St Bede's College

St..Bedes College had its humble beginning in 1904 as a Teachers Training College. It would seem pertinent to mention here that the history of St. Bede's would be incomplete without at least a passing mention of ???Chelsea???, which is an integral part of our campus amongst other things. The school was first founded as an orphanage for the children of British soldiers in 1864. The extensive and ideally situated ???Chelsea??? estate was purchased in course of time and the other (existing) management was entrusted to the Religious of Jesus & Mary. All was not easy however. Mother Clare won a hard (and long-drawn) legal battle with the authorities and the local administration. The College was formally opened in the summer of 1904. From this day on, St. Bede???s and Chelsea combined to work earnestly for the development of education in India. The period of World War I did not seriously affect the educational aspect of life in Punjab. However, the day was dawning when the peaceful security would end. India had openly and overtly launched its campaign for freedom and there were already visible signs in the horizon indicating that the campaign would not be won without sorrow or bloodshed.