{"id":241578,"date":"2021-12-25T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T06:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=241578"},"modified":"2021-12-25T11:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T06:14:38","slug":"madan-mohan-malaviya-birth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/madan-mohan-malaviya-birth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Madan Mohan Malaviya birth anniversary: Motivational quotes by the founder of Banaras Hindu University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
December 25 observes the birth anniversary of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. Affectionately known as Mahamana, he was an Indian educationist and freedom fighter who founded the Banaras Hindu University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madan Mohan Malaviya, who was born in 1861, played an integral role in fostering modern education throughout the country and later founded the BHU in Varanasi in 1916. He was also a founding member of the Bharat Scouts and Guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1909, Malaviya founded the newspaper The Leader that is considered one of the highly influential newspapers. From 1924 to 1946, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Hindustan Times and later launched its Hindi edition Hindustan Dainik in 1936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his notable contributions to education in India, Malaviya was honoured with India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna on December 24, 2014, posthumously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n