Palmer, civil engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow.[39]
[edit] Lucknow pupils who received the Indian Mutiny Medal
The following pupils at La Martiniere Boys' College were awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858 for their part in the Defence of Lucknow from 29 June - 22 November 1857.[40]
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[edit] Medals
Rajiv Deengar (ex La Martiniere Lucknow) was awarded a Silver Medal by The Royal Society for the Promotion of Arts in London, England, in 1984.
The following staff at La Martiniere Boys' College were awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858 for their part in the Defence of Lucknow from 29 June - 22 November 1857.[40]
- George Archer, schoolmaster
- H. Crank, headmaster
- Charles Dodd, schoolmaster
- William Hilton, Instructor (Bengal Artillery)
- J. de Ravara, steward
- George Schilling, principal
- Mr Wall, schoolmaster
[edit] Notable Martinians - Lyons
[edit] See also
- La Martiniere Calcutta
- La Martiniere College
- La Martiniere Lyons
- La Martiniere Lucknow
- Martinians
- Claude Martin
- The will of Claude Martin
[edit] References
- ^ Surajeet Das Gupta.'We failed to communicate, says Coke India'. Rediff News, 7th February 2006. accessed September 2007
- ^ Paranjoy Guha Thakurta onWWW.INDIA50.COM accessed September 2007
- ^ Carrots & Sticks Kolkata Newsline accessed August 10th 2007
- ^ a b La Martiniere Boys' College website accessed September 2007
- ^ Report by Ashok Chatterjee in the online edition of The Times of India, 18th June 2007 accessed September 2007
- ^ a b c d e f The Old Martinians' Association
- ^ 'Riddle me this'. The Times of India, online edition, 10th September 2004 accessed September 2007
- ^ M.S Swaminathan , R.K Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards accessed June 2007
- ^ Reginald Maher’s ‘These Are The Anglo-Indians’ in the Anglo-Indian Heritage series. The other’s are: Britain’s Betrayal in India: The Story of the Anglo-Indian Community by Frank Anthony Hostages to India: The Life story of The Anglo-Indian Race by Herbert Alick Stark Cimmerii? Or Eurasians and Their History. All Publised by the Simon Wallenberg press
- ^ Nusrat Durran biography accessed July 2007
- ^ La Martinere alumni announce meeting in 2002
- ^ Indian Air Force Gallantry & Service Awards Database accessed June 2007
- ^ Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers By Ramesh Lalwani, New Delhi Mangalorean.com June 11 2006 Accessed June 2007
- ^ 'New Colonel Commandant of EME'. Armed Forces Panorama. Sainik Samachar. accessed July 2007
- ^ Leonard Raza is the Officer mentioned in the Golden Galley: The story of the Second Punjab Regiment By Sir Geoffrey Betham to illustrate British racism. “It was decided to honor the Indians, and a young Indian, Major Raza, was selected to take the Surrender of the Japanese Military Police in Rangoon, as the officer had been decorated for gallantry, as well as being mentioned in dispatches three times. But the following day he was refused entry into the white only Rangoon Club), The golden galley : the story of the 2nd Punjab Regiment 1761-1947. London: Oxford University Press, 1956.
- ^ Denzil Simeons: Down Memory Lane, by Robert Clayton, OMA Newsletter No 43, 1994 accessed June 2007
- ^ Underwater Operation - details of Lt Singh's bravery accessed July 2007
- ^ Bryan Cooke biography accessed July 2007
- ^ Roshan Abbas visits the school Lucknow Newsline August 6th 2005 accessed June 2007
- ^ Priyanka Chopra at IndianUncle.com accessed June 2007
- ^ Posting by ashishkec on the New Age Movies forum, 25th November 2005 accessed June 2007
- ^ Maureen Wadia, heiress and La Martinian accessed July 2007
- ^ 'Uncivil treatment'. The Tribune (online edition), 14 November, 2004. accessed July 2007
- ^ Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 accessed June 2007
- ^ New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed June 2007
- ^ Diary OutlookIndia.com 17th November 2003 accessed June 2007
- ^ East of Eton William Dalrymple TravelIntelligence.net accessed June 2007
- ^ Prize Day report by the Principal in 2003 accessed June 2007
- ^ Rukun Advani. 'For the public good'. The Hindu (online edition), 26 November, 2000. accessed July 2007
- ^ Rad Sa, S. Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. The Poems of Suradosa, Abinhay Publications, p367 accessed June 2007
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 ISBN 0192122711 p316
- ^ Mehru Jaffer - Old Martinian
- ^ Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress
- ^ For more on Mehta's works, see www.grahambrash.com.sg and www.whitelotuspress.com
- ^ An Intimate Chat with Dr. Shelly Batra accessed June 2007
- ^ Nehru, Arun. 'Of Servitude and Freedom'. Vigil Public Opinion Forum. accessed June 2007
- ^ M.S Swaminathan , R.K Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards accessed June 2007
- ^ a b Western Australia's infomation package including history 1912-2006 accessed June 2007
- ^ Obituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940
- ^ a b La Martiniere Staff and Students Awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 accessed June 2007
