Biscoe school was actually'” Hadow school “”

1) Rekha Wazir mam,actual name of of Tyndale Biscoe School was ” Hedow memorial school” (State archieves, educationol re-organisation committee ,1938 led by Zakir Hussain ,jamia Milia – New Dehli)

2) Hedow family ( founder of Hedwun hospital – refer to my earlier blog on hedwun https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=295601941863598&id=100042413824806 )were very vibrant in kashmirhttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=295601941863598&id=100042413824806 )were very vibrant in kashmir

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3) As I said earlier ,The majority of the population of thestate was illiterate. Literacy rate in the state was merely 2.03 % in 1901(Census Report of 1901,Page 50 )- refer to my blog on Annie besant founder of SP college .( https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=300682431355549&id=100042413824806 )

4) Why dogras discouraged education of Muslim of Kashmir ?
According to Pandit Prem nath bazaz :”The awareness that they (Dogras) were Hindus and the over- whelming majority of the Kashmiris professed Islam, constantly made them apprehensive. They disliked the idea of making their subjects politically conscious and thought that imparting of education was only an effective way of awakening the people to their political and human rights.( Prem Nath Bazaz., Daughters of Vitasta, p. 215.).

5) Christian missionary schools :
The school was founded as Church Mission Society (CMS) School by JH Knowles in the premises of Missionary Hospital ( Chest Disease Hospital) in Durga-jan near Dalgate.
Because , Missionary were not allowed to hire a building in kashmir to establish modern educational schools .
( it’s Durga- Jan not drugjan ,a place where disciples of hindu diety were residing – Jann- Residence – we kashmiris have inherited wrong precedence of corrupting names – Walter kadal is wattal kadal and saif Ali masjid is “Ael-masjid ” for us )

6) Knowles started with just 5 pupil only why ?
“Punishment for acquiring modern education” : According to Robert Clark,1901,”The mission of Church mission society ” “”page 169 “”,when modern school were established in Srinagar ,”commencement of school was important an event as this was discussed in durbar ( dogra parliment ) ,and parents of the children’s studying school got domiciliary visit from the police ,they were told if their children went to school ( the parents ) would be banished to Gilgat ( Bovanjan begar) “

7) Kashmiri Muslim shawl merchant Offered his home for CMS :
Big shot ,politically vibrant Shawl merchant volunteered to offer his own building to be hired to establish first CMS school in Fateh kadal .He was not afraid of punishment .

8) Then It was in 1890 that the government permitted the CMS to shift the school to Fateh Kadal locality of the downtown where the number in the first year touched 200 mark,”

9) Mostly elite Pandit in Biscoe school :
According to Tyndale Biscoe, Kashmir in sunlight,pp.265 & 268 , “At first near all 250 boys receiving instruction from CMS school were Kashmiri Pandits. They were sons or grandsons of the officials who bullied and squeezed the Mohammedan peasants for years past, and their large houses in the city, with all the wealth, were a standing witness to their looting power, for the salary they received from state was quite insignificant

10) Elite Mullahs discouraging Muslim education : According to a study ,Reported by Zamindaar newspaper from Punjab ,Sep.1923 ,”Besides poverty, government policies ,reactionary clergy discouraged modern education among the muslim””.

11) In 1891-92 ,Tyndale Biscoe joined the school as the principal of CMS school Fateh kadal ,since CMS school were assisted financially by Hedow family ,C M.Hedow had established largest carpet of Asia in kashmir – so another haow family member , Major R.C. Hadow was established as treasurer’s of CMS schools – There were 5 CMS school in kashmir till 1938 .

12) In 1937-38, the CMS High School Fateh was shifted to Shiekh Bagh ,Srinagar .

13) Later in 1946, the school was finally named after Tyndale Biscoe.

Resource : DrAshraf Kashmiri
Email : drashrafshafikashmiri@gmail.com
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