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Our History

In 1930 Shri Jivanlal Divan and Shri Balvantrai Thakore joined the Salt March or Dandi March movement with Mahatma Gandhi and also went to jail for it. The teachers feared that the British would sequester all their assets and so transferred the ownership of the school to ‘The Proprietary High School Trust’ in 1931. Before this, in an open meeting on Sabarmati Riverbank, Shri Ballubhai had entrusted the Trust Deed to Gandhiji. The school has been managed by the trust ever since. Unfortunately, Shri Ballubhai Thakore passed away in 1939. Shri Jivanlal Divan was not able to take the loss of a lifelong friend and he soon suffered from a paralytic attack. The management of the school was then entrusted to a veteran, Shri Thakorlal Shripatray Thakore.
Despite of the paralysis, Shri Jivanlal Divan, continued to attend to the school till the time of his death in 1952. In the same year, the trustees decided to change its name to “Divan Ballubhai High School” to immortalize and honor the founders. In 1966, the management started primary schools (along with nursery) in both, the Paldi and Kankaria branches. The school also introduced English medium for Primary and nursery classes in 2006.

Thakorlal S. Thakore

Jivanlal H. Divan

Balvantral P. Thakore

Bipinchandra J. Divan

School Milestones From 1908 to ……

Message From Chairman’s Desk

Dr. Hemang Desai

(Chairman)

The Proprietary High School Trust

All the schools under the “Divan-Ballubhai" banner are run by The Proprietary High School Trust which has a history of over 100 years, having started on 6th January 1908 - almost a pioneer in the field of education in the state of Gujarat.

As Institutions, which follow Gandhian Philosophy, the progress is closely linked to the freedom struggle and continues to strive to provide value education.

Divan-Ballubhai Schools are educational institutions that have earned a distinct reputation in the field of education. It provides holistic education to equip all its students with knowledge and skills required to thrive in the 21st century.

In this age of constantly changing socio-economic environment requiring up-gradation of textual curricula and highly expected skill-based competencies, students are required to be trained and prepared for the global society. Also, the Trust is aware that meaningful action needs to be taken to bridge the gaps between the Primary and Secondary school curricula by arranging time-to-time interactions among the principals and subject teachers.

We wish to assure you that the Schools will do their best and expect the students to be sincere in their efforts and be lifelong learners.

Today's India is an empowered, enlightened and enterprising nation and our endeavor is to prepare our children to be smart and confident citizens who would further take our country to new heights!

Thank You.

Our Trustees

Sr. Name of the Trustee Date of Joining Date of Resigning
1 Shri. Ratilal Nathalal 1931 1973
2 Dr. Balvantrai Narsilal Kanuga 1931 17-Oct-1949
3 Shri. Jayantilal Narbheram Thakore 1931 11-Mar-1955
4 Shri. Balvantrai Paramodrai Thakore 1931 21-Jan-1939
5 Shri. Jivanlal Hariprasad Divan 1931 1-Dec-1952
6 Shri. Narendra Balvantrai Thakore 1939 12-Jan-1964
7 Shri. Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan 1949 10-Feb-1965
8 Shri. Thakorlal Shripatray Thakore 21-Dec-1952 1-Jan-1987
9 Shri. Ratilal Maneklal Teli 21-Dec-1952 1976
10 Shri. Bhaskarrav Balvantray Thakore 21-Dec-1952 29-Sep-1989
11 Shri. Vikram Keshavlal Desai 21-Dec-1952 30-Jan-1953
12 Shri. Vikram Keshavlal Desai 1955 1973
13 Shri. Surandra Balvantrai Thakore 16-Apr-1964 9-Feb-1994
14 Shri. Bansirav Govindrav Thakore 10-Feb-1965 1973
15 Shri. Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan 16-Jan-1973 1976
16 Shri. Laxmanprasad Vasa 15-Feb-1973 1-Oct-1993
17 Shri. Ambalal Himmatlal 15-Feb-1973 1984-1988
18 Shri. Hariprasad Kesariprasad Thakore 3-Apr-1978 12-Mar-1989
19 Shri. Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan 1-Sep-1981 12-Mar-2012
21 Shri. Niranjanbhai B. Thakore 19-Feb-1988 22-Oct-2006
22 Shri. Praffulbhai P. Thakore 20-May-1991 19-Dec-2007
23 Shri. Dakshaben  B. Thakore 01-June-2009 13-Oct-2023

