YPS Patiala Celebrates its Glorious 75 Years
New Delhi (India), February 22: Yadavindra Public School, Patiala celebrated its 75th Foundation Day with great zest and zeal. The whole campus reverberated with joy and excitement on this special occasion. The YPS at 75 celebrations began with an Author’s Meet. This was a first-of-its-kind event where five eminent OY authors namely Mr. Mandeep Singh […]
New Delhi (India), February 22: Yadavindra Public School, Patiala celebrated its 75th Foundation Day with great zest and zeal. The whole campus reverberated with joy and excitement on this special occasion. The YPS at 75 celebrations began with an Author’s Meet. This was a first-of-its-kind event where five eminent OY authors namely Mr. Mandeep Singh Rai, Ms. Neelkamal Puri, Mr. Roopinder Singh, Ms. Simrita Sarao Dhir and Mr. Harnihal Singh Sidhu had an interactive book review session with the present Yadavindrians. The celebration was followed by a beautiful and captivating theater presentation of a famous play ’AMMI’ staged by iconic Indian Punjabi film and television actress Madam Nirmal Rishi, Old Yadavindrians and the faculty of YPS.
The 2nd day of the platinum jubilee included crazy and fun-filled ‘Pagal Gymkhana’ games where the school students participated in various fun games like lemon n spoon, skipping race, crab race, wheel n barrow, hoopla race, etc. The school inaugurated a state-of-the-art underground shooting range and a cricket pavilion.
The shooting range was named after and inaugurated by Raja Randhir Singh, famous Olympian and Arjuna Awardee, who is also a YPS alumnus. The cricket pavilion which is an exact replica of one already present pavilion in the Aitchison College, Lahore Pakistan, was inaugurated by Surendra Amarnath, an aggressive left-hander, who has represented India in 10 Tests and three One Day Internationals. It is dedicated to Lala Amarnath, a Padma Bhushan Awardee. Customarily, Cricket and Basketball matches were played between the OY’s and Present students.
