Doon School

 

In 1957 it was decided that Pran Nath would sit for his Higher Senior Cambridge Course, which was conducted from London, as this would facilitate his going abroad for higher studies. The Higher Senior Cambridge examinations were to be held at Doon School in Dehra Dun and it was in that school that Pran Nath had been enrolled, again due to the painstaking efforts of Shri Nathji who had taken his marks sheets there and secured admission for him as a private student.

 The month of November 1957 saw Shri Nathji and Pran Nath at the Doon School Dehra Dun. The headmaster of the school at that time was Shri Vishwa Nath Kapoor, who was a great devotee of Shri Nathji. Shri Nathji and Pran Nath stayed at his home. The Higher Senior Cambridge examination was to be conducted at the Doon School.
 Shri Nathji's divine presence brought great happiness to Shri Vishwanath Kapoor, and he and his wife served Shri Nathji very diligently for the few days that he was there. The coming of Shri Nathji into his life so suddenly was like a lottery. It filled his life with a peace that he had been yearning for. The purpose of Shri Nathji's visit to the Doon School soon became clear. It was to give peace to this noble soul and to shower his blessings upon Doon School, which soon became one of the most famous schools in the country. Shri Nathji would ever afterwards recollect how Shri Vishwa Nath Kapoor would follow him around from room to room in his house, switching off the lights in each room as they left, to save electricity.
 Shri Nathji would urge people in his home to follow Vishwa Nath Kapoor’s example to save on the light bills.

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The Doon School is a selective all-boys private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, as a school modelled on the British public school while remaining conscious of Indian ambitions and desires. The school's first headmaster was Arthur E. Foot, an English educationalist who had spent nine years as a science master at Eton College, England. Doon remains a boys-only school despite continued pressure from political leaders to become coeducational.  Old boys of the school are known as 'Doscos'. Doon has been consistently ranked as the best all-boys residential school in India