Why in news? Prime Minister paid tributes to Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya on his Jayanti(December 25) at parliament

Highlights

About Madan Mohan Malaviya

• He was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement.
• President of the Indian National Congress four times
• He was addressed as Pandit, a title of respect, and also as Mahamana (Great Soul)

Founder/Co- Founder :

• Founder of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha.
• Co-founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916
• Founders of The Bharat Scouts and Guide
• Vice chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University from 1919 to 1938.

Journalism

• Founded a highly influential English newspaper, The Leader
• Chairman of Hindustan Times from 1924 to 1946.
• His efforts resulted in the launch of its Hindi edition named Hindustan Dainik in 1936.

Awards:

• Was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian distinction

Politics

• Malaviya was a delegate at the Second Round Table Conference
• In protest against the Communal Award to provide separate electorates for minorities, Malaviya and Madhav Shrihari Aney left the Congress and started the Congress Nationalist Party.
• Malaviya founded Ganga Mahasabha to oppose the damming of the Ganga.

Legacy

• The slogan “Satyameva Jayate” (Truth alone triumphs) is also a legacy of Malaviya
• Malaviya started the tradition of Aarti at Har ki Pauri Haridwar to the sacred Ganga river which is performed even today.