Shri Nandkunverba Kshatriya Kanya Vidyalaya was founded in the year 1917 by the late HH Maharani Saheba Shri Nandkunverba Saheb of Bhavnagar. Her husband the late HH Maharaja Bhavsinghji Saheb and she were a pathbreaking couple who developed Bhavnagar into a modern, progressive kingdom. In an era of purdah system for all Rajput women, this foresighted Maharani abolished it for the women of Bhavnagar and decided to educate the girls of the community. Thus, ushering in an era of change and reform. Initially, our institute was known as Shri Nandkunverba Zanana Boarding. The sudden and tragic demise of Maharani Saheba in 1918 and Maharaja Saheb in 1919 left the institute bereft, following which it was run by the State Council Administration until the year 1927. It was in 1951 that HH Maharaja Shri Krishna Kumar Singhji restarted the school, changing the name to Shri Nandkunverba Kshatriya Kanya Vidyalaya. The school was inaugurated by HH Maharaja Saheb Shri Digvijay Singhji of Jamnagar, the Head of Saurashtra State on 25th March 1951.
The land was rented by HH Maharaja Krishna Kumar Singhji and the school was set on its path of development under the Presidentship of his wife Maharani Vijayaba Saheb. Ten years down the line, she relinquished the post and Maharaja Saheb took the reins of the Trust himself and decided to open the doors to all the daughters of Bhavnagar, making it a prime example of secularism.
Thereafter, HH Maharani Saheba Brijraj Nandini Devi further pushed the school towards growth and improvement, and her legacy is being carried forward by her daughter-in-law Maharani Saheba Samyukta Kumari, the current President of the Trust.
The Trust offers a primary, a middle school and a secondary school education in both Gujarati as well as in English Medium. The year 2016 has seen the landmark opening of an Arts and Commerce College on the campus, thus offering our girls the opportunity to study further.
