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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]
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 ...
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.
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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).
Ramchandra Patel was born on 1 August 1939 at Umta village (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat). He completed his primary and secondary education from Umta and Visnagar. After completing S. S. C., he joined Sheth C. N. College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad and received D. T. C. He returned to Umta and joined High School as a drawing teacher.
Deccan Education Society, Pune was established in 1884 and registered on 13th August 1885 and by four patriotic visionaries- Vishnu Shastri Chiplunkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Mahadeo Ballal Namjoshi- who were already recognized as the pioneers of new education in India with the Launch of New English School in Pune in the year 1880.
The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, [1] who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association. Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar, Surendra Nath Banerjee , and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote ...