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Prelims level: Madan Mohan Malviya

Mains level: Not Much

An archive on the principal founder of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), ‘Mahamana’ Madan Mohan Malaviya was recently unveiled.

Who was Madan Mohan Malaviya?

Malaviya was born on 25th December, 1861 in Allahabad.
He was a great Indian educationist and freedom fighter, distinguished from others for his significant role in Indian independence and his support of Hindu nationalism.
At the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), which he founded in 1916, he served as Vice-Chancellor from 1919 to 1938.
The University has around 12,000 students all across the field such as the arts, sciences, engineering and technology.

Political affiliations

Malaviya rose up the ranks, and became president four times — in 1909 (Lahore), in 1918 (Delhi), in 1930 (Delhi), and in 1932 (Calcutta).
He was part of the Congress for almost 50 years.
He was one of the early leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha, and helped found it in 1906.
He was a social reformer and a successful legislator, serving as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council for 11 years (1909–20).
In the freedom struggle, he was midway between the Liberals and the Nationalists, the Moderates and the Extremists, as the followers of Gokhale and Tilak were respectively called.
In 1930, when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Salt Satyagraha and the Civil Disobedience Movement, he participated in it and courted arrest.