What do John Abraham and India’s first openly gay royal, Manvendra Singh Gohil, have in common? They went to Bombay Scottish School in Mahim, as did many other actors and famous personalities. Just like John Abraham, Gohil had school crushes. Only, his story in the Scottish School is a bit different. When John Abraham and others had crushes on girls, he had crushes on boys and male teachers.
Children belonging to the Thackeray clan have mostly studied in this school. Raj Thackeray –– leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader, who was part of Shiv Sena when Bombay changed its name to Mumbai –– sent his kids to the same school. He never said anything against the school going by the old name, Bombay. Though they wanted to change everything from Bombay to Mumbai, the Shiv Sena never touched the school, nor did the MNS kids. That could only mean one thing – the school is bigger than politics. It has a history that is a bit different and an elite present.
From An Orphanage To A Prestigious School
The Bombay Scottish School started as a female orphanage. The Scottish Christian missionaries wanted the place to be a haven for the daughters of Presbyterian soldiers and the Navy. This was a starting point from which they moved forward to establish the “Orphanage for Sons of Presbyterians.” In 1859, they combined the two, and, in 1863, it became the Bombay Scottish Orphanage.
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