Madan Mohan Malaviya - Mahamana, a luminous mind and magnanimous heart

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1) Conservative, both socially and politically
  • Politically, Malaviya believed in constitutionalism and opposed Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement 
  • Party founded, the Hindu Mahasabha did not participate in the Quit India movement of 1942 
2) an educationist with a vision (established Banaras Hindu University)
3) Considered Boycotting educational institutes was antithetical to the nation’s interests
  • During the Quit India Movement of 1942, when Bapu asked students to boycott schools, Malaviya publicly expressed his displeasure
4) A social reformer
  • important role in introducing the concept of “reconversion” to Hinduism
  • Malaviya submitted his famous Memorandum (“Court Character and Primary Education in North-Western Provinces and Oudh) 1900 which permitted the use of Nagari characters alongside Persian in the courts of the North-Western Provinces.
5) An ardent journalist (The Leader), Scouting in India,  Hindustan Times
6) Reluctant but effective lawyer (Chauri Chaura)
7) A successful parliamentarian and an outstanding statesman
  • one of the signatories of Poona pact
  •  President of INC 
8) Bharat Ratna (2014)
9) Mahatma Gandhi considered him to be his conscience-keeper and called him his elder brother on public platforms 
10) Rabindranath Tagore honoured him with the encomium ‘Mahamana’ (a luminous mind and magnanimous heart).
11) Mundakopanishad's Satyamev Jayate highlighted in 1918 INC session  

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