Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School | |
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Location | |
Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar , Pakistan | |
Coordinates | 24°51′44″N 67°01′30″E / 24.86213°N 67.02501°E |
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Type | Private school |
Motto | Towards that Best Light |
Established | 23 May 1859 |
Chairman | Mr. Mehelli B. Dinshaw |
Administrator | Mr. Jamshed Sohrab Patel |
Principal | Mrs. Mehernaz Bharucha |
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Website | www |
Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School is a private school in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It opened in 1859 as Karachi Parsi Balak Shalla, by the Zoroastrian residents of Karachi.[1]
In 1875, Parsi Virbaiji Soparivala School became Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School and H. E. Sir Robert Temple, Governor of Bombay, visited the BVS. In 1877, Seth Shahpurji was awarded the "Certificate of Loyalty" by Queen Victoria for his services in the field of education and social sector. In 1904, the construction of the present building started, and, in 1906, BVS shifted to the new building at Victoria Road (now Abdullah Haroon Road). BVS was designed by Moses Somake, the Jewish architect who is perhaps the first known architect of many Karachi buildings.