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SHYAM KISHORE (Guest) Dear All , I studied in GIC , Faizabad from 1946 to 1956 , when the college was divided in two parts , one parting education from Class III to Class VII having a Head Master as the head and the other from Class IX to Class XII having a Principal as the head . Those years were my formative years and decidedly the best years of my life . There was no dress code and most of us wore shirt and pajama or half pant . Medium of teaching was Hindi , though in the science stream English books were also a necessity . A lot of friends were close to me , I am naming just those who were very close to me - Navin Chandra Agrawal , Shakeel Ahmad Khan (joined college in Class XI) , Narendra Nath Chakravarti , Vijay Krishna Datt Mishra , Raj Narain Agrawal , Shiv Bahadur Singh , Gopal Narain Srivastav , Ramanuj Mishra , Girish Chandra Srivastav , Sukomal Bose , Sudhanshu Mishra , Anand swarup Shrivastav , Sarva Prasad Singh . In Class IX we were separated into Science , Commerce and Arts streams . I was in Science stream with Maths . Raj Narain was from Rudauli and stayed in the Junior Hostel which was within the college campus . Ramanuj was from Sultanpur and stayed in the Senior Hostel across the Railway line . I , Navin , Narendra , Vijay and Girish got First Division in Class X Board Exam . In Intermediate Board Exam I , Navin , Shakeel , Narendra and Vijay got First Division . Our College was very proud of us on our constant good performance in Exams. After passing from GIC , myself , Navin , Shakeel and Narendra joined various Engineering courses in different Engineering Colleges . I joined Civil Engineering in University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) . For a year , after GIC and before joining IIT , I studied BSc (Part-I) in Allahabad University as I was under age for the Engineering Course at Roorkee (BSc and other normal graduate courses were of 2 year's duration during those days). At Allahabad I had the fortune of listening to 'Madhushala' recital by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan . Our teachers in all classes were very considerate and tried to give us the best possible education . Mention may be made of a few notable ones who taught us in Classes XI & XII . Shri C.K. Go. (Physics) was also adept at playing on Harmonium and Tabla , Shri S.K. Mukherjee (Chemistry) , Shri Rastogi (Maths) , Shri Raj Mani Mishra (Hindi) and Shri S.R. Zeb (English) .I played Hockey and Football and occasional Cricket (not very popular at that time) . There were no electric fans in class rooms . A long wooden beam , with equally long and about 75 cm deep thick Kaleen type cloth was fixed to it at its bottom . A man sitting outside class rooms would pull it back and forth by a thick rope passing over a pulley fixed in a hole made in the wall . Our study desks had an inbuilt metal ink pot in which ink was filled every morning . We had to use pen holders with a nib attached to it and had to dip it frequently in the ink pot . We were given . We were given refreshments in the interval time , which consisted of Gram or peas in their various preparations and occasionally roasted peanuts . My elder brother Shri Panna Lal , who had also studied at GIC is recorded in the Wikipedia as one of its famous alumni . He was a member of Parliament for 3 consecutive terms of 5 years each (first from Faizabad itself and then from Akbarpur , which was a part of Faizabad then and is presently a separate district known as Ambedkar Nagar .and then became a Member of the U.P. , Public Service Commission , which position he held till his untimely death due to heart problem . I wish all the alumni of GIC all the happiness and fond memories of GIC , Faizabad .