At the AGEI Time’s winged chariot has sped over one hundred and fifty years, we look back with pride and a sense of achievement on the events of our past and now open our doors to a new changing world.
In a time when it was believed that female horizons should not reach beyond home and family, a man far ahead of his times, courageous and upright, appointed Sherrif of Bombay twice, in 1856 & 1863, having the distinction of being the first Indian to be appointed as Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and member of the Masonic Lodge – felt that only the education of the girl child would bring about the required change in society.
This Zoroastrian man with a reputation for integrity, was Manockjee Cursetjee. He offered a part of his own residence, Villa Byculla and started an English Medium School with 13 Indian pupils.
The school was named not after himself or any of his family members. He named the school after Princess Alexandra, then Princess of Wales who was renowned for her radiant beauty, humaneness and nobility. He felt she would be an ideal for the girls to look up to.
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