Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School


Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School, is a school in Kumbakonam, a town in the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Inauguration

This school was inaugurated in 10 November 1919 by Mohamed Habibullah Sahib Bahadur, the then Municipal Councillor of Kumbakonam.

History

Before inauguration the school was functioning in the house of Nataraja Pillai in Kambatta Visvanathar East Street in Kumbakonam. While there was a need for accommodating the school, Gurunatha Pillai who was living very near to the house of Nataraja Pillai, gave way 3 acre of land. From then this was called as Gurunatha Pillai School. Started with 20 students, it has now 600 students and 32 teachers. Wards of daily wage workers and labours studied in this school and performed well. In sports and other fields such as literature, arts such as drama, photography, kabbadi and others the school has a special place in Thanjavur district. Many students participate in those competitions and got good rank.
During the period of Kunchithapatham Chettiar, as Chairman of Kumbakonam Municipality, a new building was opened in 31 October 1955. During 1973 this school became Arignar Anna Municipal High School. In 1977-78 it became Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School.

Centenary Celebrations

In order to conduct the centenary celebrations, the alumni of the school arranged meetings on 16 June 2019, 14 July 2019 and on 15 March 2020. During the meetings alumni participated in the meetings and among others, the following decisions were made:
V.Sarathy is the present Headmaster of the school.

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