
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of the Banaras Hindu University and a leading light of the nationalist movement, was born in Allahabadin present-day Uttar Pradesh on December 25, 1861, in a Brahmin family. His father Pandit Brijnath was known for his knowledge of ancient Sanskrit texts. As a school boy Malaviya would write poems that were published. He matriculated from... Read More →