he foundation of Midnapur Town School in the eighties of the 19th Century has a history of its own. The school was founded on the 3rd January, in the year 1883 with a mission to develop the spirit of Nationalism when a fierce controversy arose between the Anglicists and the Orientalists and naturally Anglicists were in favour of anglicism. The last three decades of the 19th century saw the manifestation of patriotism and National consciousness in the Bengalees as an inevitable consequence of the stroke by the British and counterstroke by the Indians. The impact of ‘Sepoy Mutiny' (1857-58), the memory of ‘Nilkar Struggle (1860), the effort to arouse National spirit in Hindu Mela (1867- 1880), and the rise of the middle class people, caused to develop patriotism. The last three decades were, therefore, the seed times of Indian Nationalism and the early nationalists sowed the seeds well and deep. The spirit of Swadeshi wanted the people to educate themselves on National Lines. The British system of education was regarded as anti- national. It called for a soulless memorization of alien knowledge, which had no relation to Indian conditions and culture. The medium of English killed the joy of learning, discouraged free thought and prevented creative writing.