Deccan Education Society
Logo of Deccan Education Society.
The Deccan Education Society is an organisation that runs 43 education establishments in Maharashtra, India. It is based in Pune.
History
In 1880 Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the New English School in Pune.[1] In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society[2][3] with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, V. S. Apte, V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap.
Institutes run by the Deccan Education Society include:
| College | Established |
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| Fergusson College, Pune | 1885 |
| Willingdon College, Sangli | 1919 |
| Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune | 1943 |
| IMDR, Pune | 1974 |
| Kirti M. Doongursee College, Mumbai | 1954 |
| Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli | 1960 |
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References
- ↑ Johnson, Gordon (1973). Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism: Bombay and the Indian National Congress 1880-1915. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 68–78. ISBN 0-521-20259-0. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Abingdon. UK: Routlege. 2008. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7007-1267-0. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ "Bal Gangadhar Tilak". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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