[1][2] Early records refer to the Fort Church as the Drummer's Chapel, constructed by British soldiers after the fall of Tippu Sultan.

[3] The Fort Cemetery, where the officers who fell in the Siege of Bangalore were buried, is illustrated in Robert Home's Book, Select Views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan, published by Robert Bowyer, London, 1794.

Frank Penny in his book The Church in Madras: Volume II, the cemetery no longer existed.

The record of the officers who fell in the battle for the Bangalore Fort in 1791, were transferred to the cenotaph, raised by the Government of Mysore.

[11] Kannada activists led by Vatal Nagaraj and others made violent demands to demolish the cenotaph.

A blogger, Samyuktha Harshitha, called it as 'official vandalism', comparing it with the destruction of the Bamiyan statues.

[16][17] The Diocesan Magazine, records a school function being organised for current and former students on 29 December 1909, with Miss.

Rozario as head mistress (serving from 1893 to 1909), with prizes distributed by E A Hill, School inspector and Rev.

[21] The School was built in 1907, and had among its students freedom fighter H S Doreswamy, cricketer G R Vishwanath, statesman V S Krishna Iyer,[20] Mysore Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, former Chief Minister of Karnataka Kengal Hanumanthaiah and bureaucrat Narasimha Rao.

The Government offered an alternative site at Hardinge Road, Chamarajpet and a compensation of INR 7,000, which was accepted by the church.