Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School
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Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Marathi Medium Secondary School is a school situated in Vile Parle
Vile Parle
Vile Parle , also known as "Parla", is a suburb of Mumbai. Vile Parle is also the name of the railway station in this suburb, on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line. Vile Parle has a significantly strong base of Marathi and Gujarati population. The name "Vile Parle" has...

, a suburb of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India
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. The school has a building of Secondary section (grade 5 to 10). The section runs in two sessions, grade 5 to 7 morning session and grade 8 to 10 afternoon session.

History

In The 1920s Vile Parle
Vile Parle
Vile Parle , also known as "Parla", is a suburb of Mumbai. Vile Parle is also the name of the railway station in this suburb, on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line. Vile Parle has a significantly strong base of Marathi and Gujarati population. The name "Vile Parle" has...

 was a small village. Students had to travel to Bandra, Girgaum or Dadar
Dadar
Dadar is a place in Mumbai, and is also a railway station on both the Western and Central lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Dadar is situated in the heart of Mumbai, and Dadar station is the only railway station common to both the Central and Western lines...

 daily for schools. On 1st August 1920 Lokmanya Tilak died and Parlekars thought of building a memorial by his name. On 14th January 1921 girls' primary education was started. In 1921 Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association came into existence.

Originally the idea was a Gujarathi and Marathi medium school but only the Marathi medium school was started. V.B. Paranjpe donated his land for school and M.B. Pingle became first Principal.

Parle Tilak Association started the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya English Medium School is an English medium school located in Vile Parle East in Mumbai, India. The school has Primary and Secondary Sections. The school produces merit list rankers in the Maharashtra State Secondary Board examinations year after year...

in the same building on 1982. Later a separate building was alloted for English medium.
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