Born on December 25, 1861, in an educated orthodox Hindu family, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a freedom fighter, an educationist and a social reformer with a vision of independent and self-reliant India. Apart from holding the post of the President of Indian National Congress, he represented India along with Mahatma Gandhi at the First Round Table Conference In 1931. Founder of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi, he was also a social reformer and believed in egalitarianism. This
Malaviya was born in Allahabad to Pandit Brij Nath and Moona Devi on 25 December 1861. His father was well-versed in Sanskrit
Malaviya was married to Kundan Devi in 1878. Being a freedom fighter, he realised the need for a newspaper to educate the masses of India and started Abhyudaya, the Hindi weekly in 1907 and made it a daily in 1915. Apart from this, he also started a Hindi monthly, Maryada, and English daily Leader in 1909.
This educationist founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) or the Kashi Vishvidyalaya in 1915. He was also the founder and editor of the two national weeklies: Hindustan (Hindi) and the Indian Union (English). He functioned as the Chairman of The Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946. He was nationalistic to the core and believed that the freedom from the foreign rule can be achieved only through right kind of education.
Born | December 25, 1861 (Allahabad) |
Died | November 2, 1946 (Varanasi) |
Father | Brijnath, a learned man in Sanskrit scriptures, who used to recite the Bhagvat Katha to earn his living. |
Mother | |
Marriage | Got married at the age of 16 in 1878 to Kundan Devi |
Sons | Ramakant, Radhakant, Mukund and Govind |
Daughters | Rama and Malati |
Youngest son | His youngest son, Pt. Govind Malaviya, was a Member of Parliament and Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University. He died in 1961. |
Education | Pandit Malaviya was admitted to Pandit Hardeva's Dharma Gyanopadesh Pathshala at the age of 5. He started writing poems in the school under the pen name Makarand. He completed his matriculation in 1879 from the Muir Central College and graduated in arts from the University of Calcutta. |
Biographies | Malaviyaji by B. J. Akkad. Pub. Vora Malaviyana: A Biography of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library. Ed. Prithvi Nath Kaula Role of Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya in Our National Life, Chandra Prakash Jha, Modern Publications Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: A Socio-political Study, Sundar Lal Gupta, Chugh Publications Struggle for Independence: Madan Mohan Malaviya, Shri Ram Bakshi, Anmol Publications |
Works | A criticism of Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals of Indian Constitutional Reform, Printed by C. Y. Chintamani Speeches and Writings of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Published by G.A. Natesan, 1919 |
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