Aitchison teacher and hockey coach; first Assistant (Vice-) Headmaster of YPS, Patiala
Harnam Singh Bal
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2026
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The page “Aitchison Lahore to YPS Patiala: 4 living alumni who witnessed Partition honoured” mentions the person: “He also hired Aitchison teacher and hockey coach Harnam Singh Bal as Assistant Headmaster.” “Aitchison College in Lahore was founded in 1886.” Nothing there says that this photograph shows them.
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The page “Aitchison Lahore to YPS Patiala: 4 living alumni who witnessed Partition honoured” mentions the person: “He also hired Aitchison teacher and hockey coach Harnam Singh Bal as Assistant Headmaster.” “Aitchison College in Lahore was founded in 1886.” Nothing there says that this photograph shows them.
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2026
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The YPS School in Patiala, a replica of Aitchison Lahore, was established in 1948 by the then Maharaja of Patiala, Yadavindra Singh, for the Aitchison and other students who had to migrate from Pakistan to India due to the Partition. The Maharaja himself was an alumnus of Aitchison. While Aitchison …
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Maharaja Yadavindra Singh stepped forward to establish the Yadavindra Public School in his Olympic Stadium — it opened its door to students on February 2, 1948. Many of the boys who left for India joined the YPS in Patiala and some joined Doon School (Dehradun), Bishop Cotton (Shimla), Lawrence Scho…
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- Opening of Yadavindra Public School, Patiala (2 February 1948)2 February 1948first Vice-Headmaster
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- Appointed as — Assistant Headmaster of YPS (hired by Maharaja Yadavindra Singh)
He also hired Aitchison teacher and hockey coach Harnam Singh Bal as Assistant Headmaster.
- Appointed as — Vice-Headmaster at the YPS, Patiala (called the first Vice-Headmaster)
Lala Dhani Ram Kapila, the then Principal at Aitchison, was appointed Headmaster at the YPS, Patiala, along with several Aitchison Sikh and Hindu staff, including Harnam Singh Bal who was appointed Vice-Headmaster at the YPS.
- Press report — The Times of India, 21 June 2026: named among the classmates and teachers from 1934-43 honoured through classrooms and plaques funded by Syed Babar Ali in his remembrance projectscope: remembrance project
classrooms and plaques honouring classmates and teachers from 1934-43, including Pandit Hetwa Nand Kashyap, Ram Rakha Mal, Sardar Harbaksh Singh, Sardar Harnam Singh Bal, Lala Dhani Ram, Lala Shanti Lal Sehgal and the sons of Patiala Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
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