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Walking down the history of the Charotar Education Society

Charotar Education Society · 6 January 2023

The registered Charity Organization Charotar Education Society was established on 16th April 1916 with strong grass-root level support and active involvement in the freedom fight of India. CES is located at Anand city of Gujarat state in India between the river banks of Mahisagar and Vatrak Rivers. Anand city is well connected by road and railway on one of the busiest connectivity between Ahmedabad Mumbai routes. 

FOUNDATION: 

Shri Motibhai Amin Saheb presented the proposal for the establishment of the Charotar Education Society in 1914 at the fourth sitting of the Old Boards Association at Bandhani (Ta. Petlad) with the hope of improving higher education in the Charotar region. Under his guidance, joint efforts carried out by the superintendent of the boarding Mr. Bhokre, Mr. Ambalal Patel, and volunteers like Shri Ambalal Motibhai Patel from Sojitra, Shri Bhikhabhai Kuberbhai Patel from Karamsad and Govardhan Kalidas Patel, the Charotar Education Society was established on 16th April 1916 at Anand, Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi bestowed the school with the title "CharotarBindu" during his visit to CES in 1916. The constitution of the society was drawn up by the Shri Vithalbhai Patel, the older brother of Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel, who played a significant role in the formulation of the Indian Constitution. Initially, the society was well managed by the brothers Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel and the late Shri Vithalbhai J. Patel. 

There are four parts of management according to the constitution. 

All these parts are associated with one another and assist one another. 

The institute had chairpersons like the Shri Vitthalbhai Z Patel, Shri Thakkarbapa, and Dada Saheb Mavlankar (the first Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament). These great personalities did not just spread the light of education in the entire region; they also motivated the teachers, students, and trustees to take an active part in the freedom movement.

ROLE OF ORGANIZATION TO THE SOCIETY: 

During the time of the Indian freedom fight, the president of the society Shri Vitthalbhai Zaverbhai Patel, the Chairman of the society Shri Dadubhai Desai, the volunteer candidate of the society, Shri Umedbhai Naranbhai Patel was kept in prison for their active participation between 1916 to 1932. 

KHEDA SATYAGRAH (1917-18): 

The next year after the establishment of the Charotar Education Society, Charotar received the wrath of nature. Because of excess rainfall the monsoon crops were affected, and the cattle fodders were destroyed. Farmers miseries knew no bounds. It was their expectation and demand too that the government should show concern and their revenue should be waived. But the government officials and the English Bureaucrats did not bother the farmers. On 20th March the historical event known as Kheda Satyagrah took place. The government seized the farmers movable immovable properties for auction. When the farmers' agitation against the government was going on, 195 students were studying at D. N. High School. The students of schools and boarding were being educated and trained with the principle of fearlessness, self-help, and public service. The goals of the students were directed towards social service. The students of D. N. High School were encouraged to join their fight. 

NON-CO-OPERATION MOVEMENT (1919-20): 

The fame of Charotar Education Society was increasing day by day. In 1919-20, the strength of students reached 318. In the same year, due to protests against the Rolat Act, With Sardar Patel, the leaders of Gujarat started to cultivate a referendum to make all the schools in Gujarat non-cooperative. The impact of this resolution was seen in Charotar Education Society and D. N. High School was linked with Gujarat Vidhyapith, Ahmedabad. During this movement, Shri Bhikhabhai inspired the students to join the struggle having the goal of education and sustaining the organization. Despite financial crunches, the school management decided to return the loan of Rs 10,000 to show its protest against the Rowlatt Act. During this non-cooperation movement, the students participated in picketing liquor shops and shops selling foreign goods. The funds of Rs. 256/- were sent to the Tilak Swaraj Fund. To help the people in Orissa during famine the students of Charotar Education Society collected funds by observing fast and sent them the saved amount. To keep this movement high-strung, the students of Charotar Education Society did various glorifying activities and some students also became absorbed in promoting Khadi. 

DANDI MARCH: 

Mahatma Gandhi camped at Anand during the Dandi March in 1930, the same CES ground witnessed a massive gathering of 20,000 as Gandhiji addressed them. Such was the freedom fervor that the school management decided to close the academic activities 10 days in advance as most of the students wanted to be part of the movement. 

THE NATIONAL FREEDOM FIGHT: 

The teachers of D. N. High School, Shri Ravjibhai Chaturbhai Patel, Ishwarbhai J. Patel, and his brother Shri Vitthalbhai J. Patel participated in the national freedom fight. The ex-students of D. N. High School and the director of Vallabh Vidhyalaya, Shri Shivabhai Gokalbhai Patel headed a procession in Borsad. 

QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT (1942) 

Ishwarbhai J. Patel was the principal of D. N. High School and as the movement of 1942 began, on 9th August the procession by the students of D. N. High School was lathi-charged. As a revolt against this, the very next day Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel resigned from the post of principal and joined the movement for freedom. The school remained closed for six months. He also helped those treating the ones who got injured in Adas firing. 

