Madan Mohan Malviya
Madan Mohan Malaviya
(1861–1946) was an Indian educationist and
politician notable for his role in the Indian
independence movement and as the four
time president of Indian National Congress.
He was respectfully addressed as Pandit
Madan Mohan Malaviya and also
addressed as 'Mahamana' a title given by Mahatma Gandhi.
Malaviya is most remembered as the
founder of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
at Varanasi in 1916, which was created
under the B.H.U. Act, 1915. The largest
residential university in Asia and one of the
largest in the world, having over 35,000
students across arts, sciences, engineering,
medical, agriculture, performing arts, law
and technology. Malaviya was Vice
Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
from 1919–1938
Malaviya was the President of the Indian
National Congress on four occasions (1909
& 1913,1919,1932) he left congress in
1934 and also one of the initial leaders of
the Hindu Mahasabha .
Malviya was one of the founders of Scouting
in India .
He also founded a highly
influential, English-newspaper, The Leader
published from Allahabad in 1909. 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.
Malaviya was posthumously conferred with
Bharat Ratna , India's highest civilian award,
on 24 December 2014, a day before his
153rd Birth Anniversary.
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