Explanation:

• Vasudev Balwant Phadke was an Indian independence period activist and a revolutionary who sought India independence from the British Raj. Phadke was got moved by the plight of the farming community and he was of believed that the Swaraj was the only remedy for their ills. With the assistance of the Koli, Bhil and Dhangar communities in the region, he organised a revolutionary group of the Ramoshi people. The group also started an armed struggle to overthrow the British Raj in the year the 1870s, launching raids on to the rich English businessmen to get funds for the purpose. Balwant Phadke came to prominence when he got control of the city of Pune for some days after catching the British soldiers off-guard during one was a surprise attack. • Co-founding of the Maharashtra Education Society: Phadke was one of the earliest person graduated from a British established institution in the Bombay presidency. In 1860, along with his fellow social reformers and revolutionaries Waman Prabhakar Bhave and Laxman Narhar Indapurkar, Phadke co-founded the Poona Native Institution (PNI) which was later with time renamed as the Maharashtra Education Society (MES). It is through the PNI, he went on set up Bhave School in Pune. At present time, the MES operates over 77 institutions in many parts of Maharashtra.