The awakening of intelligentsia in the wake of introduction of western educational system in early 19th century produced the first generation of leaders of Indian renaissance and reformation. The Deccan Education Society, Pune was founded by freedom fighters and visionaries Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi and Vaman Shivram Apte who first established “The New English School Pune (1880) and later the Deccan Education Society (DES) on 24m October 1884 in Pune. It was registered on 1301 August 1885 under The Act No. XXI of 1860 and ?The Bombay Public Trust Act of 1950 (Reg. No F-167).
