Haribhai Deokaran High School
| Motto |
Hati Ghyal Te Tadis Nya हाती घ्याल ते तडीस न्या !!! |
|---|---|
| Established | 1918 |
| Location | Solapur, India |
| Website | http://www.hdhighschool.org |
Haribhai Deokaran High School (HDHS) (Devanagari: हरिभाई देवकरण प्रशाला (ह.दे. प्रशाला)) is a public Marathi and Semi English Medium School in Solapur, Maharashtra, India. The school was founded by Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune in 1918. Shri. Hirakaka Gandhi, the owner of Haribhai Deokaran Trading Company donated Rs.27000/- to the school. Hence the school was named after his trading company.
The founder members were educationists and social reformers from pune. They were Mr. Deo R.G, Mr. Kulkarni R.B, Mr. Karambalekar D.S and Mr.Dongare K.B. The school was started with just 108 students and now the number has reached up to 3500 students.
Haribhai Deokaran High School consists of a high school from Grade V to Grade X and an Arts, Commerce and Science Junior college. It is run by the Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, Pune. The high school has a Primary School campus and is called as Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya (Devanagari: नुतन मराठी विद्यालय).
The students of HDHS are active in academics, arts, sports and in social activities.
Notable alumni
- Paul Umrigar - former Indian cricket captain.
- Dr. Jabbar Patel.
- Achyut Godbole
- Dr. Govind Kanegaonkar.
- Faiyyaz.
- Atul Kulkarni.
- Padmakar Dev.
- Pauli Umrikar.
- T. R. Sardeshmukh.
- Nishikant Thakar.
- Sulabha Pishvikar.
- Atindra Sarvadikar.
- Deepak Deshpande
- Yashvant Udgaonkar
ADD Arun Tikekar.noted writer journalist editor of many newspapers including Loksatta Chief of Asiatic library