Swadhyay Vidya Mandir was started as a Marathi school in 1945 with around 60 children in stds. VIII to X, by Shri Kashinath G. Warty, the retired headmaster of Tilakwadi High School, for ‘difficult boys’ from various schools. It was situated at Gawli wada (opp. Millenium Gardens), Tilakwadi, and named Tutorial High School (Swadhyay Vidya Mandir). Many teachers joined here after retiring from other schools. The first batch, which included the Warty boys, passed out in 1946. The school was handed over to the RSS in 1960 when the Wartys moved to Bombay. The RSS in turn handed over the school to S.K.E. Society in 1964. The management then decided that Tilakwadi High School would be run as a Marathi medium school while the newly acquired Swadhyay Vidya Mandir would become a Kannada medium school, both teaching boys and girls together.
