Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

• PM released the first series of 11 volumes of collected works of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on the occasion of his 162^nd birth anniversary on December 25.
• The bilingual (English and Hindi) work in 11 volumes, spread across about 4,000 pages, is a collection of the writings and speeches of Malaviya, collected from every part of the country.
• Published by- Publications Division under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

ABOUT PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA

• Madan Mohan Malaviya, known as Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, also called Mahamana, was an Indian scholar, educational reformer, and leader of the Indian nationalist movement.
• Born- 25^th December 1861, in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh.
• He played a key role in the Indian independence struggle against British rule.
• He helped establish the Hindu Mahasabha in 1915.
• He founded Banaras Hindu University in 1916.
• He was elected as the President of the Congress committee (four times) in 1909, 1918, 1932 and 1933.
• Participated in Salt Satyagraha and the Civil Disobedience Movement and courted arrest.
• He was given the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi and the second President of India, S. Radhakrishnan gave him the status of a ‘Karmayogi’.
• Publications
  • Hindi weekly- Abhyudaya in 1907 (made a daily in 1915)
  • Hindi monthly- Maryada in 1910
  • English daily- Leader in 1909
  • He was the editor of Hindi weekly, the Hindustan and Indian Union.
• He was conferred with the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously in 2014.