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Bullying is usually defined as a subset of aggressive behavior characterized by repetition and an imbalance of power (Olweus, 1993). The behavior involved is generally thought of as being repetitive, i.e., a victim is targeted a number of times over a period of time. Also, the victim cannot defend himself or herself easily, for one or more reasons. S/he may be outnumbered, made to feel smaller or less physically strong, or less psychologically resilient than the person(s) doing the bullying (Smith, 2000). In the past two decades, the problem of school bullying has received much attention among educational authorities, school teachers and researchers in many countries including India. Being bullied makes teenage children incredibly insecure. When any child is being bullied, he/she can feel constantly insecure which has a big, physical, mental and emotional impact. According to various researches bullying occurs for a large part within the school's perimeters which at times goes unnoticed. Our schools need to take a greater role in handling bullying. The schools are in a position to provide more protection and support to children and their parents and exhibit real capacity to be the positive force to diminish these occurrences. The students who are bullied or had been bullying others should not be a problem but a part of solution to the problem of bullying. Keeping this in view an action research was conducted with 40 students between the age group of 11-13 years who were either the victims or the bullies themselves. Various intervention strategies was designed and implemented and the impact for the same showed the better adjustments issues both in school and at home, better parental support, the increased levels of confidence and self-esteem along with reduced levels of anger which are the important components of holistic development.