Midnapore (West Bengal), May 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for preserving West Bengal's rich heritage and lauded the efforts of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in this direction.
Inaugurating the 175th anniversary of the prestigious Midnapre Collegiate School here, Mukherjee emphasized that it was everybody's duty not to let the state's rich heritage be ruined.
He assured Chief Minister Banerjee of helping her to keep the heritage of the state alive in his own small way.
Midnapore Collegiate School is one of the oldest schools not only in Bengal, but India as well. Some of Bengal's luminaries were associated with this school like freedom fighter Khudiram Bose and writers Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Manik Bandopadhyay and Rishi Rajnarayan Basu.
The famous "Anusilan Kendra", the nursery of Bengal terrorist movement against British rule, which was started by revolutionaries Hemchandra Kanungo and Anath Bandhu Panja, had its origin in this school. (ANI with inputs)
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