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In 1885, the society established Fergusson College, named after the then Governor of Bombay presidency Sir James Fergusson. The college was initially operated out of Gadre Wada in Shaniwar peth area of Pune. At its inception, the college was the first indigenously run higher-education institution in Pune. [5]
The Deccan Education Society that Tilak founded with others in the 1880s still runs Institutions in Pune like the Fergusson College. [65] The Swadeshi movement started by Tilak at the beginning of the 20th century became part of the Independence movement until that goal was achieved in 1947.
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) (pronunciation ⓘ) was a social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Bombay Presidency, British India.. At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he co-founded educational institutes such as the New English School, the Deccan Education Society and Fergusson College along with Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadev Ballal ...
C. Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning; William Carey (missionary) Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa; M. C. Chagla; Sarala Devi Chaudhurani; Jagmal Raja Chauhan
Gopal Krishna Gokhale hailed from a Marathi Hindu Brahmin family of Ratnagiri, Bombay Presidency, now Maharashtra.. He was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family [5] on 9 May 1866 of the British Raj in Kotluk village of Guhagar taluka in Ratnagiri district, in present-day Maharashtra (then part of the Bombay Presidency).
Alexander Duff (25 April 1806 – 12 February 1878), was a Scottish missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education.He was a Moderator of the General Assembly and convener of the foreign missions committee of the Free Church of Scotland and a scientific liberal reformer of anglicized evangelism across the Empire.
Kamlesh Patel started practising Sahaj Marg meditation in 1976, when he was a pharmacology student, under the guidance of a trainer. He subsequently received training from Ram Chandra. After Ram Chandra’s passing in 1983, Patel was a disciple of Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari (Chariji), the second president of Shri Ram Chandra Mission. In ...
Statue of David Hare by E.H. Baily at Hare School. Hare was born in Scotland in 1775. He came to India in 1800 to make a fortune as a watch maker. However, while he prospered in his business his mind was distracted by the deplorable conditions of the native population and unlike most of the other people who returned to their native land after gathering a fortune to live a life in peace and ...