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{{short description|Secondary school in Kumbakonam, India}}
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'''Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School'''<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:அறிஞர் அண்ணா அரசு மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி, கும்பகோணம்]]</ref> is a school in [[Kumbakonam]], a town in the [[Thanjavur district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].
==Inauguration==
[[File:1919inscription in kumbakonam arignarannagovt school.jpg|right|thumb|Inscription dated 10 November 1919]]
[[File:1955inscription in kumbakonam arignarannagovt school.jpg|right|thumb|Inscription dated 31 October 1955]]
This school was inaugurated on 10 November 1919 by Mohamed Habibullah Sahib Bahadur, the then Municipal Councillor of Kumbakonam.<ref name="dinamalarthanjai">தஞ்சை நாகை திருவாரூர் மாவட்ட வரலாற்று டைரி, கும்பகோணம் அரசு மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளி, தினமலர், தஞ்சை பதிப்பு,</ref>
==History==
Before inauguration the school was functioning in the house of Nataraja Pillai in [[Kambatta Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kambatta Visvanathar]] East Street in Kumbakonam. While there was a need for accommodating the school, Gurunatha Pillai who was living very near to the house of Nataraja Pillai, gave way 3 acre of land. From then this was called as Gurunatha Pillai School.<ref name="dinamalarthanjai"/> Started with 20 students, it has now 600 students and 32 teachers. Wards of daily wage workers and labours studied in this school and performed well. In sports and other fields such as literature, arts such as drama, photography, kabbadi and others the school has a special place in Thanjavur district. Many students participate in those competitions and got good rank.<ref>[https://www.vikatan.com/news/miscellaneous/136387-social-works-through-aram-seya-virumbu அறம் செய விரும்பு - கனவுகள் நனவாகும் காலம்!, விகடன், 23 நவம்பர் 2017]</ref>
During the period of Kunchithapatham Chettiar, as Chairman of Kumbakonam Municipality, a new building was opened on 31 October 1955. During 1973 this school became Arignar Anna Municipal High School. In 1977-78 it became Arignar Anna Government Higher Secondary School.<ref name="dinamalarthanjai"/>
==Centenary celebrations==
In order to conduct the centenary celebrations, the alumni of the school arranged meetings on 16 June 2019, 14 July 2019 <ref name="dinathanthi">முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் சந்திப்புக்கூட்டம், தினத்தந்தி, 17 சூலை 2019</ref><ref>அரசு மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளி முன்னாள்
மாணவர்கள் சங்கக்கூட்டம், நவம்பர் 11இல் நூற்றாண்டு விழா கொண்டாட முடிவு, தினகரன், 16 சூலை 2019</ref> and on 15 March 2020.<ref name=dinamalar1>பள்ளியில் முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் சந்திப்பு, தினமலர், 16 மார்ச் 2020</ref> During the meetings alumni participated in the meetings and among others, the following decisions  were made:
* To start Smart class, to acquire furniture to the classrooms and to raise the compound wall of the school.<ref name="dinamani">[https://www.dinamani.com/all-editions/edition-trichy/tanjore/2019/jun/17/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D--%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81-3173230.html குடந்தை அரசுப் பள்ளியில் நூற்றாண்டு விழா கொண்டாட முடிவு, தினமணி, 17 சூன் 2019]</ref>
* To award prize to the X and XII students who got good ranks and to reimburse the tuition expenses of the poor students.<ref name="dinamani"/>
* To invite the teachers, including the retired teachers who were behind the success of the students with high percentage of marks.<ref name="dinamani"/>
* To set up a library and donate books.<ref name="dinathanthi"/>
* To unveil the portrait of Gurunatha Pillai who was instrumental by donating the land to school.<ref name="dinamalar">பழைய மாணவர் சங்கக்கூட்டம், தினமலர், 17 சூலை 2019</ref>
* To publish a souvenir in commemoration of the Centenary Celebrations.<ref name="dinamalar"/>
* To conduct the centenary celebrations in May 2020 <ref name=dinamalar1/>
==Administration==
K Saravanakumari is the present headmaster of the school.<ref name="dinamani"/>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.dinamalar.com/news/tamil-nadu-district-news-thanjavur/govt-school-overheels-the-private-school/239161 தனியார் பள்ளிகளை மிஞ்சிய அரசு பள்ளிகள், தினமலர், 11 மே 2011]
* கும்பகோண கலையகங்கள், அறிஞர் அண்ணா அரசு மேனிலைப்பள்ளி, கும்பகோணம் டைம்ஸ், 16-31 அக்டோபர் 2013
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIrH9e29S4w தேனி அருகே 1990-ல் பள்ளி படிப்பு முடித்த மாணவர்கள் சந்தித்த நெகிழ்ச்சியான தருணம், கும்பகோணம் அரசு பள்ளி மாணவர்கள் 25 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பின் சந்திப்பு  சன் நியூஸ், 27 மே 2019]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a66mDG4kQVM கும்பகோணம் அரசு மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளியில் பழைய மாணவர்கள் கூடுகை விழா, ரூ. 5 லட்சம் மதிப்பில் மைதானத்தை சீரமைக்க முடிவு, ஸ்கை டிவி, 29 மே 2019]
* கும்பகோணத்தில் முன்னாள் மாணவர்கள் சந்திப்பு நிகழ்ச்சி, மாலை மலர், 17 சூன் 2019
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[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Education in Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1919]]
[[Category:1919 establishments in India]]