The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 28.656-acre (1,15,965 m2) campus in Rajkot. The foundation stone of The Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by Colonel Keatinge and was formally opened by the Governor of Bombay, H. B. Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, in 1870 and just celebrated Sesquicentenary in 2020 . The college was founded for the education of the princely order by the princes and chiefs of Kathiawad for their sons and relations.
Girls College Rajkumar College for Girls was introduced on 24 March 2011 by Governor of Gujarat Kamala Beniwal.
Notable alumni
Takhtsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar The first student Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, Social Equality Reformer Maharaja Bhavsinhji II of Bhavnagar StateForty Years (1870–1910) of the Rajkumar College by Chester Macnaghten. First principal of the college and other sources. Compiled by Sir H.H. Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar. Ranjitsinhji, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Cricketer Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Awarded Poland's highest honor, the President's medal. Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji, The first Governor of Madras Presidency at Independence Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati Ajay Jadeja, former Indian Cricketer
See also Rajkumar College, Raipur List of the oldest schools in the world History of the Indian cricket team
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