Alfred High School Rajkot


Original Location + Cardinal Points: Rajkot, Gujarat (Saurashtra) ,  West India

Present Location: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi

Date/Period: 1885 

Medium: Photograph

Introduction

Gandhiji studied at Alfred High School for seven years. It is thus presently named Mohandas Gandhi Vidyalaya after him. This school was established in 1853, and was built by the Nawab of Junagarh, Rajkot, in Gujarat. The premises of this school have been constructed in the Gothic Norman structure. This school has currently been shut down and replaced by a museum.