Welham Boys' School

Welham Boys' School is a boarding school located in Dehra Dun, India. The school is a residential school for boys and is affiliated with CBSE.HistoryWelham was founded in 1937 as a preparatory school for boarding schools in England and India, by Miss Oliphant, an English lady, with a capital of £1000. There were no funds or staff, and no school buildings. Miss Oliphant recruited another retired English lady, Miss Grace Mary Linnell, to run the boarding school for girls, and Miss Linnell became the Founder-Principal of Welham Girls School. Under Miss Linnell’s guidance Welham Girls High School, as it was known then, established itself as a boarding school.In 1956 Miss Oliphant donated all her assets to the Welham Boys' School, which presently is administered by a Board of Trustees. Mr. S. K. (Charlie) Kandhari took over as principal in January 1983.Notable alumni Mani Shankar Aiyar - politician, Cabinet Minister of India Shaad Ali - film director Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb - politician Rajiv Gandhi - Prime Minister of India Sanjay Gandhi - politician Zayed Khan - actor Shahzada Alam Monnoo - industrialist and politician Jubin Nautiyal - Indian playback singer Vikas Kumar - actor Naveen Patnaik - Chief Minister of Orissa Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi - cricketer, ex-Captain of the Indian Cricket Team Gautam Punj - industrialist Vikram Seth - writer Capt. Amarinder Singh - Chief Minister of Punjab (and among the Royal Family of Patiala) Kunwar Sushant Singh M.L.A (Barhapur,U.P) Batch of 2008