Died: Rati Faramroz Cooper, 89, the first Indian woman principal and subsequently principal emeritus of Rajkot’s prestigious Rajkumar College (RkC) and trustee of the Bai Awabai Cooper Agiary; in Lahore on March 8, 2019.
Built as a residential school in 1870 for the education of the princely order, RkC opened its doors to the public in 1938. Cooper contributed to its growth for over four decades from 1958 to 2000.
At the memorial gathering for "our Ma’am, our gem” on March 12, at the Bhavsinhji Hall in RkC, there was a large turnout of RkCians and staff members, standing in the......