 

ક્રમ ટ્રસ્ટીનું નામ જોડાયા તારીખ નિવૃત્તિ તારીખ
શ્રી. રતિલાલ નાથાલાલ ૧૯૩૧ ૧૯૭૩
ડૉ. બળવંતરાય નરસીલાલ કાનુગા ૧૯૩૧ ૧૭-૧૦-૧૯૪૯
શ્રી. જયંતીલાલ નરભેરામ ઠાકોર ૧૯૩૧ ૧૧-૦૩-૧૯૫૫
શ્રી. બળવંતરાય પરમોદરાય ઠાકોર ૧૯૩૧ ૨૧-૦૧-૧૯૩૯
શ્રી. જીવણલાલ હરિપ્રસાદ દીવાન ૧૯૩૧ ૦૧-૧૨-૧૯૫૨
શ્રી. નરેન્દ્ર બળવંતરાય ઠાકોર ૧૯૩૯ ૧૨-૦૧-૧૯૬૪
શ્રી. બિપિનચંદ્ર જીવણલાલ દીવાન ૧૯૪૯ ૧૦-૦૨-૧૯૬૫
શ્રી. ઠાકોરલાલ શ્રીપતરાય ઠાકોર ૨૧-૧૨-૧૯૫૨ ૦૧-૦૧-૧૯૮૭
શ્રી. રતિલાલ માણેકલાલ તેલી ૨૧-૧૨-૧૯૫૨ ૧૯૭૬
૧૦ શ્રી. ભાસ્કરરાવ બળવંતરાય ઠાકોર ૨૧-૧૨-૧૯૫૨ ૨૯-૦૯-૧૯૮૯
૧૧ શ્રી. વિક્રમ કેશવલાલ દેસાઈ ૨૧-૧૨-૧૯૫૨ ૩૦-૦૧-૧૯૫૩
૧૨ શ્રી. વિક્રમ કેશવલાલ દેસાઈ ૧૯૫૫ ૧૯૭૩
૧૩ શ્રી. સુરેન્દ્ર બળવંતરાય ઠાકોર ૧૬-૦૪-૧૯૬૪ ૦૯-૦૨-૧૯૯૪
૧૪ શ્રી. બંસીરાવ ગોવિંદરાવ ઠાકોર ૧૦-૦૨-૧૯૬૫ ૧૯૭૩
૧૫ શ્રી. બિપિનચંદ્ર જીવણલાલ દીવાન ૧૬-૦૧-૧૯૭૩ ૧૯૭૬
૧૬ શ્રી. લક્ષ્મણપ્રસાદ વસા ૧૫-૦૨-૧૯૭૩ ૦૧-૧૦-૧૯૯૩
૧૭ શ્રી. અંબાલાલ હિંમતલાલ ૧૫-૦૨-૧૯૭૩ ૧૯૮૪-૧૯૮૮
૧૮ શ્રી. હરિપ્રસાદ કેસરીપ્રસાદ ઠાકોર ૦૩-૦૪-૧૯૭૮ ૧૨-૦૩-૧૯૮૯
૧૯ શ્રી. બિપિનચંદ્ર જીવણલાલ દીવાન ૦૧-૦૯-૧૯૮૧ ૧૨-૦૩-૨૦૧૨
૨૧ શ્રી. નિરંજનભાઈ બી. ઠાકોર ૧૯-૦૨-૧૯૮૮ ૨૨-૧૦-૨૦૦૬
૨૨ શ્રી. પ્રફ્ફુલભાઈ પી. ઠાકોર ૨૦-૦૫-૧૯૯૧ ૧૯-૧૨-૨૦૦૭
૨૩ શ્રી. દક્ષાબેન બી. ઠાકોર ૦૧-૦૬-૨૦૦૯ ૧૩-૧૦-૨૦૨૩