page_title: Huzurpaga
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Huzurpaga / History
caption_attribution_description: עברית: Hebrew class at the Huzurpaga High School for Indian Girls, future educator and Bene Israel's community leader Rebecca Reuben is seated in the middle (circa 1913).
context_page_description: Huzurpaga is the oldest girls' high school in Pune, India.
context_section_description: The school was established by the Maharashtra Girls Education Society (MGE) in 1885. The school's founders included noted social reformers Vaman Abaji Modak, Justice Ranade and historian Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar. The subjects taught in the school from founding were English literature, arithmetics and science. The establishment of the school and its curriculum were vehemently opposed by Lokmanya Tilak in his newspapers, the Mahratta and Kesari.
  In 1887, the ruler of the Princely state of Sangli, Tatyasaheb Patwardhan, offered land on Laxmi road in Pune, where the high school is based. The girls' hostel and the elementary school were established later on the same campus.
  The school has offered a boarding option for out-of-town students for more than a century. The school and the boarding option were popular among the Bene Israel community in the early part of the 20th century. Notable boarders of school include Anandibai Karve and actress Reema Lagu.
  In the 1990s, MGE started a new branch of the school in the Pune suburb of Katraj. It started with pre-school and gradually extended to include high school and Higher secondary school respectively.
caption: Bene Israel Students of Huzurpaga from early 20th century
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