A former student of Agra’s St Peter’s College has brought glory to the Catholic institution by wi-nning the world’s largest history prize this year. Tripurdaman Singh is among nine research scholars to win the Dan David Prize that celebrates the next gener-ation of outstanding historians, archaeologists, curators and digital humanists. The prize money of US$300,000 each is given to support their research. Father Mathew Kumblummottil, who was Singh’s principal, said he joined St Peter’s College in the ninth grade and passed the twelfth grade with Commerce, before moving to the United Kingdom for further studies. The college is managed by the archdiocese of Agra. “As a student, he was a very soft-spoken person but very talented, particularly in debating and creative writing,” recalled the 66-year-old priest, who is now the parish priest of St Peter’s Church, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Father Kumblummottil said he has “only very happy memories of him. He makes it a point to contact me whenever he is in Agra.”
The priest told that Singh was born in 1988 in the royal family of Bhadawar near Agra.