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Robin Gupta – “Unrepentant Civil Servant”

Robin Gupta I.A.S (Retd.) CURZON 1965 Formerly Financial Commissioner – In the rank of Chief Secretary Govt. of PUNJAB. Honorary Adviser Development Arpana Group of Trusts

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Partap Sharma – Biography

Partap Sharma [Curzon 1950-54] passed away on 30th November 2011. Known as the Golden Voice of India, Partap was always warm, encouraging and inspirational. The world will be sadder without him but greater for his contributions. A Touch of Brightness: … Continue reading

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BCS stands 3rd rank among the top 10 Boarding Schools in India

Bishop Cotton School Shimla stands 3rd rank among the top 10 Boarding Schools in India, the article had been published in the TOI, dated Sept 14, 2011. A copy of which is attached below. Regards, Wendy Dewan [Click for a full … Continue reading

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Bon appétit – from Al [Ashok] K. Stokes

Bon appétit – OCA Dinner. September 18, 2011 Five months ago, I was surprised to receive an email from Sukhinder Singh and Vijay Khurana to attend the 50th class reunion. I apologize for taking so long to reply. Firstly, I was in … Continue reading

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Cottonian Polo Team Plays in Hawaii USA

As part of the celebrations  to commemorate the 40th year of the class of ’71 passing out of BCS, I led my polo team called the ‘Cottonian Polo Team’ to play an Invitational International Polo tournament in Hawaii, USA from 25 … Continue reading

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DC Anand appointed Knight in the National Order of Merit

We have great pleasure and honour of announcing that Mr. Deep C. Anand (R 47-51) has been appointed Knight in the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Merite) by the President of the French Republic. Rgds, Col. … Continue reading

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OCA Website…Networking…Facebook…Links

BACKGROUND It has been almost 9 years to the day since the OCA made its presence on the Internet. In May of 2002 the oldcottonians.org domain was registered and an online website was created. It started out with a single … Continue reading

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Congratulations: Kuljinder Bahia (Lefroy 1982-1990)

    Click this pic for a full page view Kuljinder Bahia (Lefroy 1982-1990) Old Cottonian, Bishop Cotton School, Simla. News article: The Times of London

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