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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Services Preparatory Institute&#039;&#039;&#039;  ({{lang-mr|सैनिकी सेवापूर्व शिक्षण संस्था}}) is a [[State school|public]] [[military school]] in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]], India. It was established in 1977 by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to prepare students academically , mentally and physically for the written [[Union Public Service Commission]] examination for the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], [[Indian Naval Academy]] and for interviews with the [[Services Selection Board]].{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cn&lt;/del&gt;|date=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;January 2018&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Services Preparatory Institute&#039;&#039;&#039;  ({{lang-mr|सैनिकी सेवापूर्व शिक्षण संस्था}}) is a [[State school|public]] [[military school]] in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]], India. It was established in 1977 by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to prepare students academically, mentally and physically for the written [[Union Public Service Commission]] examination for the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], [[Indian Naval Academy]] and for interviews with the [[Services Selection Board]].&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cite web&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title=About SPI – Services Preparatory Institute|url=https://spiaurangabad.com/about-spi/|access-&lt;/ins&gt;date=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2021-08-31|language=en-US&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2019, 13 SPI cadets selected for National Defence and Naval Academies.{{r|toi1}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2019, 13 SPI cadets selected for National Defence and Naval Academies.{{r|toi1}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2020, 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces.{{r|toi3}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2020, 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces.{{r|toi3}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Feb &lt;/del&gt;2021, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cdt. Parth Deshmukh (43 C) got recommended &lt;/del&gt;for &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NDA 146 Course-Air Force from 2 AFSB Mysore&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2021, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;SPI gets 5,779 applications &lt;/ins&gt;for &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;60 seats&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{r|toi4}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After establishment of [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1954 , it was observed that the number of Maharashtrian boys were less , for finding a solution over this issue a committee was &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;found &lt;/del&gt;under the chairmanship of [[S. P. P. Thorat|Lt. Gen SPP Thorat]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;( Retd ) , Kirti Chakra , Padmashree , DSO , D&#039;Lit and Services Preparatory Institute was hence established in 1977.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After establishment of [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1954, it was observed that the number of Maharashtrian boys were less, for finding a solution over this issue a committee was &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;formed &lt;/ins&gt;under the chairmanship of [[S. P. P. Thorat|Lt. Gen SPP Thorat]] ( Retd ), Kirti Chakra, Padmashree, DSO, D&#039;Lit and Services Preparatory Institute was hence established in 1977.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=toi3&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (17 September 2020). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/22-cadets-from-spi-in-aurangabad-make-it-to-indian-armed-forces/articleshow/78154706.cms 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed September 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=toi3&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (17 September 2020). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/22-cadets-from-spi-in-aurangabad-make-it-to-indian-armed-forces/articleshow/78154706.cms 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed September 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref name=toi4&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (11 February 2021). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/spi-gets-5779-applications-for-60-seats/articleshow/80791708.cms SPI gets 5,779 applications for 60 seats]. &#039;&#039;Times of India&#039;&#039;. Accessed February 2021.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;!-- &amp;lt;ref name=toi5&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (15 July 2021). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/11-spi-cadets-make-it-to-nda-ina/articleshow/84418005.cms 11 SPI cadets make it to NDA, INA]. &#039;&#039;Times of India&#039;&#039;. Accessed July 2021.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; --&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>-&gt;John of Reading</name></author>
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		<title>&gt;U1472580369: Added SPI title.</title>
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{{Infobox school&lt;br /&gt;
 | name                    = Services Preparatory Institute ( SPI )&lt;br /&gt;
 | native_name             = {{Lang|mr|सैनिकी सेवापूर्व शिक्षण संस्था}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | logo                    = Service Preparatory Institute.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 | motto                   = {{Lang-mr|दृढ़ प्रयत्नेन सिद्ध्यते}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | motto_translation       = Hard Work Pays&lt;br /&gt;
 | address                 = Sector N-12, CIDCO&lt;br /&gt;
 | city                    = [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | state                   = [[Maharashtra]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | postalcode              = 431003&lt;br /&gt;
 | country                 = India&lt;br /&gt;
 | coordinates             = {{Coord|19.9065|75.3495|display=inline,title}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | type                    = [[State school|Public]] [[military school]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | established             = {{Start date|1977}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | founder                 = &lt;br /&gt;
 | closed                  = &lt;br /&gt;
 | grades                  = Class 11–12&lt;br /&gt;
 | enrolment               = 120&amp;lt;ref name=toi/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 | gender                  = [[Single-sex education|Boys]]&lt;br /&gt;
 | colours                 = Blue and grey {{Color box|Blue}}{{Color box|Grey}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | campus_size             = {{Convert|10|acre|ha|0|disp=flip}}&lt;br /&gt;
 | campus_type             = &lt;br /&gt;
 | website                 = {{URL|www.spiaurangabad.com}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Services Preparatory Institute&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  ({{lang-mr|सैनिकी सेवापूर्व शिक्षण संस्था}}) is a [[State school|public]] [[military school]] in [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Maharashtra]], India. It was established in 1977 by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to prepare students academically , mentally and physically for the written [[Union Public Service Commission]] examination for the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], [[Indian Naval Academy]] and for interviews with the [[Services Selection Board]].{{cn|date=January 2018}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2019, 13 SPI cadets selected for National Defence and Naval Academies.{{r|toi1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2020, Over 13,000 applicants in race for 60 seats at SPI in Aurangabad.{{r|toi2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2020, 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces.{{r|toi3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In Feb 2021, Cdt. Parth Deshmukh (43 C) got recommended for NDA 146 Course-Air Force from 2 AFSB Mysore.&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
After establishment of [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] in 1954 , it was observed that the number of Maharashtrian boys were less , for finding a solution over this issue a committee was found under the chairmanship of [[S. P. P. Thorat|Lt. Gen SPP Thorat]] , ( Retd ) , Kirti Chakra , Padmashree , DSO , D&amp;#039;Lit and Services Preparatory Institute was hence established in 1977.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist|refs=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref name=toi&amp;gt;Prasad Joshi (28 April 2017). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/services-institute-gets-9017-applications-for-60-seats/articleshow/58406080.cms Services institute gets 9,017 applications for 60 seats]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed January 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;ref name=toi1&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (05 January 2020). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/13-spi-cadets-selected-for-natl-defence-and-naval-academies/articleshow/71960642.cms 13 SPI cadets selected for natl defence and naval academies]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed January 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;ref name=toi2&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (12 March 2020). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/over-13000-applicants-in-race-for-60-seats-at-spi/articleshow/74584231.cms Over 13,000 applicants in race for 60 seats at SPI in Aurangabad]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed March 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;ref name=toi3&amp;gt;Atul Bamne (17 September 2020). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/22-cadets-from-spi-in-aurangabad-make-it-to-indian-armed-forces/articleshow/78154706.cms 22 cadets from SPI in Aurangabad make it to Indian Armed Forces]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Times of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Accessed September 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Education in Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1977 establishments in Maharashtra]]&lt;br /&gt;
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