Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya is a matchless personage in the annals of modern India, eminent as an architect of the first national educational policy, the founder and the ideal Vice-Chancellor of Asia’s largest centre of learning, the Banaras Hindu University, the era’s greatest educationist to initiate agricultural, scientific and industrial revolution through education, the topmost leader of Indian politics to give expression, loud and clear, to the voice of the Indian people in the Provincial Assembly and the Central Council continuously for 30 years, the grandfather of the Indian National Congress who accelerated and brought to fruition the struggle for freedom, the exponent of the re-awakening of the Indian culture and of swadeshi and Hindi movements, the great social reformer who saved millions of untouchables from conversion through a novel and revolutionary experiment of initiating them into holy mantras and bringing them into the mainstream of the educational and social developments, a great patriot who strove lifelong to revive the Hindu way of life and bring about harmony between the Hindus and the Muslims, a very effective advocate who got the 156 accused sentenced to death in the Chaurichaura episode set free, a thinker journalist who introduced novel and original principles in the field of journalism, a silver-tongued orator, the greatest mendicant -‘the Prince of Beggars’- in the world of education, an epoch-making modern rishi regarded as a living legend for sixty long years bringing about a regeneration of national pride, a spokesman of humanitarian religion who invigorated the India wallowing in slavery and exploitation for centuries and giving it a sense of valour and honour through a continued struggle and ultimate sacrifice for seventy years of his life.
The Mahamana’s personality was multifaceted, his work was varied and nationwide, making it impossible to tell the story of his life summarily. This booklet tries to throw light on some of his outstanding undertakings and contributions which will give a glimpse of his great services and of the new heights his sacrifice and devotion had reached.
(Dr. U. D. Tiwari)
The Mahamana’s personality was multifaceted, his work was varied and nationwide, making it impossible to tell the story of his life summarily. This booklet tries to throw light on some of his outstanding undertakings and contributions which will give a glimpse of his great services and of the new heights his sacrifice and devotion had reached.
(Dr. U. D. Tiwari)
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