About Us

Our beloved Mitra Institution ( Main) founded on 5th January 1898 by Babu Bisweswar Mitra, a friend of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, Honorable Justice of Calcutta High Court. Initially it started with only five students. The initial address of new school with few rooms was 45 Beniatola Street ( now lane). During this year whole of India had only 5134 high schools. The total number of high school students were 530783. In 1901, Raja Peary Mohan Mukherjee of Uttarpara became the first President of the school. On his persuasion Sir Alexander Pedlar, the the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta awarded the recognition from the University of Calcutta in 1904, the school became famous. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee and Bipin Chandra Pal, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Sir Bhupendra Nath Bose, Amritlal Bose visited Mitra Institution (Main) and became involved with its affairs. After a brief period the school shifted to larger space on Harrison Road ( now M G Road) with a few more rooms at Sitaram Ghosh Street. Finally before independence got final destination at 60B Mirzapur Street. Before our school this palatial building was of Ripon’s College. Here Swami Vivekananda was publicly felicitated by the students after return to India via Madras.The steamer docked at Budge Budge, and the Swami and his party arrived by train in Calcutta on February 19, 1897. The reception was magnificent, with an enthusiastic crowd at the railroad station, triumphal arches, the unharnessed carriage drawn by students, and a huge procession with music and religious songs.