The Shikshan Prasarak Mandali,

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, is one of the private educational societies in Maharashtra. It was established in 1883 with the aim of imparting western education in

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but without any help from the then British government. The

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(NuMaVi) was established by this society in the same year in the memory of Marathi writer and scholar

Vishnushastri Chiplunkar Vishnushastri Chiplunkar (20 May 1850 – 17 March 1882) ( Marathi : विष्णुशास्त्री कृष्णाशास्त्री चिपळूणकर) was a Marathi writer, whose writings have had a decisive influ ...

. In 1916 it went on to establish the New Poona College (later named as

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) for arts.

Lokmanya Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya ( IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence ...

, Gopalkrishna Gokhale, N. C. Kelkar and Datto Vaman Potdar were closely associated with its rapid growth and development.

Institutes

The society runs about 40 educational institutions in Maharashtra and Karnataka. *

, Pune (est. 1883) *

, Pune (est. 1916) *

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, Solapur (est. 1918) * Tilak College of Education, Pune (est. 1941) *

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(est. 1937) *

Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce and Economics Rāmniranjan Ānandilāl Podār College of Commerce and Economics (Autonomous), popularly known as R.A Podar College is affiliated with the University of Mumbai, situated in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It is run by the Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, a ...

, Mumbai * WE School, Mumbai (est. 1977) * S.P.M. Public English Medium School, Pune (est. 2010)

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