St. Xavier's High School, Patna (often abbreviated as SXS Patna or SXHS), is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in the neighborhood of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Bihar, India. Established in 1940, it is the oldest Jesuit school in the city of Patna and in the state of Bihar, established by missionaries from the American Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus. Founded in 1940, The independent, non-diocesan school is operated by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus and located in the heart of the city of Patna.
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Etymology
it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India.
Notable alumni
Abhayanand, 48th D.G.P of the state of Bihar and famous educationalist
Arup Roy Choudhury (1972): CMD, National Thermal Power Corporation
Sandeep Das (1985): Tabla virtuoso
Sujoy K. Guha (1955): biomedical engineer
Syed Saba Karim (1982): former wicketkeeper, Indian Cricket Team, Board of Control for Cricket in India selector
Tejendra Khanna (1954): Lt. Governor of Delhi
Salman Khurshid (1970): Ex-Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Prakash Koirala: Nepalese politician; son of former Nepalese Prime Minister B P Koirala and father of actress Manisha Koirala
Nikhil Kumar (1955): Governor of Kerala; former IPS officer and Member of Parliament
Sanjaya Lall (1956): development economist and Professor of Economics, Green College, Oxford University
Manish Mehrotra (1990): award-winning chef
Sujit Mukherjee (1944): teacher, author, translator, and publisher
Jagat Prakash Nadda (1974): National President & Former National General Secretary,BJP & Former Cabinet Minister, Govt of Himachal Pradesh
Shyam Saran (1961): former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
Vikram Seth: writer
Arun Kumar Singh (1971): Indian Envoy to France, earlier India's Deputy Ambassador in the US
N. K. Singh (1956): Member of Rajya Sabha. ex IAS and Former Principal Secretary to the PM
Dilip Sinha (1970): Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva
J. K. Sinha (1961): former Director General of India's Central Reserve Police Force
Man Mohan Sinha (1948): Air Marshal, Indian Air Force
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (1974): Central Information Commissioner and former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the UK
Shekhar Suman (1972): noted TV and Bollywood film actor and director