In the midst of India’s fight for freedom from British rule, a group of visionary leaders in the quiet village of Kandivli took a bold step toward a different kind of revolution—one in education. In 1936, Sri Jamanadas Adukia, Sri Gokaldas Ranchoddas, and Sri Lavji Meghji, along with other generous local businessmen, founded the Kandivli Education Society (KES) to provide vernacular education to Gujarati families. Their patriotic vision was realized when KES was formally registered in 1947, just before India gained independence.