Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth is a deemed vidyapeeth in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was established in 1921, at the suggestion of Mahatma Gandhi, and named after the independence activist Lokmanya Tilak. The origin of the Vidyapeeth dates back to pre-independence period - 1921 when immediately after the demise of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, his follower Mahatma Gandhi mooted the idea of establishing a university in his memory. As we all are aware one of the postulates of the four fold formula conceived by Lokmanya Tilak was National Education, the other three being Swaraj, Swadeshi and Boycott of Foreign Goods.