MADANA MOHANA MALAVIYA

The founder of Benares Hindu University. His boyhood was spent in utter poverty. By his

scholarship, pure life and selflessness he won such respect that he collected more than thirteen million rupees for the University. He was the tireless exponent of the greatness of India and her culture.

Author: Archika Venkatesha

Madana Mohana Malaviya

It is the good fortune of the world that a great man is born in a country. Madana Mohana Malaviy was a rare genius. The families and the land of the birth of such geniuses and even the world feel a sense of fulfillment because of them.

There is a place called 'Malva' near Jhansi in North India. Malaviya's ancestors lived in Malva. It was the practice then to add to the name of a man the name of the town in which he was living. When his ancestors migrated to Prayag, Malaviya changed the suffix from ' Vyasa' to 'Malaviya'. Malaviya's grandfather was Premdhar Malaviya. He won much fame and was respected by one and all.

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