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 Ms 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. 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 Ms Oliphant donated all her assets to the Welham Boys' School which presently is administered by a Board of Trustees. Mr. S.K. Kandhari took over as principal in January 1983.Notable alumni Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi - Cricketer, Ex-Captain of the Indian Cricket Team Vikram Seth - Writer Mani Shankar Aiyar - Politician, Cabinet Minister of India Naveen Patnaik - Chief Minister of Orissa Shaad Ali - Film Director Zayed Khan - Actor Shahzada Alam Monnoo - Industrialist and Politician Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb - Politician Capt. Amarinder Singh - Politician, Ex-cm of punjab, maharaja of patiala