Madan Mohan Malaviya

Madan Mohan Malaviya
3rd Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
In office
1919–1938
Preceded byP. S. Sivaswami Iyer
Succeeded bySarvepalli Radhakrishnan
President of the Indian National Congress
In office
1909–1910
Preceded byRash Behari Ghosh
Succeeded byWilliam Wedderburn
In office
1918
Preceded byAnnie Besant
Succeeded bySyed Hasan Imam
In office
1932–1933
Preceded byVallabhbhai Patel
Succeeded byNellie Sengupta
Personal details
Born(1861-12-25)25 December 1861
Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died12 November 1946(1946-11-12) (aged 84)
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyCongress Nationalist Party
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (formerly)
SpouseKumari Kundan Devi Malaviya
Children6 (including Govind Malaviya)
EducationUniversity of Calcutta (BA)
Profession
AwardsBharat Ratna (2015) (posthumous)
SignatureHindi & English signature of Mahamana

Madan Mohan Malaviya (pronunciation) (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946) was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and activist notable for his role in the Indian independence movement. He was president of the Indian National Congress three times and the founder of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha. He was addressed as Pandit,[1] a title of respect.

Malaviya strove to promote modern education among Indians and co-founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916, which was created under the 1915 BHU Act. It is the largest residential university in Asia and one of the largest in the world,[2] with over 40,000 students across arts, commerce, sciences, engineering, linguistic, ritual, medicine, agriculture, performing arts, law, management, and technology disciplines from all over the world. He was the vice chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University from 1919 to 1938.[3][4]

Malaviya was one of the founders of The Bharat Scouts and Guides.[5] He founded a highly influential English newspaper, The Leader, in 1919, published from Allahabad.[6] He was also the Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946. His efforts resulted in the launch of its Hindi edition named Hindustan Dainik in 1936.[7]

Malaviya was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian distinction, on 24 December 2014, a day before what would have been his 153rd birthday.[8]

  1. ^ Sharma, Urmila; Sharma, S.K. (2001). Indian Political Thought. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 340. ISBN 978-81-7156-678-5.
  2. ^ Singh, Binay (13 March 2009). "BHU set to realise future goals". The Times of India. VARANASI. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ^ "History of BHU". Banaras Hindu University website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. ^ "University at Buffalo, BHU sign exchange programme". Rediff News. 4 October 2007.
  5. ^ Our Leaders (Volume 9 of Remembering Our Leaders). Children's Book Trust. 1989. p. 61. ISBN 978-81-7011-842-8.
  6. ^ "C. Y. Chintamani (10 April 1880 – 1 July, 1941)". The Tribune. 7 May 2000.
  7. ^ "Homage to Mahamana Malaviya". Homage to Mahamana Malaviya.
  8. ^ "Press Information Bureau English Releases". pib.nic.in. 24 December 2014.