The Shikshan Prasarak Mandali,

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, is one of the private educational societies in

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. 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

Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya (NMV) is one of the oldest schools in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The school was founded by the Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, an educational charity, on 1 January 1883. The school has a secondary school section for students ...

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

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. In 1916 it went on to establish the New Poona College (later named as Sir Parshurambhau College) 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: ''Lokamānya''), 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.

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

, Pune (est. 1883) * Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune (est. 1916) * Haribhai Deokaran High School, Solapur (est. 1918) * Tilak College of Education, Pune (est. 1941) *

Ramnarain Ruia College Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai, in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It was established in June 1937. The University of Mumbai granted autonomous status to the college in 2017. It comprises the Ram ...

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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, ...

, Mumbai *

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

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