Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

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3.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter deals with the leadership and educational ideas of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. First, this chapter seeks to explore the role of his birth, background and education in shaping his personality, the chapter presents a brief profile of the evolution of Pandit Malaviya as a leader, by highlighting how his upbringing in the puritan familial cum social background and his exposure to modern formal education at higher education stage, instilled in him the firm belief in the empowering role of education in the national reconstruction and development of India. Second, it highlights the key role played by him as one of the most important leaders in the freedom struggle, which ultimately led to India’s Independence. Third, the chapter discusses the educational ideas, which Malaviya espoused and put them into practice. Pandit Malaviya was concerned about the condition of contemporary education system and raised the issue of hostility of colonial government toward the education in India. Fourth, it discusses the role played by him in establishing Banaras Hindu University, a premier institution of higher education. Finally the chapter highlights the linkage between his leadership qualities, his educational ideas and the establishment of BHU.
3. 2 PANDIT MADAN MAOHAN MALAVIYA – A PROFILE

3.2.1 UPBRINGING AND EARLY EDUCATION

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was born in an orthodox Brahmin family, on 25th December 1961, at Prayag, a holy city of India. The

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