Date of Estb.: 1919

Willingdon College Sangli

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The college was started on the morning of June 22¸ 1919 in the Sangli City. During this period¸ Centers of higher education and colleges were rare. With the establishment of the Willingdon College¸ the students in Southern Maharashtra and from the districts of Belgaum¸ Dharwad¸ Karwar and Bijapur were greatly benefited. The institute is situated in the Vishrambag area of Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation¸ roughly midway between the twin cities of Miraj and Sangli.

Great national leaders and patriots like Vishnushastri Chiplunkar¸ Lokmanya Tilak¸ Gopalrao Agarkar and Madhavrao Namjoshi¸ inspired by the spirit of a nation building ideal of education¸ laid the foundations in Pune¸ of the New English School in 1880 and the D.E.Society in 1884. The Fergusson college was started in 1885. In response to a demand that a College be started in Southern Maharashtra and in response to the sincere desire of the Ruler of the Sangli State¸ the Society founded the Willingdon College at Sangli in 1919..