A Tablet was created in the Seminary buildings and opened in 1905 by Sir Andrew Fraser, The then Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, THE ORIENTAL SEMINARY THE PAST 1. The institution is one of the oldest in Bengal. [...] Issur Chandra Gupta, Poet and the Editor of the Probkakar in the issue of the paper on the 14th February 1853 observed "since the founda- tion of the Oriental Seminary by an Indian gentleman of no ordinary ability it is sending forth every year young men well-educated and fit to enter the world. [...] 7. In the begiriing of the Fifties of the last century, the then news-papers announced that the boys of the different Schools and Colleges had attempted to display their historic accomplishments ; they performed several of Shakespeare's plays in place of recitation and in this they drew admiration of the cultured public—both Indian and European. [...] On the death of the founder, the entire management of the Seminary devolved upon his brother, the late Babu Hurray Kristo Auddy, who devoted all his time in the interest of the institution, which continued to maintain its proud position as one of the most respect- able and independent schools in Bengal. [...] The disturbances in the city during the earlier part of 1947 greatly affected the educational activities of the country and in consequence the Seminary also had a set-back in progress.
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