HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Samaj Sewa Sangh
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Bharatiya Sewak Samaj
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Theosophical Society
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Decan Educational Society
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Detailed explanation-1: -Our Founders. Sir James Fergusson (1832-1907), sixth baronet of Kilkerran and the then Governor of Bombay, was the first patron of the Society . As Governor he was popular for his humance and generous policy regarding the famine laws and Agriculturists’ Relief Act as also for his interest in the spread of education.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pune: Fergusson College was founded by the Deccan Education society in 1885 at Pune. It was named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay.
Detailed explanation-3: -The college was inaugurated on January 2, 1885 by William Wordsworth, principal of Elphinstone College in Mumbai and great-grandson of the famous poet, at the suggestion of Fergusson himself. For the first 10 years of its existence, the college was located in Gadre Wada in Shaniwar Peth.