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The '''Deccan Education Society''' is an organisation that runs 43 education establishments in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Its main branch is situated in [[Pune]].

== History ==
In 1880 [[Vishnushastri Chiplunkar]], [[Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] and [[Gopal Ganesh Agarkar]] established the New English School, one of the first native-run schools offering Western education in Pune.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=Gordon|title=Provincial Politics and Indian Nationalism: Bombay and the Indian National Congress 1880-1915|date=1973|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-20259-0|pages=68–78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4kaZV5CdzsAC&pg=PA68|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> In 1884 they created the Deccan Education Society<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon. UK|isbn=978-0-7007-1267-0|pages=166–167|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4mGlbutbgC&pg=PA166|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bal Gangadhar Tilak|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/595729/Bal-Gangadhar-Tilak|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> with Hon. Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, [[Gopal Ganesh Agarkar]], [[Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi]], [[V. S. Apte]], V. B. Kelkar, M. S. Gole and N. K. Dharap

In 1885, the society established [[Fergusson College]], named after the then Governor of Bombay presidency Sir [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet|James Fergusson]]. The college was initially operated out of Gadre Wada in [[Shaniwar Peth, Pune|Shaniwar peth]] area of Pune. At its inception, the college was the first indigenously run higher-education institution in Pune.<ref name="Nanda2015">{{cite book|author=Bal Ram Nanda|title=Gokhale: The Indian Moderates and the British Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pI19BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|date=8 March 2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-7049-3|pages=61–62}}</ref> In its early years Tilak and Agharkar served as academic staff. Congress party leader, [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] and social reformer, [[Dhondo Keshav Karve]] were also life members of the society and taught at the college in the 1890s.<ref name="CHANDAVARKAR2016">{{cite book|author=G. L. CHANDAVARKAR|title=Dhondo Keshav Karve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKo-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT10|date=12 September 2016|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2656-5|pages=10–}}</ref>

The society established many schools and colleges in Pune and other towns during following decades such as New English School of Satara in 1899.<ref name="Ph.D. Thesis">{{cite book |last1=Warekar |first1=N.A. |title=Swatantryotaar kalatil Satara shahar ek nagari aiteehaseek abhyas. |date=2009 |publisher=University of Pune |location=Pune |page=9 |url=http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/4375/17/17_synopsis%20english.pdf}}</ref> The society took over the Mawjee Madhavjee English School in Umbergaon in 1919, and the Dravid High School of [[Wai, Maharashtra|Wai]] in 1934. In 1919, the society opened the [[Willingdon College]] in [[Sangli]] in order to satisfy demand for higher education in southern Maharashtra region. In 1939, the Society decided to enter the field of secondary education for girls by starting the Ahilyadevi High School for Girls in the historic premises of the Holkar Wada in Pune. In 1943, the society started the [[Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce]], for which the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. gave to the Society a donation of Rs. 2,00,000.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DES |title=Diamond Jubilee of Deccan Education Society and Fergusson College, 1884-1945 |date=1945 |location=Pune |pages=4–6 |url=http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21985 |accessdate=30 June 2018}}</ref> Rulers of many [[Princely states]] such as [[Bhor State|Bhor]] and [[Sangli State|Sangli]] were [[Patronage|patron]]s of the society.<ref name="Copland2002">{{cite book|author=Ian Copland|title=The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0QKqCA-QHIC&pg=PR8|date=16 May 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89436-4|page=29}}</ref>

== Institutions ==
Institutes run by the Deccan Education Society include:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Name of Institution
! Established
! Location
|-
| [[Fergusson College]] || 1885 || Pune
|-
| [[Willingdon College]] || 1919 || Sangli
|-
| [[Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce]] || 1943 || Pune
|-
| [[Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune]] || 1974 || Pune
|-
| [[Kirti M. Doongursee College]] || 1954 || Mumbai
|-
| [[Hindustan Antibiotics School]] || 1958 || Pune
|-
| Chintamanrao College of Commerce<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-womens-world-cup-2017-smriti-mandhana-india-vs-pakistan-fixture-4731285/|title=ICC Women's World Cup: Ahead of India vs Pakistan, focus on 'masterchef' Smriti Mandhana|date=2017-07-02|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-US}}</ref> || 1960 || Sangli
|-
| Chintamanrao Institute of Management Development And Research || 1996 || Sangli
|-
| DES Navalmal Firodia Law College || 2004 || Pune
|-
| DES Brijlal Jindal College of Physiotherapy || 2007 || Pune
|-
| DES Smt. Subhadra K. Jindal College of Nursing || 2008 || Pune
|-
| Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj College of Agri-Business Management<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.despune.org/des-rcsmcabm-sangli|title=Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj College of Agri-Business Management, Sangli {{!}}|website=www.despune.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref> || 2009 || Sangli
|}

== See also ==
* [[Maharashtra Education Society]]

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.despune.org/}}

== References==
{{reflist}}11. Fegusson college official website - http://www.fergusson.edu/blocks/index/id/5<nowiki/>{{Bal Gangadhar Tilak}}

[[Category:Deccan Education Society| ]]
[[Category:Educational organisations in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Bal Gangadhar Tilak]]
[[Category:1884 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Pune]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1884]]

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