Sesquicentennial memorabilia etc

Dear OCs,   OCA (India) regrets that sufficient supply of the coffee-table book was not available at Shimla during the Sesquicentennial celebrations. We have now received adequate stocks and the same are available for sale at Trekkers Point,  Mezzanine floor,  PVR Plaza Cinema Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi, at Rs. 2500/- per copy. You may […]

BCS Sesquicentennial – Letter to OCs

21st October 2009 My dear Fellow Cottonians, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla – Sesquicentennial Celebrations I write to thank each one of you – all those who came and many of those who could not – for showing that the spirit of BCS remains alive in all of us. The six days of celebrations starting with […]

Spot-light on OCs: Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli – Curzon 1927-37

Peter Kohli writes a letter about his father Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli [Curzon 1927-37] and has sent in a few photographs reproduced below: Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli, just had his 90th birthday on August 26 of this year. After passing out of Bishop Cotton School in the 1930s, he went on to study […]

Bishop Cotton School – Sesquicentennial – Commemorative stamp

BCS Commemorative postage stamp issued by the Department of Posts India on 6th October 2009. Technical data: Number of stamps issued: 400,000 in a denomination of Indian Rupees 5.00 The First Day issue cover pack has a beautiful painting of the BCS building on the cover.

BCS Sesquicentennial Jubilee Polo Cup 2009

BCS Sesquicentennial Jubilee Polo Cup 2009 programme Saturday, 24th October 2009 Lunch at Anandpur Polo Estate, Noida [adjoining Jindal Polo Ground] – 1230-1430 hrs Start of 1st Polo Match Play [‘Anandpur Polo Cup’] – 1500 hrs Start of 2nd Polo Match Play [BCS Sesquicentennial Jubilee Polo Cup 2009] – 1600 hrs BARBADOS Polo Team vs […]

NETWORKING: OC’s and their BCS BATCH pages

Dear OCs The batch of 1980 and the batch of 1976 have started off by starting a group each at ning.com and groups.yahoo.com  – 1976 – 1980 It would be good to see other BCS Batches create similar groups and we’ll link back to your group page from here. Each batch could select a group […]

Bishop Cotton Challenge Cup – Rugby School vs. Marlborough College 2009

Bishop Cotton Challenge Cup Rugby School vs. Marlborough College Annual Cricket Match, 1 – 2 July 2009 This fixture has a long and illustrious history and was first played in1855. It was instigated by our founder, Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, who had been Housemaster at Rugby and became Master of Marlborough College in 1852. […]