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1900-1909:
In 1902, a marble bust
of Sir Henry Daly was
presented by the Maharaja of Gwalior and was unveiled by Lady
Baley, the wife of the Agent to the Governor General. The
sculptor was Bates.
The
Daly College suffered a set back in 1903 when it was decided
that the sons of Chiefs in Central India should be educated at
the Mayo College at Ajmer and that the Daly College should
become a school for the sons of Thakurs of Central India. As a
result, many Kumars left the College and in December 1903 it
had only five small Kumars left.
In
1905 Major (afterwards Lt. Col. Sir) Hugh Daly,
son of General Sir Henry Daly was appointed agent to the
Governor-General. He immediately began to take keen interest
in the affairs of the College. In August 1905 at a meeting of
the Chiefs and Political Officers of Central India, it was
decided to make the Daly College once again a chiefs College
and to move it to a larger building situated in more spacious
grounds.
A
site of 120 acres east of the Central India Agency Jail was
presented for the purpose by the Indore State. The appeal for
funds met with a liberal response and a considerable sum of
money was raised. At the end of 1905 plans for the new
building were prepared by Colonel Sir Swinton Jacob and
the work of construction was started in 1906 by the Public
Works Department.
Students
at the Daly College - 1902
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Sir
Henry Daly's Bust
In
July 1906 Mr. Percy Hide was appointed Principal of the
College.
In
1908 the Principal’s House, Servants Quarters, the Hospital
Building, the Gymnasium, one block of stables and the cricket
nets were completed. Some of the Servants’ Quarters were
used as dormitories and the Kumars lived in them going every
day to their old College for their classes.
By
10th February 1909 the new south Boarding House
was completed and classes were removed into it from the old
building.
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