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
Fergusson College, Pune
1885
Willingdon College, Sangli
1919
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune
1943
Kirti M. Doongursee College, Mumbai
1954
Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli
1960

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Abingdon. UK: Routlege. 2008. pp. 166–167. ISBN 978-0-7007-1267-0. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bal Gangadhar Tilak". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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