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Provincial School opens at Kumbakonam

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A government Provincial School opened at Kumbakonam, later the Government Arts College known as the Cambridge of South India.

In October 1854 the government opened a Provincial School at Kumbakonam, before the founding of the University of Madras. It was one of the provincial schools created to extend English education beyond the city of Madras. The school developed into the Government Arts College, Kumbakonam, which became known for producing scholars and was sometimes called the Cambridge of South India. Its alumni included the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

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