Current Context : Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on his 162^nd birth anniversary.

• During the commemoration, PM Modi released the first series of 11 volumes of the ‘Collected Works of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’ at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

About Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

• Birth: December 25, 1861, in Allahabad, India.
• Education: Founder of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1916, served as Vice-Chancellor (1919-1938).
• Freedom Struggle: Prominent leader in the Indian independence movement, associated with Indian National Congress and Hindu Mahasabha.
• Journalism: Founded Hindi newspaper ‘Abhyudaya’ (1907) and English newspaper ‘The Leader’ (1909).

Awards: Posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2014.