During that time, Sardar Patel was leading the cabinet of Vadodara state. Once Sardar Patel was to visit Vadodara and for his welcome a team of one hundred volunteers was present and a procession was organized. And this team was headed by Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel. The procession of Sardar Patel was attacked by many hurdle-creators and Shri Ishwarbhai along with his volunteers fought bravely. All the tents were destroyed in a fire and so the meeting was postponed to the next day. On their way back, the team was again attacked and Shri Ishwarbhai was injured. The military forces were supplied butter and cream through Polson Dairy of Anand. Shri Ishwarbhai J. Patel decided to stop these supplies. He and Shri Chimanbhai Desai of village Bakrol started a journey to explain to the people to stop the milk administrators. They traveled to many villages like Bandhni, Mahelav, Changa, Sunav, etc. Shri Chotubhai Purani and his colleagues were at a hide-out at Vadodara. Shri Ishwarbhai brought bombs to Umreth and Anand from Chotubhai Purani. He actively participated in the robbery and threatening-dealing activities. On 4th May 1943 Ishwarbhai J. Patel was arrested from Anand and sent to Sabarmati Jail. More the directors, staff, and students contributed to the following National Works:

 

In this way, apart from education the students, volunteers, president, chairman, and even the teachers had the desire to sacrifice everything for the sake of the freedom of their motherland. The dark period of slavery ended in 1947. When the motherland became free from the bondage of the British Empire, at midnight of 14th August, the Society was lightened to give a grand welcome to the freedom of the Nation. After the Independence of India, Charotar Education Society kept a focus on the total development of the students by establishing various schools and colleges spread across 41 acres of land and four campuses, which range from K.G. to P.G. Education. The society has schooling education from kindergarten to standard 12th, Science, Commerce, Arts, Business Administration, P.T.C., B.Ed., BPEd degree colleges for Under graduation and Postgraduation courses. The society also established a research center for doctorate studies.

In true meaning, the Charotar Education Society played a major role as Influencer to the Society from past to present and will continue to in the future also.

 

THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION AND THE SERIES OF GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: 

On April 2016 the CES has completed 100 years of establishment. To mark this occasion CES decide to organize 100 different events as Shatakotsav - The Centenary Celebration, under categories like academic, social, health, sports, fair, festival, etc during year span of April 2015 to April 2016 to raise intelligence, emotional and spiritual quotient of the students. During the celebration, Eight events were recognized as World Records by Guinness World Records. CES became the first ever academic institute in India to achieve this unique milestone. The achievement according to the management of the institute would remain a landmark in the field of education and has taken the reputation of the education sector of Gujarat to a new high. 

The records were as below: 

1. Largest Quiz competition (3,832 participants) 

2. Most people played Sudoku simultaneously (3,824 participants) 

3. The most people receiving Henna Tattoos simultaneously (1200 Students) 

4. Largest ever Kite Mosaic (1,360.19 sq.mtrs/14,641 sq.ft using 14,037 kites) 

5. The longest Human representation of a Mathematical Equation (499 participants) 

6. The most people signing each others T-shirts simultaneously (500 Participants) 

7. Most Arm-linked people stand up simultaneously (118 Participants) 

8. The most signatures on a scroll (14,120 signatures) 

 

The management decides to dedicate these awards to the Late APJ Abdul Kalam Sir who had readily agreed to come to Anand as part of our Centenary Celebrations and encourage students. Also, it is a proud moment for the entire academic fraternity of Gujarat. 

Click to see all the well-respected people visit CES: http://www.cesociety.in/email/images/CES-Visitors.pdf 

360 DEGREE DEVELOPMENTS: 

CES believes in total development so along with the academics the management has decided to introduce the following Projects for total development: 

Project ADITYA: Setup of the Largest and First ever Micro Inverter based Solar Power Plant for the Educational Institute in Charotar Region. 

Project EKLAVYA: Prepare students for Life skills, personality development, and ICT for overall progress. 

Project E-GYAN: Collecting, storing, and retrieving the material from the World Wide Web in form of presentation, eBook, animation, visuals, etc for the students preparation. 

Project Anandam: Conduct one-on-one counseling sessions with the students to assist them in the process of resolving their interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and stressors in life due to academics and other experiences, as well as build resilience towards developing maladaptive patterns of coping in times of distress. 

Project SETU: All four campus has been connected over internetworking to provide centralized digital and accounting solutions. 

Project SANGAM: Generalized web portal to manage all institutes from a single resource. 

Project ARJUN: This provides professional coaching in shooting sports and makes it more accessible to the students. 

Performing Arts Academy: for the development of the student in the field of their interest the management has decided to launch such an academy so that every student gets access to their interest in the field of Theater, Dance, Music, Singing, Drawing, Designing, Animation, etc. An expert from each field is available to present professional training to students. 

Sports Academy: Provides professional coaching to interested students and opens the door to opportunities at the state, national and international levels. 

FACTS AND FIGURES: 

Alumni: 4 lac + 

Land: 41 Acres (spreads over four campuses) 

Staff: 2000 +